News in Brief

• UN chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’ in Bolivia 

• UN Rights chief appeals to save Myanmar refugees

• Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign  

• Peace needed now, ‘more than ever’: Guterres
• Top UN and civil society officials slam Afghan rulers’ NGO ban for women
• Violent clashes in South Sudan stretch humanitarian operations

• Afghanistan: UN rights chief urges end to female discrimination

• Indonesia’s ‘act of humanity’ for migrants adrift at sea

• Ukraine: UN helps with vulnerable communities  

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• Global cholera spike driven by climate change: WHO
• Afghanistan: top rights experts call on the Taliban to immediately halt executions
• Scottish Parliament urged to adopt gender recognition reform

• UN emergency relief chief ends Ukraine visit pledging solidarity
• Ukraine: Human Rights Council hears of summary executions
• Communities must be empowered to lead fight against HIV pandemic, says UNAIDS

• South Sudan: UN Human Rights chief  appeals for civilian attacks to stop
• Clean water investment boost needed to prevent health crisis: Tedros  
• UN migration agency IOM accelerates winter support in Ukraine

• Ukraine: HIV patients in war-hit Donbass need antivirals now: WHO
• Somalia: famine narrowly averted - for now, warn UN humanitarians
• Global trade growth turns negative after record year: UNCTAD

• Global calorie intake increased by 9 per cent in last year @FAO
• More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen – UNICEF
• Haiti famine risk rises, warns UN emergency food agency

• Tigray crisis: Assistance ramps up to refugees and displaced in northern Ethiopia - UNHCR
• ‘20 million jobs’ from nature-based solutions: ILO, UNEP
• Amid intractable challenges, solutions are ‘within sight’: UN Human Rights chief