A family poses for a portrait at home after attending a UNHCR stateless workshop in Skopje, Macedonia. Most stateless persons in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia originate from other former Yugoslav republics. 2017.

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News in Brief 14 February 2019

14 February 2019

No child in Europe should be Stateless, says UN agencies
Pope urges IFAD to continue on its ‘humble’ path
Saying NO to child marriage

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A November 2018 ILO study has identified deficits in decent work and employment conditions for workers in Jordan’s agricultural sector, including a lack of wage protection, an absence of social security coverage for workers, and poor occupational safety and health measures.

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News in Brief 13 February 2019

13 February 2019

No improvement in workers’ conditions, despite drop in unemployment rate
UN experts condemn Chechnya LGBT attacks
2019 World Radio Day focuses on promotion of dialogue, tolerance and peace

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Mebratu also known as ‘Tanki’ by his friends, is a 16-year-old boy from Eritrea. Music is one his greatest passions. He loves to listen to Eritrean traditional songs in his headphones found on his journey to Niger.

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News in Brief 12 February 2019

12 February 2019

Smartphone listener guidelines unveiled to prevent growing levels of hearing loss
Thousands flee fresh violence in South Sudan’s Equatoria State
Automatic braking guidelines will reduce crashes, says UNECE

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Mouminatou Barry, software engineer and cognitive educator, in Harlem, New York, United States.

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News in Brief 11 February 2019

11 February 2019

Engaging women and girls in science ‘vital’ for achieving sustainable development goals
Food for millions in Yemen at risk of rotting in key Red Sea port
Judicial independence under threat in Nigeria, warns UN rights expert

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The numbers of Venezuelans arriving in Ecuador by foot increased throughout 2018. Many here in Lago Agrio, a city near the northern border with Colombia arrive dehydrated, exhausted and often with health problems. November 2018.

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News in Brief 8 February 2019

8 February 2019

UN committed to helping Venezuelans amid growing needs: aid agencies
Rapid spread of Lassa fever in five African countries is ‘concerning’: UN health agency
Violence in Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine state

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Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, speaks to the press after visiting the Bangladesh island of Bhashan Char. 25 January 2019.

UNIC Dhaka/Mohammad Moniruzzaman

News in Brief 7 February 2019

7 February 2019

Myanmar constitutional reform ‘a positive development’
Yemen: Food available, not accessible
UN rights chief ‘concerned’ over Jehovah’s Witness sentencing

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Former FGM cutters at the UNFPA-supported Masanga Centre in Mara region. FGM is prevalent in the region and the center has become a safe heaven for girls and it also provides alternative rites of passage instead of FGM.

Warren Bright/UNFPA Tanzania

News in Brief 6 February 2019

6 February 2019

UN Chief calls for an end to Female Genital Mutilation
Nearly two-thirds of children at risk of ‘vicious cycle of poverty’
Largest ever UN humanitarian convoy reaches remote Syrian settlement

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Eight-year-old unaccompanied minor sits alone in Fufore camp for internally displaced persons in Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria.

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News in Brief 5 February 2019

5 February 2019

North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues amid attackers’ ‘increased sophistication’
$202 million appeal for life-saving aid to half a million Libyans
Tech transformation saves UN food agency millions in first year

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The port of Hudaydah in war-torn Yemen is one of the few lifelines for humanitarian aid and fuel into the country. 17 April 2017.

UN OCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 4 February 2019

4 February 2019

Confidence-building measures continue in new Yemen prisoner-swap talks
Trade wars unlikely to benefit domestic Chinese/US manufacturing: UN report
UN Geneva’s Celestial Sphere set for a moving, sparkling restoration

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On 26 January 2019 in the Syrian Arab Republic, children and families are huddled together after being forced to flee their homes in nearby towns and villages, with their few belongings in Baghoz village in Hajin district in eastern rural Deir-ez-Zor before they embark on a long and ardous journey to safety at Al-Hol camp, almost 300km to the north.

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News in Brief 1 February 2019

1 February 2019

Aid stepped up to Syria camp; new arrivals say terrorists blocked their escape
Six months into DR Congo’s deadliest Ebola outbreak, top UN official praises ‘brave’ response effort
Biggest ever refugee waste treatment facility goes online in Bangladesh

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