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• Belarus: Trial of Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski ‘politically motivated’ 

• New US border measures ‘not in line with international standards’: UNHCR 

• Myanmar amnesty still leaves thousands in detention, OHCHR warns 

In our first Lid Is On of 2023, we take a trip to Geneva, to meet our Palais des Nations correspondent Daniel Johnson, who gives us a virtual visit of the venerable building and its surroundings, and looks back at some of his favourite moments from 2022, in particular the interview that earned hi

• Pakistan floods: 9 million more, risk being pushed into poverty
• Warm start to 2023 breaks records across Europe: WMO
• UN peacekeepers launch joint mission with DRC troops in North Kivu

This episode of amplifyHER features Adomaa, a Ghanaian-Nigerian singer, actor and model.

• Ukraine: FAO and EU in $15.5 million bid to tackle food insecurity
• Reach into your hearts and release all prisoners arbitrarily detained: UN rights chief
• Syria, Palestine, DPRK on UN Security Council’s new year agenda

According to leading international human rights organization Minority Rights Group (MRG), there was a 400-fold increase in the use of hate terms online in Pakistan between 2011 and 2021.

• COVID-19: coronavirus experts to meet at WHO and discuss China infections
• UN humanitarians urge extension of Syria cross-border aid access
• Guterres ‘deeply saddened’ over South Africa fuel tanker tragedy

• UN chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’ in Bolivia 

• UN Rights chief appeals to save Myanmar refugees

• Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign  

The son and former wife of Brazilian football legend Pelé, have been talking to UN News about the father and husband they knew, recalling his big but soft heart - and love for children from all walks of life across the country.

• Peace needed now, ‘more than ever’: Guterres
• Top UN and civil society officials slam Afghan rulers’ NGO ban for women
• Violent clashes in South Sudan stretch humanitarian operations