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This morning, the Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed spoke virtually at the Green Climate Fund Private Investment for Climate Conference. She said we are entering a new era of climate disruption and we need all hands-on deck now to tackle this crisis.
Representatives from the governments of Israel, Lebanon, and the United States met on October 14, that is today, to launch discussions aimed at reaching consensus on a common Israel-Lebanon maritime boundary.
According to the World Health Organization, continued hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan will cause direct disruption to healthcare and a further burden on health systems that are already stretched due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) tells us that they condemn two successive attacks against Malian Armed Forces in central Mali yesterday. The attacks by unidentified armed elements resulted in the death of at least eleven Malian soldiers and twelve civilians.
Turning to Libya, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says humanitarian partners are concerned about the fragile situation and a possible humanitarian disaster, should the current escalation and mobilization around Sirte lead to military operations.
In Myanmar, in a statement issued by the UN and our NGO partners on the ground, they expressed their sadness and shock concerning the killing of two children in fighting between the Myanmar army and the Arakan Army in Rakhine State on October 5th.
In the Dominican Republic, where our team, led by Resident Coordinator Mauricio Ramírez Villegas, is working to address the pandemic. UN agencies, together with non-governmental organizations, surveyed more than 6,300 households to gather data for the Government on the pandemic’s impact on employment, food security and education.
A new report today released by WHO shows that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were making steady progress in tackling tuberculosis. There was a 9% reduction in incidence between 2015 and 2019 and a 14% drop in deaths in the same period.
In response to questions, the Spokesman said the UN remains concerned about developments in the Kyrgyz Republic, where no clear political agreement has been reached since protests erupted last week in the aftermath of the 4 October parliamentary elections.
The guests today will be the UN Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary-General Elliot Harris and Leila Fourie, the Chief Executive Officer of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and co-chair of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance. They will discuss their action plan to scale up investment in sustainable development.
Timor Leste has paid its regular budget dues in full. Their payment takes us up to 126 fully paid up Member States.
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