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The Deputy-Director of the Food and Agricultural Organization said by safeguarding Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) the international community was also responding to “the world’s greatest challenges: climate change, depleting natural resources, urbanization, change in diets, and lifestyles.” FAO

In the aftermath of the joint US, UK and France’s air strikes against Syria, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Security Council to “show restraint in these dangerous circumstances and to avoid any acts that could escalate matters and worsen the suffering of the Syrian people.” UNIFEED

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today urged governments in the Asia and Pacific region to sharpen their focus on achieving Zero Hunger, and to do so by reducing rural poverty and adapting the agricultural sectors to climate change. FAO

The Security Council today (10 April) voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) with 13 votes in favour and two abstentions from member states that objected the use of chapter seven of the United Nations Charter. UNIFEED

During an official visit, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met in Beijing with Xi Jinping, President of China, where he congratulated the President on his recent re-election. UNIC BEIJING

Representatives of Palestine, Kuwait and the Arab League at the United Nations have asked the Security Council to condemn the Israel over its use of force against the Palestinian protestors at the Gaza border with Israel. UNIFEED

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said there were “strong indications” that Israeli security forces used excessive force against demonstrators in Gaza last week “given the large number of injuries and deaths, the ominous statements made by Israeli authorities in the days leading up to the protest.” UNTV CH

Highlighting an overall stable environment in Haiti, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council today that the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH’s) main objective “is to build on the achievements of MINUSTAH and is tied to the United Nations overarching goal of consolidating stability and security in the country to facilitate Haiti’s path to longer-term development.” UNIFEED

Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra of Peru said Security Council members “had the opportunity to express our grave concern over what is happening in Gaza” during consultations, but noted that a draft press statement could not be adopted due to the objections of a member state. UNIFEED

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach visited the North Korean capital Pyongyang where he met with political and sports leaders of the country. IOC