A child rests on a table in the classroom where her family is sleeping at a school used as a collective centre for internally displaced people in Oicha, Beni territory, North Kivu.

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News in Brief 3 May 2019

3 May 2019

Attacks in DRC continue to terrorize the population: UN refugee agency
Iran: execution of child offenders ‘absolutely prohibited’, says UN human rights chief
Distribution of ‘super cereal’ suspended by WFP, while tests continue

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George Conway, Acting Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, and Monika Agnete Pollan, a Counsellor from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, observe the humanitarian situation during a working visit to Baidoa, Somalia on 1 May 2019.

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News in Brief 2 May 2019

2 May 2019

Harsh drought conditions in Somalia could trigger major humanitarian crisis, UN warns
World Tuna Day highlights importance of sustainably managed fish stocks for the health of the ocean
Festival in Bonn to drive action towards meeting SDGs

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Young women learn about puberty and menstruation at a girls-only class supported by the UN in Bol town in Chad. (February 2019)

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 1 May 2019

1 May 2019

UN sexual and reproductive health agency celebrates 50 years of existence
Gains by UN Abyei mission, advance resolution of border issues between Sudan and South Sudan
UN refugee agency’s Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller shares stories of Syrian refugees

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