The world leaders are returning to the UN in New York to tackle issues linked to the change in climate, pandemic and migration. As the Covid-19 is still devastating lots of countries on the back of inequitable vaccination progress, about a third of the 193 UN states are planning to send videos, but presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers for the remainder are due to travel to the United States, Reuters elaborated.

The United Nations announced it planned to call a ministerial meeting in Geneva on 13 September to look for a swift push in funding to address the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where nearly half the country’s 38 million people need assistance, AP reported.

Hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots in the next three months with the highest alerts for “catastrophic" situations in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, southern Madagascar, Yemen, South Sudan, and northern Nigeria, two UN agencies warned this weekend, as quoted by AP.

United Nations food agency (FAO) announced that world food prices posted in June their first fall in 12 months. The decline in prices was largely driven by cheaper vegetable oils in addition to cheaper cereals and dairy products, Reuters elaborated. FAO also said that worldwide harvests of cereals would result in almost nearly 2.817bn tonnes in 2021. That estimate is slightly weaker than previously forecast, but still on course to hit an annual record.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, more people were displaced worldwide last year than ever before, dpa reports, citing UN data.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation warned of possible global food shortage amid soaring costs related to pandemic, Reuters reported. The costs of imports monitored by FAO are seen soaring by 12% this year. The spike in costs is driven by extremely high demand in lockdown periods. The world's food import costs, which include shipping charges, is projected to reach to a record $1.715 trillion this year, from $1.530 trillion in 2020, FAO elaborated in its twice-yearly Food Outlook report.

Global food prices surged in May at its fastest pace since October 2010, BBC reported. The foods rose by 39.7 % on monthly basis, a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) showed. The robust growth of prices was largely due to pandemic restrictions which disrupted deliveries in some parts of the world. The UN uses a broad index of global food costs, which have also climbed for 12 months in a row.

The World Health Organization has tallied “significant trauma needs” in Palestinian areas, where at least 243 people have been killed during 11 days of fighting between Palestinians and Israelis, AP reports.

The UN Security Council voted unanimous in favor to back a resolution that is targeted at ensuring a just access to Covid-19 vaccines, AFP reported. This is the second resolution on the pandemic passed by the council since it began a year ago. All 15 members of the council voted to support the resolution, diplomats said.

Britain circulated a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Friday demanding that all warring parties immediately institute a “sustained humanitarian pause” to enable people in conflict areas to be vaccinated for COVID-19, AP reported.