A family fleeing hostilities in Idlib set up a makeshift camp in Aqrabat village, near the Turkish border. (3 June 2019)

© UNICEF/Aaref Watad

News in Brief 7 October 2019

7 October 2019

UN warns against civilian displacement in northeast Syria following US withdrawal
UN Mission in Libya condemns airstrike which injured children at riding club
Tolstoy lands in Geneva to mark a century of international cooperation

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Baghdad

UNAMI

News in Brief 4 October, 2019

4 October 2019

UN expresses concern following wave of street protests in Iraq and elsewhere
UN highlights milestone of 1,000 Ebola survivors in DR Congo
UN experts recommend elimination of toxic chemicals

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

UN Photo/OCHA/Mark Garten

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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Children sitting next to their tent at the Al-Meshqafah camp in Yemen. (26 February 2019)

© UNICEF/Saleh Baholis

News in Brief 30 September 2019

30 September 2019

Yemen prisoner release boosts hopes of peace at last for war-weary civilians
First group of vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya to Rwanda
International Day recognizes pivotal role of multilingualism for peace

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Ten-year old Jimmy (right), one of millions of Venezuelan fleeing the country, waits in the migration center queue o get his official papers in order for traveling to Ecuador, where his sister waits for him. (2019)

© UNICEF/Santiago Arcos

News in Brief 27 September 2019

27 September 2019

Human Rights Council agrees on fact-finding mission to Venezuela
Brutal violence in northern Nigeria forces thousands into Niger
Zimbabwe must act quicker on democratic vision, urges UN-appointed independent expert

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Social media is a huge influence in children’s lives and being constantly connected to the Internet also comes with many risks, including online sexual exploitation, of adolescents and children.

© UNICEF/UN014974/Estey

News in Brief 26 September 2019

26 September 2019

Afghan civilians must be spared bloodshed, UN mission urges warring parties (UNAMA)
UN child protection panel issues blueprint to tackle online sex offenders
Critical WHO supplies arrive in Sudan to manage cholera outbreak

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Acidification, sea level rise and other impacts of climate change are taking a massive toll on the world's oceans. Pictured is an aerial view of Reykjavik, Iceland.

UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

News in Brief 25 September 2019

25 September 2019

Lawlessness and impunity, as clashes continue in Libya
Earth’s oceans and frozen spaces paying price for ‘taking the heat of global warming’
Global green ‘New Deal’ needed, to achieve SDGs by 2030

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An Ebola health worker signals that people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should not be scared of doctors but they should be scared of the deadly disease. (August 2019)

UN Photo/Martine Perret

News in Brief 24 September 2019

24 September 2019

Second Ebola vaccine for DRC is welcome, says UN health agency
Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: rights expert
Harassment of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong must end, say experts

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