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Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Second Italy-Africa Summit, in Addis Ababa today:

On the evening of Thursday, 5 February, the Secretary-General and his spouse arrived in Milan, Italy, to attend the Opening Ceremony of the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games.

The new Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Giorgio Marrapodi, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The World Food Programme (WFP) today reported that millions in Somalia are at risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortfalls have forced the agency to reduce the number of people it supports by over two thirds to just 350,000 in November, down from 1.1 million in August.

Sexual violence in armed conflict rose 25 per cent over the past year, with the highest number of cases recorded in the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan, according to the Secretary-General’s annual Report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence published today.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Rome, late in the afternoon on Friday, 25 April. On Saturday morning, he attended the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis, which took place at Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Brindisi from Geneva on Wednesday evening, 12 June.

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Belize, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks on the occasion of the Italy-Africa Summit, in Rome today:

On Monday, 24 July, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Rome to take part in the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment. The high-level event builds on the momentum of the 2021 Food Systems Summit. The meeting was hosted by the Government of Italy, in collaboration with the Rome-based United Nations Agencies, the United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub and the wider United Nations system.