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WHO says that global health expenditure and loss of productivity due to tobacco equates to $1.4 trillion annually.
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News in Brief 31 May 2022

News in Brief

  • Over one billion methamphetamine tablets seized in East and Southeast Asia

  • Yemen-bound Horn of Africa migrant numbers tick up, despite ongoing conflict

  • Tobacco industry is killing people and our planet, says UN health agency

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A young boy tends to his livestock in the outskirts of Galkayo town, Somalia.
© UN Photo / Fardosa Hussein

News in Brief 30 May 2022

News in Brief
  • Do more for environment or risk planet becoming ‘human sacrifice zone’: UN-appointed independent rights experts
  • New Sudan visit by Special Rapporteur Adama Dieng
  • Fresh famine alert for Horn Of Africa
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Michelle Bachelet (left), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, meets with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other Chinese officials in Guangzhou.
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News in Brief 25 May 2022

News in Brief
  • Guterres condemns ‘heinous’ mass shooting at Texas school
  • UN rights chief Bachelet holds valuable meeting with President Xi
  • Only Sudanese themselves can resolve political crisis, top envoy tells Security Council
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Heavy rains have washed away towns, villages and infrastructure in Bangladesh.
© UNICEF

News in Brief 23 May 2022

News in Brief
  • Bangladesh flooding leaves 1.5 million children at risk: UNICEF
  • Global jobs market recovery is going into reverse, warns ILO
  • UN rights chief Bachelet begins official visit to China
  • Nepal responsible for rape and execution of 16-year-old girl, says rights panel
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Children in Burkina Faso engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in artisanal gold mining and quarrying.
© UNICEF/Christine Nesbitt

News in Brief 20 May 2022

News in Brief
  • Sahel needs 'sky high' OCHA warns
  • Water and sanitation alert over climate change in Europe
  • WFP chief warns failure to open Ukraine ports would be 'declaration of war' over food
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More than half of the population within Afghanistan depend on humanitarian assistance, and their human rights remain challenged.
IOM 2021/Paula Bonstein

News in Brief 19 May 2022

News in Brief

  • Afghanistan: UN’s Bachelet urges rethink on dissolution of rights body

  • COVID-19 cases stabilize, deaths continue downward trend, says WHO

  • Concerns over violence against children in Pacific nation of Kiribati

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