News in Brief

Children gather under the house they have fled to after being displaced due to the war and conflict.
© UNICEF

News in Brief 12 February 2021

12 February 2021
News in Brief
  • Human Rights Council hears call for immediate release of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi 
  • Constellation’ of post-COVID symptoms will impact global healthcare, says WHO 
  • Starvation risk for Yemen’s children threatens 400,000 without urgent treatment: UN agencies 
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Antonina, 58, was struggling to breathe and had a high fever by the time she realized she had contracted COVID-19. Oxygen concentrators supplied by UNICEF to Ukraine, helped her fight the disease.
UNICEF

News in Brief 11 February 2021

11 February 2021
News in Brief
  • COVID: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for everyone: WHO 
  • COVID numbers are still too high in Europe, warns WHO regional director 
  • Remove activists from ‘terrorist list’, urge UN-appointed independent experts 
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The city skyline of Yangon, Myanmar, at sunset.
Unsplash/Anjani Kumar

News in Brief 10 February 2021

10 February 2021
News in Brief
  • Myanmar crisis: following orders is no defence for brutality, says rights expert  
  • East Asian countries led economic recovery in last quarter of 2020 
  • WHO and UNICEF chiefs urge vaccine solidarity to end COVID 
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A woman with an umbrella walks in the rain in a field. To the left is a rainbow. Photo: WMO
World Meteorological Organization

News in Brief 9 February 2021

9 February 2021
News in Brief
  • Latest LaNiña report suggests warmer, wetter months to come - WMO
  • 2.5 billion people in almost 130 countries lack access to COVID vaccine
  • Myanmar: UN country office expresses strong concern at use of force against protesters
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Rescue efforts are on after part of a Himalayan glacier broke away in India’s Uttarakhand province on Sunday, unleashing a torrent of water, rock and debris downstream.
UNDP India

News in Brief 8 February 2021

8 February 2021
News in Brief
  • UN stands ready to support relief, in aftermath of deadly India flash floods 
  • Refugee chief Filippo Grandi urges regularization of displaced Venezuelans 
  • Rights experts insist foreign nationals should be returned from Syria camps 
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Tens of thousands of refugees have crossed the border from Ethiopia to Sudan, fleeing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
© WFP/Leni Kinzli

News in Brief 5 February 2021

5 February 2021
News in Brief
  • UN agencies in plea for access to help stranded people in Ethiopia’s Tigray
  • COVID-19 ‘to contribute to two million additional cases’ of FGM over 10 years 
  • In Somalia, risks of Desert Locust crop damage remain ‘high and alarming’ 
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Paul (right) now works on the family farm.
Pete Muller for the ICC

News in Brief 4 February 2021

4 February 2021
News in Brief
  • Warlord found guilty of crimes against humanity in northern Uganda - ICC 
  • IFRC launches plan to help vaccinate 500 million against COVID-19 
  • Iran: rights experts alarmed over execution of Baloch minority prisoners 
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14,000 refugees from Eritrea are living in the Mai-Aini refugee camp in Tigray.
© UNHCR/Petterik Wiggers

News in Brief 3 February 2021

3 February 2021
News in Brief
  • Urgent steps needed to alleviate suffering in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: Guterres 
  • Key workers in 145 countries to receive COVID vaccines 
  • Navalny prison sentence prompts ‘dismay’ from UN rights office 
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Women with breast cancer receive free treatment at the National Cancer Institute in Mexico City.
PAHO

News in Brief 2 February 2021

2 February 2021
News in Brief
  • Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care globally has been ‘profound’, warns WHO 
  • Call for ‘crimes against humanity’ probe in DR Congo 
  • DPR Korea: Prison system a place of ongoing grave abuses, warns Bachelet 
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Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy of Myanmar, addresses a meeting at the United Nations in New York. (file)
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

News in Brief 1 February 2021

1 February 2021
News in Brief
  • Military control ‘serious blow’ to democratic reforms in Myanmar: UN chief 
  • Libya vote offers renewal and reconciliation chance, says veteran UN negotiator 
  • Nicaragua: rights expert urges to improve protection of environmental defenders 
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