UNICEF/Soulaiman (file)

News in Brief 24 June 2019

24 June 2019

ISIL families detained in ‘sub-standard conditions’, says UN rights chief
Displacement challenges ‘cannot be done alone’
New UN agriculture agency chief hails from China

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WFP/Mohammed Awadh

News in Brief 21 June 2019

21 June 2019

UN food agency begins partial pull-out of aid to opposition-held Yemen capital
Central African Republic food crisis should be wake-up call to global community
DPRK at crossroads as UN independent investigator sees no improvement in people’s rights

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Ahmed Soliman

News in Brief 20 June 2019

20 June 2019

UN health agency flags ‘critical funding gap’ for the Ebola response
Teachers ‘unprepared for traumatized migrant and refugee students’, UNESCO reports
Yoga celebrated around the world

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© UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

News in Brief 19 June 2019

19 June 2019

Saudi Arabia ‘responsible’ for Khashoggi death, Crown Prince must be investigated: Independent UN expert
Doubling of displaced people over the last 20 years, says UN refugee agency
South Korea sends food aid to North

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© UNHCR/Colin Delfosse

News in Brief 18 June 2019

18 June 2019

300,000 flee flare-up of ethnic violence in north-eastern DRC
Sudden death of Egypt’s former President Morsi must be investigated: UN human rights
Kuwait and Pakistan confirmed as having hottest temperatures on earth recorded

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© UNHCR/NMO

News in Brief 17 June 2019

17 June 2019

Yemen: end food diversions to save lives, urges WFP chief
India to replace China as most populous nation: new UN report
Plastic pollution: 10-fold increase in 40 years

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WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua

News in Brief 14 June 2019

14 June 2019

South Sudanese facing famine in all but name, warns UN food agency
Amid Sudan protest uncertainty, Darfur is still in crisis: OCHA
5G technology jeopardizes forecasting and early warning alerts, say UN weather experts

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4'9"

UNICEF/Sokol

News in Brief 13 June 2019

13 June 2019

Guterres strongly condemns latest attack on oil tankers in Gulf
‘Heated clashes’ lead to 17 deaths in Darfur; AU-UN Mission launches investigation
UNICEF report ranks the best and worst ‘family-friendly’ nations

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Masarib/Ahmed Bahhar

News in Brief 12 June 2019

12 June 2019

Sudan sliding into ‘human rights abyss’, warn UN independent experts
Key overseas investment data show slide for third year in a row
“Final push” at ILO summit to make child labour a thing of the past

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4'6"

World Bank/Jonathan Ernst

News in Brief 11 June 2019

11 June 2019

UN Security Council offers Yemen Special Envoy ‘their full support’
Macron leads EU-wide minimum wage call as Merkel, Medvedev warn of global injustice
UN human rights chief Bachelet hails Botswana decision decriminalizing same-sex relationships

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