News in Brief 6 April 2022
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Ukraine: UNESCO condemns killing of film director Mantas Kvedaravicius
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COVID deaths and infections continue to fall globally
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Africa faces rising climate-linked health emergencies, warns WHO
Ukraine: UNESCO condemns killing of film director Mantas Kvedaravicius
COVID deaths and infections continue to fall globally
Africa faces rising climate-linked health emergencies, warns WHO
A new low in the war in Ukraine has made headlines around the world this week, with the discovery that hundreds of civilians have been killed in the city of Bucha, in areas previously controlled by Russian troops.
UN Secretary-General's full remarks at the Security Council Meeting on Ukraine, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on Tuesday, 5 April 2022. Full text here.
Ukraine: UN’s Guterres joins call for Bucha killings probe
Sri Lanka authorities urged to respect freedom of expression – OHCHR
First aid convoy in months reaches Ethiopia’s Tigray – WFP
Although Africa “pollutes less” as a continent than others such as Europe or the Americas, it’s suffering disproportionately from the impact of climate change, with drought and flooding having a profound impact on food security and agriculture.
Ukraine: UN Secretary-General expresses shock over Bucha killings
UN climate report: urgent action must be taken to mitigate environment catastrophe
More than 90 feared dead in new Mediterranean tragedy
The six-month long 2020 Dubai Expo came to an end this week, marking the end also of the United Nations Hub there, which aimed to explain to attendees, the central and diverse role the Organization plays at the heart of world events.
This week saw the UN launch an ambitious bid to stop the spread of common, mosquito-borne diseases – known as “arboviruses” - which threaten more than half the world’s population.
Ukraine: Mariupol evacuation is ready, there is no Plan B
Aid call in Uganda after 10,000 people flee violence in DRC
UN’s rights council adopts disinformation resolution, States urged to tackle hate speech