UNEP/Lisa Murray News in Brief 22 March 2023 22 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter World comes together to address water crisis affecting billions Uganda: UN rights chief calls on President not to sign anti-homosexuality bill Tanzania: first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg Virus Disease
© UNICEF/Truong Viet Hung News in Brief 21 March 2023 21 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter School meals a ‘critical safety net’ amid global food crisis Pakistan: 10 million deprived of safe drinking water in flood-affected areas Yemen: Fresh negotiations conclude with release of 887 prisoners
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker News in Brief 20 March 2023 20 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Sustainable future still possible if we take climate action now - climate panel Somalia drought may have caused 43,000 excess deaths last year Iran: possible crimes against humanity, absence of accountability - top rights expert
©Artisan Productions / UNEP News in Brief 17 March 2023 17 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Lives of 10 million children on the line as conflict rages in central Sahel UN rights chief calls on Belarus to end campaign of repression Emergency response continues in cyclone-hit Southern Africa
© UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez News in Brief 16 March 2023 16 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Energy grid attacks, torture in Ukraine by Russian military could be crimes against humanity Cocaine trafficking surges following COVID-19-related slowdown UN human rights chief calls for further progress in Uzbekistan
© ILO/Marcel Crozet News in Brief 15 March 2023 15 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Investment needed to improve working conditions for essential workers - ILO Humanitarian needs soar in Syria soars as conflict enters 13th year Countries must stop undermining the work of human rights’ defenders: rights expert
WHO News in Brief 14 March 2023 14 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter More than one in two Syrians now food insecure – WFP 55 countries face unsustainable health worker crunch linked to COVID-19 UNHCR launches new appeal for displaced Afghans and host countries
© UNHCR/Emrah Gürel News in Brief 13 March 2023 13 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Syria rights investigators back calls for earthquake ‘failures’ probe Disability support under threat from workforce crisis, Human Rights Council hears Myanmar: Social media companies must stand up to junta’s online terror campaign say rights experts
© UNHCR/Hélène Caux News in Brief 10 March 2023 10 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Cyclone Freddy: Mozambique, Malawi brace for more rain Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’ 300,000 flee ongoing violence in DR Congo in February alone
© Unsplash News in Brief 9 March 2023 9 March 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Stricken Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant latest: IAEA Vanuatu emergency: UN aid team deploys after cyclones, earthquake Cannabis legalization fails to address health risks: UN-backed drugs control board