News in Brief

• UN Envoy ‘saddened’ at death of boy, 7, in occupied West Bank
• Little progress in combating systemic racism against people of African descent: OHCHR
• Condemnation for deadly attack on Afghan educational centre

Following his first visit to the Central African Republic, the newly-appointed Special Coordinator on Improving UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, or SEA, `underscored the need to “turn words into deeds” when it comes to zero tolerance of the scourge.

During his first field visit since taking office this month, Christian Saunders reiterated the UN’s firm stance against any and all such acts.

• Black Sea exports ramp up, bringing food to the most in need
• Africa: bid begins to stop the spread of invasive malaria-carrying mosquito 
• Reprisals continue against people cooperating with the UN 

• G20 Agriculture meeting urges action to stop spiralling food crisis
• Iran: rights experts’ stay of execution call for two women LGBT activists
• UN unveils new measures to support mental health at work

• UN rights office condemns violent response to hijab protests
• Russia: alarm at arrests of demonstrators against Ukraine war mobilisation
• DR Congo families return home from Zambia: UNHCR

• Said trial opens at International Criminal Court
• Torture 'systematically practised' in Venezuela, sanctioned at highest level
• South Sudan violence proliferating all over the country, experts warn

• War crimes have been committed in Ukraine conflict, finds top rights probe
• Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid
• Canada braces for Hurricane Fiona after a week of lashing wind and rain in Caribbean

• Ethiopia: Civilians mired in intractable and deadly war, Human Rights Council hears
• Myanmar: If Security Council won't act, other nations should - rights expert
• UN announces $75 million target reached for salvage of Yemen tanker

• Every two seconds someone is dying of a preventable disease: WHO 
• Famine looms in Somalia, but many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble – FAO, WFP
• Ukraine crisis: UN refugee agency unveils digital refugee support hub

• Pakistan floods update: 6 month wait for floods to recede, agencies say
• OHCHR alarmed at Iranian woman’s death after hijab arrest
• Rare Ebola outbreak declared in Uganda – WHO