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News in Brief 31 March 2022

 

  • UN chief lauds new net zero climate change emissions initiative
  • Afghanistan appeal: life hangs by a thread, warns UN relief chief
  • WHO launches bid to stop future arbovirus pandemic
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News in Brief 30 March 2022

  • Ukraine: Russia used cluster weapons at least 24 times, warns UN’s Bachelet

  • Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended, says UN Population Fund

  • Rape and violations of children’s rights still rife in CAR

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News in Brief 29 March 2022

  • Ukraine war could create widespread food insecurity, warns FAO

  • UN’s atomic watchdog chief in Ukraine to support nuclear power plants

  • Dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms

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News in Brief 28 March 2022

  • Ukraine relief effort steps up with 1,000 tonnes of emergency aid now sent

  • Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: experts

  • UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination

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News in Brief 24 March 2022

  • Ukraine war: half of country’s children now displaced 

  • WHO publishes first-ever country estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion

  • UNCTAD calls for IMF, World Bank measures as global downturn bites

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News in Brief 23 March 2022

  • Ukraine: UN’s Tedros urges Russia to stop the war amid ongoing attacks
  • UN weather agency to spearhead 5-year early warning plan, boosting climate action
  • UN health agency appeals to reverse gains lost in fight against TB
  • Seeds of change in Kenya as farmers lead way on tobacco-free farms
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News in Brief 22 March 2022

  • Time to negotiate end to ‘unwinnable’ war in Ukraine, Guterres declares

  • Now humanitarians fear Ukraine fallout in Haiti

  • Thousands continue to flee violence in northern Mozambique

 

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News in Brief 18 March 2022

  • Ukraine invasion: Needs keep growing with cities facing ‘fatal shortages’

  • Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil

  • UNHCR and partners launch $1.2 billion appeal for South Sudan refugees

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