News in Brief

As families were welcomed into tents in the reception area of Syria's Al-Hole camp, UNICEF immediately provided them with much-needed health and nutrition services.
UNNICEF/Delil Soleiman

News in Brief 31 January 2019

31 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Syria: ‘Violence, displacement’ and cold kill 11 infants ‘in the past two days’
  • Boom in Artificial Intelligence patents, points to ‘quantum leap’ in tech
  • UN appeals for more than $162 million in aid to Ukraine
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3'19"
Area hit by the rupture of the dam in Brumadinho, Brazil.
Presidência da República do Brasil/Divulgação

News in Brief 30 January 2019

30 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Probe call for Brazil dam collapse
  • ‘World’s deadliest sea crossing’ claimed six lives a day in 2018: UN refugee agency
  • 30 dead and 100 migrants missing in Djibouti boat tragedy
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3'5"
Hamam, 5 years, and his sister Sham, 4 years, sit on children's winter clothing kits. The family of 6 are refugees from Syria and came to Jordan six years ago.
© UNICEF/UN0274546/Herwig

News in Brief 29 January 2019

29 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Nearly $4 billion needed to protect 41 million children from conflict and disaster
  • 700 people detained in one day of Venezuela demonstrations, dozens children
  • Palestine refugees more vulnerable now than in year 2000, warns UN agency chief
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4'19"
World War II Veterans and other participants attending the 2019 United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in the General Assembly Hall.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

News in Brief 28 January 2019

28 January 2019
News in Brief
  • ‘Where there is anti-Semitism, no one else is safe’: UN Chief tells Holocaust commemoration
  • Latin America must condemn violence against Venezuelan refugees and migrants: senior UN official
  • ‘Preparedness is crucial’ in fight against Ebola: health workers vaccinated in South Sudan
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Rebecca left Venezuela with her children to reunite with her husband Jonathan in Tulcán, Ecuador, where he works at a bar earning US$3 a day. Ecuador is now the third largest host country in South America for Venezuelans fleeing the socio-economic situation in their country.
© UNHCR/Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo

News in Brief 25 January 2019

25 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Bachelet condemns Venezuela killings, urges restraint lest situation ‘spirals out of control’
  • DRC Ebola infections increase in two health zones as numbers decline in former hotspot
  • Alarm over violent attacks in Malawi ahead of elections
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4'15"
The flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (centre) flying at United Nations headquarters in New York. (file)
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

News in Brief 24 January 2019

24 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Venezuela’s anti-Government protests spark UN chief’s concern
  • An educated world spells progress, as UN marks new International Day
  • Mitigate extreme weather risks, urges new disaster risk report
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3'9"
Permanent headquarters of the International Criminal Court at The Hague. (file)
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

News in Brief 23 January 2019

23 January 2019
News in Brief
  • CAR militia leader transferred to International Criminal Court
  • UNICEF urges Sudan to protect children from violence
  • UN Chief calls on “bold, innovative ideas” from global digital tech leaders
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After 36 years of waiting, in August 2018, relatives of victims of armed conflict in the Guatemalan village of Ixtupil, were finally able to receive the remains of their loved ones and conduct a dignified burial.
PNUD Guatemala/ Fernanda Zelada Rosal

News in Brief 22 January 2019

22 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Repeal of Guatemala ‘reconciliation law’ would lead to amnesty for rights violators: Bachelet
  • Mediterranean migrant drownings should spur European States’ solidarity, urge UN agencies
  • Human rights must be bedrock of “Globalization 4.0”, UN experts tell Davos leaders
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4'4"
Freight ship off the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.
UNCTAD/Jan Hoffmann

News in Brief 21 January 2019

21 January 2019
News in Brief
  • UN official says trade report shows eradication of poverty “unlikely”
  • Urgent need for disarmament in current climate
  • UN agency dispels refugees disease-spreading myth
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3'5"
Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) briefs the press at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. 7 September 2018.
UN Photo/Violaine Martin

News in Brief 18 January 2019

18 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Call for probe into deadly violence against Zimbabwe protests
  • Deadly attack on Nigerian town leaves tens of thousands of people without aid
  • DRC Ebola outbreak can be handled effectively, despite challenges: WHO
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