UN: Low-income countries severely affected by lack of access to healthy die t (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Over 2.8 billion people were unable to affo rd a healthy diet in 2022, with the disparity being most pronounced in low-incom e countries, where 71.5 percent of the population could not afford a healthy diet, as opposed to 6.3 percent in high-income countries.

Syria: UN body voices concern over systemic human rights violations (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has expressed deep concern over "the continued arbitrary deprivation of lif e" within the context of the armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic.

UN: Emergency appeal launched for drought-stricken Malawi (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations and its partners have launched a flash appeal, seeking more than US$136 million to provide life-s aving assistance to 3.8 million people that are most vulnerable to the impact of the devastating drought that has hit Malawi, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).