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© UNAIDS News in Brief 31 May 2023 31 May 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Uganda: Guterres deeply concerned over anti-gay law Global economic woes dash hopes of work in low-income countries: ILO Bangladesh: keeping workers poor hinders development, says top rights expert
© UNHCR/Charity Nzomo News in Brief 30 May 2023 30 May 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children intensify Flooding in Somalia could affect up to 1.6 million as climate puts generation of children at risk: UNICEF Melting cryosphere: WMO’s urgent call to action
© MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko News in Brief 26 May 2023 26 May 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Guterres pays tribute to over 100 ‘blue helmets’ killed in the line of duty last year Stop tobacco farming, grow food instead, says WHO Ukraine: UN humanitarians bring aid to millions as civilian suffering continues
© UNEP/Duncan Moore News in Brief 25 May 2023 25 May 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Africa Day: UN chief calls for international solidarity to realize continent’s potential Half of Sudan’s population need humanitarian aid Children in east Asia and Pacific most threatened by climate shocks
© WFP/Geneva Costopulos News in Brief 24 May 2023 24 May 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Türk to Sudan’s warring generals: stop the ‘senseless violence’ Climate shocks, Sudan conflict worsen Horn of Africa hunger crisis Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network: WMO
© WFP/Aung Khaing Moe News in Brief 23 May 2023 23 May 2023 News in Brief Facebook Twitter Cyclone Mocha: urgent funding needed in Myanmar and Bangladesh as hunger, diseases loom Gaza: over a fourth of patients at UNRWA health centres need mental health support Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
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