A 70-year-old woman stands in the doorway of her bombed and burnt out apartment in central Chernihiv, Ukraine.

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News in Brief 3 June 2022

3 June 2022

100 days into Ukraine war, humanitarian needs remain massive
Yemen truce extension welcomed but children still at risk from years of conflict – Guterres, agencies
Mixed results from eight round of Syria talks in Geneva

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Over four million people in northeastern Bangladesh have been affected by extensive flooding.

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News in Brief 2 June 2022

2 June 2022

Lead us out of our environmental ‘mess’, UN’s Guterres urges summit
COVID-19: Omicron infection offers ‘limited protection’ against reinfection
Threats, intimidation and obstruction’ could disrupt Cambodia elections
North Korea in spotlight over missile tests at top UN disarmament forum

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A ten-year-old boy walks in the courtyard in front of his family’s apartment in central Chernihiv, Ukraine, which was destroyed in an air strike.

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News in Brief 1 June 2022

1 June 2022

Ukraine: At least two children killed in war every day, says UNICEF
UN rights chief welcomes abolition of death penalty in Central African Republic
Security Council urged to support efforts to end M23 insurgency in DR Congo

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WHO says that global health expenditure and loss of productivity due to tobacco equates to $1.4 trillion annually.

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News in Brief 31 May 2022

31 May 2022

Over one billion methamphetamine tablets seized in East and Southeast Asia
Yemen-bound Horn of Africa migrant numbers tick up, despite ongoing conflict
Tobacco industry is killing people and our planet, says UN health agency

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A young boy tends to his livestock in the outskirts of Galkayo town, Somalia.

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News in Brief 30 May 2022

30 May 2022

Do more for environment or risk planet becoming ‘human sacrifice zone’: UN-appointed independent rights experts
New Sudan visit by Special Rapporteur Adama Dieng
Fresh famine alert for Horn Of Africa

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A woman carries her daughter duriing floods in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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News in Brief 27 May 2022

27 May 2022

Disaster summit calls for more early warning systems
UNHCR expands aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland
UN chief condemns recent deadly attacks in Afghanistan

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A three-year-old boy sits on a box of winter clothing that his family has received from a distribution at Kawergosk Syrian Refugee Camp in Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

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News in Brief 26 May 2022

26 May 2022

Syria: Vital humanitarian corridor under threat
Afghanistan at a crossroads
Senegal: 11 newborn babies die in hospital fire

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Michelle Bachelet (left), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, meets with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other Chinese officials in Guangzhou.

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News in Brief 25 May 2022

25 May 2022

Guterres condemns ‘heinous’ mass shooting at Texas school
UN rights chief Bachelet holds 'valuable' meeting with President Xi
Only Sudanese themselves can resolve political crisis, top envoy tells Security Council

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A demolished home in Beit Sira village, Ramallah, in the central West Bank.

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News in Brief 24 May 2022

24 May 2022

Palestinian refugees’ mental health worsening, warns UN relief agency
Monkeypox outbreak can still be contained, insists UN health agency
Nicaragua probe investigators appointed

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Heavy rains have washed away towns, villages and infrastructure in Bangladesh.

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News in Brief 23 May 2022

23 May 2022

Bangladesh flooding leaves 1.5 million children at risk: UNICEF
Global jobs market recovery is going into reverse, warns ILO
UN rights chief Bachelet begins official visit to China
Nepal responsible for rape and execution of 16-year-old girl, says rights panel

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