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The Security Council adopts, by recorded vote, a resolution authorizing the creation of a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti.

Security Council authorizes ‘historic’ support mission in Haiti

In what is being hailed as an historic first, the UN Security Council on Monday authorized the deployment of an international security force to help Haiti’s national police quell surging gang violence and restore security across the strife-torn Caribbean nation.

An estimated 100,000 refugees from the Karabah region have arrived in Armenia.

UN Karabakh mission told ‘sudden’ exodus means as few as 50 ethnic Armenians may remain

A displaced Haitian woman sits on the roof at the Rex Medina theater in downtown Port-au-Prince.

INTERVIEW: How new mission could support gang-ravaged Haiti

Athlete prepares for the Winter Olympics

New agreement promotes drug-free sport, supports public health

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World News in Brief: ‘Competing’ efforts to rebuild Derna, Myanmar mines threat, schools shut in Burkina Faso

WHO approves second malaria vaccine for children

We’re better off thanks to migrants, says new IOM chief

World Habitat Day focuses on cities as drivers of growth

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Joe Lowry, Spokesperson with the UN migration agency IOM.

Karabakh: After the exodus, ‘hidden humanitarian emergency’ unfolds

Ali carries a box of humanitarian items from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, in Ukraine.

First Person: From Afghan refugee to Ukraine aid worker

Some 200,000 Haitians, mainly in Port-au-Prince (pictured) have been forced by insecurity to flee to temporary locations.

Explainer: Why Haiti is calling for a new international mission

Kavita Belani is the UNHCR Representative in Armenia

Karabakh crisis: ‘People have questions about what will happen to them’

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Migrants who pass through Central America to Costa Rica often face discrimination and can be the victims of hate speech.

How Costa Rica drafted Latin America’s first ever anti-hate strategy

Human Rights For Faustina Torres, from the Bribri indigenous community in Costa Rica, feeling invisible to others is a stinging form of discrimination she has fought against since childhood.

SDG Action Zone at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world

A young girl is pictured at her shelter in a displacement camp on Yemen’s west coast.

Yemen: Unsung heroes unite for lasting peace

Small island developing States like Trinidad and Tobago face unique challenges reaching the targets of the SDGs.

‘Staggering proposition’ reaching SDGs for small island States: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

SDG logos are projected in the UN General Assembly Hall in 2022.

Taking the pulse of the planet as the world gathers at the UN

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Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly opens the general debate.

UN once again centre stage for world diplomacy

Leaders from around the world returned to the New York Headquarters of the United Nations for the first fully in-person high-level week at the 78th session of the General Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ukraine: Snapshots of a war

The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, which is a World Heritage Historic Centre has been damaged by shelling.

UN ‘blue helmets’: 75 years of service and sacrifice

UN peacekeepers stand guard in Ménaka in southeastern Mali.

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Arbitrary detention still widespread in Mexico, rights expert warns

UN Affairs Mexico has made significant progress in combatting arbitrary detention in recent years, but the battle to end the practice is far from over the Human Rights Council-appointed independent panel working on the issue said on Monday.

Fake news - news articles that are intentionally and verifiably false and designed to manipulate people’s perceptions of reality - has been used to influence politics.

Tackling fake news in Kenya: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Peace and Security Facing down a tidal wave of disinformation ahead of Kenya’s presidential elections in 2022, the Government and the UN collaborated on a national anti-hate speech plan and an innovative consortium of influencers to calm the waters before voters cast their ballots.

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