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Adjourning a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee until tomorrow as it seeks more information, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “if we're going to keep the world safe, transparency is number one.” WHO

In laying his priorities for the year ahead, UN chief António Guterres identified “four horsemen” which endanger progress in the 21st century and could “jeopardize every aspect of our shared future.” UNIFEED

Somalia’s federal authorities and international partners launched a plan requiring more than a $1 billion to provide much-needed humanitarian aid to some three million Somalis this year. UNSOM

For years, opposition troops fought against their government counterparts in violent clashes throughout the Western Equatorian region of South Sudan. But today they celebrated the beginning of a journey that will see them gradually come together with their former foes as part of a newly unified security force. UNMISS

In Albania, agriculture makes up 20 per cent of gross domestic product. In a corner of South Eastern Europe, the olive oil industry plays an important role in the country's agriculture sector. UNIDO

Following behind-closed-doors consultations with the Security Council on Libya, Secretary-General António Guterres said the international conference on Libya in Berlin, was “a major step," but cautioned that it was “just the beginning” and said there is “still a long way to go.” UNIFEED

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, UN chief António Guterres said, “we will stand firm every day and everywhere against antisemitism, bigotry and hatred of all kinds.” UNIFEED

As Geneva prepares to host its first ever high-level panel on Internal Displacement, the co-chair of the panel, Federica Mogherini, called the issue “a major humanitarian and political crisis of our times.” UNTV CH

Inequality is growing for more than 70 per cent of the global population, exacerbating the risks of divisions and hampering economic and social development. But the rise is far from inevitable and can be tackled at a national and international level, according to World Social Report 2020 released today. UNIFEED

UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council that heightened tensions in the Middle East threaten to destabilize an already volatile political and security environment adding that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not immune to these tensions. UNIFEED