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Gazans are "in the midst of an epic humanitarian catastrophe before the eyes of the world," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appeals for Israel to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe," after the Israeli army ordered more than one million people to evacuate north Gaza. "The Secretary-General and his team have been working the phones. He's been in constant contact with Israeli authorities, urging them to avert a humanitarian catastrophe," spokesman Stephane Dujarric tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Appearing at a press conference for the presentation of a key report on the climate by the United Nation's World Metereological Organization via video-link, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls the global energy system "broken", urging a swift transition away from fossil fuels "before we incinerate our only home". IMAGES
UN chief Antonio Guterres said the world was still on the precipice of "catastrophe" after nations reached a global climate deal Saturday that fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous warming. SOUNDBITE
The spokeswoman for Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, says that violence is escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country has plunged into a "human rights catastrophe" since the February 1 coup. IMAGES
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