News in Brief

View of Minsk, Capital of Belarus
UN Belarus/Victor Radivinovski

News in Brief 17 August 2020

17 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Belarus: Children beaten in detention
  • UN stands with Somalia after terrorist bombing
  • Virtual Concert to fight COVID, unites Pacific
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2'27"
A deadly explosion at Beirut Port wreaks havoc throughout Lebanon's capital city.
© UNOCHA

News in Brief 14 August 2020

14 August 2020
News in Brief
  • UNDP to support economic recovery in Beirut
  • UN chief welcomes UAE-Israel deal to end West Bank annexations
  • WFP warns of food insecurity in DR Congo 
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3'16"
Students wait in line to wash their hands at a school in Meghalaya, India.
© UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani

News in Brief 13 August 2020

13 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Access to handwashing facilities, key for safe return to schools
  • UNESCO rallies international community to save historic Beirut culture
  • Nearly 3,000 community health workers trained to aid Haiti COVID response
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3'7"
Workers unload WFP food aid at the Karageusian Center in Beirut, Lebanon.
WFP/Ziad Rizkallah

News in Brief 12 August 2020

12 August 2020
News in Brief
  • COVID creates ‘opportunities for peace’, despite challenges 
  • UN chief urges ‘preservation of peace’ in protest-hit Bolivia
  • WFP chief pledges emergency food support to Lebanon
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2'48"
A deadly explosion in Beirut Port, Lebanon, flattened neighbourhoods and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
© UNOCHA

News in Brief 11 August 2020

11 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Dozens of refugees killed in Beirut blast 
  • Sudan: Violence in Western Darfur force 2,500 into Chad
  • Polio campaigns ramp up in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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3'30"
Community supporters clean up the aftermath of the catastrophic explosion in the area of Gemmayze, in Beirut, Lebanon.
© UNICEF/Ramzi Haidar

News in Brief 10 August 2020

10 August 2020
News in Brief
  • UN will support Lebanon ‘in every possible way’ pledges UN chief
  • UN rights chief warns new Somalia draft law ‘risks legitimizing child marriage’
  • Boosting migrant worker protections during COVID pandemic
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2'59"
Neighbourhoods facing the port of Beirut were extensively damaged by the explosion.
© UNOCHA

News in Brief 7 August 2020

7 August 2020
News in Brief
  • 'Immediate and huge' needs facing Beirut and Lebanon
  • Mauritania shipwreck, another preventable tragedy
  • Lift sanctions 'bringing suffering and death'
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3'59"
Grain silos in Beirut's port were destroyed by the explosion.
UNIFIL

News in Brief 6 August 2020

6 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Lifesaving WHO aid arrives in Beirut
  • Nuclear arms ban essential, 75 years post-Hiroshima
  • Indigenous more at risk: UN chief
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4'3"
UN peacekeepers from France discuss their role in the rescue effort following an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
UNIFIL

News in Brief 5 August 2020

5 August 2020
News in Brief
  • UN force aids Lebanese following blast
  • Health agency sends COVID-19 'surge team' to South Africa
  • UN rights experts concerned over Jammu and Kashmir
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4'23"
Breastfeeding protects infants from disease

News in Brief 4 August 2020

4 August 2020
News in Brief
  • COVID link to breastfeeding, negligible
  • Child Labour Convention is ratified
  • UN censures 'heinous attacks' in Lake Chad basin
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3'37"