MINUSCA

News in Brief 8 July 2020

8 July 2020

News in Brief

Africa sees COVID-19 cases pass 500,000: WHO
‘Conversion therapy’ alert at UN Human Rights Council
UN expert calls for end to gender-based violence against women journalists

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3'16"

News in Brief 30 June 2020

30 June 2020

News in Brief

Hard times forecast for global job recovery in 2020, warns UN labour agency chief
UN’s Bachelet urges Philippines’ President not to sign new anti-terror law
End harmful practices against women and girls, says UN Population Fund

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4'18"

News in Brief 29 June 2020

29 June 2020

News in Brief

Bachelet urges Israel to halt West Bank annexation plans, warns of ‘shockwaves’
Syrians need international solidarity, warn COVID crisis
Food insecurity affecting previously safe communities, insists WFP chief

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3'41"

News in Brief 26 June 2020

26 June 2020

News in Brief

Syrians face ‘unprecedented’ hunger amid impending COVID crisis
580 civilians killed so far this year in central Mali – OHCHR
After ‘megaflash’ lightning strikes, dust plumes hit historic proportions

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3'45"

IOM

News in Brief 24 June 2020

24 June 2020

News in Brief

Time to ‘grow back better’ from e-car revolution
World risks being ‘blown off course’ by COVID-19, warns UNAIDS chief
Stranded migrant workers need protection, say UN labour experts (ILO)

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3'45"

COVID-19 upends ‘entire generation’ of 600 million South Asian children

23 June 2020

Health

Without urgent action, COVID-19 will continue to unravel decades of progress across South Asia, destroying the “hopes and futures of an entire generation”, warns a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.