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​​​​​​​Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the seventieth anniversary of United Nations Guided Tours, in New York today:

GENEVA, 4 November (United Nations Office at Geneva) — Media experts discussed the opportunities presented, and challenges for young journalists reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the positive and negative sides of social media, as the 2022 International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East concluded today.

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the seventieth anniversary of United Nations Guided Tours, as delivered by the Deputy Secretary-General, today in New York:

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today released its Adaptation Gap Report, which finds that global efforts in adaptation planning, financing and implementation are not keeping pace with the growing risks.

GENEVA, 3 November (United Nations Office at Geneva) — Journalists, media experts, policymakers and scholars gathered for the opening of the twenty‑ninth annual International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East today, held in Room XXVI at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The 2022 United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East will be held on Thursday, 3 November, and Friday, 4 November, at the Palais des Nations (Room XXVI), Geneva, Switzerland.

The International Support Group for Lebanon, which includes the United Nations, issued a statement today that notes with concern the continued lack of cooperation among Lebanese political actors that has precipitated a presidential vacuum.

The United Nations Department of Global Communications celebrates today the seventieth anniversary of its Guided Tours operation, the same day that the doors of the Organization’s Headquarters in New York City were opened to the public in 1952.

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message for the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, in Abuja today:

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a report showing that an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis in 2021, an increase of 4.5 per cent from 2020. According to the report, 1.6 million people died from tuberculosis in 2021, including 187,000 HIV-positive people.