News in Brief 29 April 2022
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UN migration agency appeals for $514 million to support Ukraine response
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Investigations continue into cause of liver failure outbreak in kids
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Mali Press shutdowns reflect growing regional intolerance: OHCHR
UN migration agency appeals for $514 million to support Ukraine response
Investigations continue into cause of liver failure outbreak in kids
Mali Press shutdowns reflect growing regional intolerance: OHCHR
In a week that’s seen the UN chief push for peace and justice in Ukraine with visits to Moscow and Kyiv, the Security Council has also been hearing that fighting in Syria is still raging – and that we mustn’t forget it.
UN chief in Ukraine: war is ‘evil’ and unacceptable, calls for justice
Lula trial in Brazil violated due process, says UN rights panel
Africa sees surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases
“We can’t afford not to invest in prevention and peacebuilding” – that’s the view of newly-minted UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Elizabeth Spehar.
Ukraine war: UN chief arrives for talks in Moscow as ‘messenger of peace’
Healthcare attacks continue in Ukraine amid growing needs
Sand is not an infinite resource, countries’ development is at stake: UNEP
Demonstrating the wide-ranging consequences of the climate crisis, the UN Human Rights Council has appointed the first-ever Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the context of Climate Change.
The war in Ukraine is having a “ripple effect” in South Sudan, where the World Food Programme (WFP) is working to feed millions of people battered by conflict, unprecedented flooding, and displacement.
Ukraine: UN chief pushes for peace, 5.2 million flee country
Top rights experts urge US to ease Afghanistan assets freeze
UN rights office calls for Singapore stay of execution
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