Secretary-General António Guterres tours Abaco Island, Bahamas to witness at first-hand the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian.

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News in Brief 3 October, 2019

3 October 2019

UN’s Guterres: Broad climate ‘movement’ has begun
UNMISS: ‘Peace is still fragile’ throughout South Sudan
Former Assembly President, Professor Freitas do Amaral, dies

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Azizbek Ashurov, a lawyer from Kyrgyzstan, has been selected as the 2019 winner of the UN Refugee Agency’s Nansen Refugee Award.

© UNHCR/Chris de Bode

News in Brief 2 October 2019

2 October 2019

Kyrgyz lawyer wins top UN Refugee Agency award
UN envoy positive but realistic about upcoming Syria Constitutional Committee meeting
First-ever visit of a UN human rights chief to Malaysia

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A UNHCR van transfers newly arrived Afghan families from the shore to the Skala Sikamneas transit site. (25 September 2019)

© UNHCR/Gordon Welters

News in Brief 1 October 2019

1 October 2019

Athens urged to fast-track asylum-seekers amid crisis over island shelters
‘Sixth straight year’ of at least 1,000 deaths in the Mediterranean
Plunge in Russians’ alcohol consumption linked to ‘dramatic’ rise in life expectancy

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