News in Brief 23 October 2019

23 October 2019

News in Brief

New High-Level Panel to support millions internally-displaced
Safe and healthy working conditions still not upheld as universal human right
UN Environment campaign to help disappearing snow leopard thrive

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3'25"

OCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 22 October 2019

22 October 2019

News in Brief

UN food agency reaches besieged Yemenis
Children killed and injured in ongoing Libya fighting
Turkish assault on northern Syria has ‘significant humanitarian impact’

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2'59"

UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferre

News in Brief 21 October 2019

21 October 2019

News in Brief

UN rights chief calls for "immediate dialogue" in Chile
Security Council visits South Sudan
UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises Zambia

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3'27"

IOM

News in Brief 18 October 2019

18 October 2019

News in Brief

Amid ongoing fighting in north-east Syria, civilians continue to flee violence
Unprecedented flooding affects thousands of locals, refugees in South Sudan
Modern-day ‘farm slave’ rescue highlights pervasive human trafficking in Ukraine

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3'17"

UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

News in Brief 17 October 2019

17 October 2019

News in Brief

Record-high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan: UN Report
Tuberculosis infections declining, but not fast enough among the poor
New labour research identifies strategies for tackling poverty and inequality

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3'22"

UN Photo/Logan Abassi

News in Brief 16 October 2019

16 October 2019

News in Brief

New UN political mission in Haiti
Global cancer cases expected to spiral
End cycle of violence against rights defenders

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3'1"

IOM TRIPOLI

News in Brief 15 October 2019

15 October 2019

News in Brief

In Syria, violence continues ‘on both sides’ of border with Turkey
Concerns over deportation of Haitian migrants from Bahamas to Haiti – OHCHR
IOM organizes first humanitarian charter flight from Algeria to Niger

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3'29"

WFP/Abeer Etefa

News in Brief 14 October 2019

14 October 2019

News in Brief

Military operation in northeast Syria could see unintentional release of ISIL affiliates: UN chief 
Guterres praises UN-led peace talks to end Ecuador’s unrest
Stop the waste: UN food agencies call for action to reduce global hunger

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2'51"