Environmental issues and sustainable development

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports it is providing supplies such as mosquito nets, solar lamps, and blankets for 36,000 people in Somalia’s Puntland region who have been affected by Cyclone Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the country, which made landfall in November.

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message to the Japan National Conference for Realizing a Carbon‑Neutral Society by 2050, held today:

The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan told the Security Council that Afghanistan and the Taliban made genuine progress in peace talks, agreeing to rules and procedures; forming a working committee to discuss the agenda; and presenting each other initial lists of topics for negotiations.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on Champions and Young Champions of the Earth 2020, today:

Ethiopia is facing dire shortages of food, water, fuel, cash and electricity, as well as telecoms services in the Tigray region, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.  More than 63,000 people are recorded as internally displaced in Tigray, including some who fled towards Afar and Amhara.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in’s “2050 Net Zero Vision”, today:

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ press conference following the Climate Ambition Summit, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Climate Ambition Summit, held today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Pacific Islands Forum High-Level Round Table on Urgent Climate Change Action, today:

Children make up nearly half the people who have fled Ethiopia’s Tigray region for Sudan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports.  Their most urgent needs are clean water and sanitation, as well as child-protection and gender-based violence services for the most vulnerable and at-risk refugees, the agency says.