WFP / YEMEN CONFLICT RESPONSE

The IMF Global Financial Stability Report said that while market risk appetite was strong, this could not be seen as safety due to three different elements. IMF

“In more than 60 states we have conflicts and wars raging, involving at least one State—the highest number since the Second World War – while respect for the United Nations Charter, international human rights and humanitarian law is in retreat,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told the General Assembly’s Third Committee. UNIFEED

Following the adoption of a Security Council resolution renewing the sanctions regime on Haiti, Panama’s Ambassador Eloy Alfaro de Alba, co-penholder of the draft resolution, urged the Council to include new individuals on the list of sanctions, “particularly those who, using positions of power and influence, contribute to the financing of these structures and turn a profit from their criminal activities.” UNIFEED

UN Special Representative for Libya Hanna S. Tetteh said, “We have seen encouraging progress on the UNSMIL-facilitated political process.” UNIFEED

An intense El Niño-induced drought is destroying crops and threatening the food production of farmers across Central America's Dry Corridor. To help farmers cope, a programme led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called SoilFER is teaching farmers how to improve their soil so it can hold onto water longer when it doesn't rain. FAO

At the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meeting in Bangkok, Managing Director of the Fund Kristalina Georgieva said that while the global economy is still resilient, that resilience is beginning to run out. IMF

The IMF said in a press briefing in Bangkok that while the Global Economy has been resilient, that resilience is under strain with the risks tilted to the downside. IMF

The IMF’s Fiscal Monitor report warns that fiscal risks are rising, with debt increasing, interest rates higher, and spending pressures persisting across countries. IMF

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that another wave of large-scale attacks overnight killed and injured several civilians in Ukraine. According to authorities, the capital Kyiv was among the hardest hit, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The United Nations welcomed the release of a staff member of the Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen, who had been detained by the Houthis since 2024, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED