The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a crash in international tourism, including in New York City.

UN News/Elizabeth Scaffidi

News in Brief 30 June 2021

30 June 2021

Rights expert calls for global 'pandemic protection fund'
Tourism braces for $2.4 trillion hit to global economy
Migrant worker numbers rise globally by five million: ILO

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Boya Lake Provincial Park in British Colombia, Canada at midnight.

WMO/Jason Salisbury

News in Brief 29 June 2021

29 June 2021

Pressure-cooker heatwave danger in Canada, UN northwest: WMO
Mali alert: rampant impunity for human rights abuses: Bachelet
Tigray crisis can be resolved, with aid access, agencies say

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Protests against racism and police violence were held in New York City after the death of George Floyd on 25 May 2020 (file photo).

UN Photo/Evan Schneider

News in Brief 28 June 2021

28 June 2021

UN rights office highlights policing reforms to address systemic racism
Abuse of rights activists in China remains endemic, says independent expert
UN health agency urges AI to be used in public interest in all countries

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Women from Venezuela’s indigenous Warao refugee community attend a COVID-19 educational session in Brazil.

© UNHCR/Allana Ferreira

News in Brief 25 June 2021

25 June 2021

Syria's last cross-border aid lifeline main must stay open, urge humanitarians
Food system sustainability of indigenous under threat: FAO
Hungary's new LGBTIQ law, under the rights spotlight: OHCHR

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A COVID-19 walk-in drive-through testing site in Ogun state, southwestern Nigeria.

WHO

News in Brief 24 June 2021

24 June 2021

More countries need to vaccinate 82.4 million on the move: UNHCR
Africa's third-wave of COVID can be pushed back - WHO regional head
Torture rehabilitation must be a universal right, urges UN expert

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Children are the most vulnerable victims of conflicts. The UN and the Government of National Accord in Libya launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan seeking, $202 million to provide health support and protection for some 550,000 vulnerable Libyans.

UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 23 June 2021

23 June 2021

UN chief urges action on Libya ceasefire, foreign fighters
50 million girls at risk of genital cutting by 2030
Small businesses unprepared for pandemic-sized climate shocks

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A Shona woman is one of an estimated 18,500 stateless people currently living in Kenya.

© UNHCR/Anthony Karumba

News in Brief 22 June 2021

22 June 2021

'Invisible' stateless people risk missing COVID jabs: UNHCR
Scale back on raw fish consumption in Southeast Asia, says FAO
Eritrea human rights: 'No tangible signs of progress'

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Displaced people in Adigrat town, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.

© UNICEF/Zerihun Sewunet

News in Brief 21 June 2021

21 June 2021

Tigray: Bachelet higlights 'serious violations of international law'
Human Rights Council urged to support 'new social contract'
COVID's rolled back sustainable development across weak economies

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Venezuelan Warao refugee families arrive at a newly opened UN shelter in the Tarumã-Açu neighbourhood of Manaus, northern Brazil.

© UNHCR/Felipe Irnaldo

News in Brief 18 June 2021

18 June 2021

Refugees disproportionately hit by COVID: Guterres
Famine risk spikes amid conflict, COVID and funding gaps
UN rights office OHCHR condemns targeting of civilian infrastructure in Yemen

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Women in Niger prepare fields for the rainy season as part of an anti-desertification initiative.

© FAO/Giulio Napolitano

News in Brief 17 June 2021

17 June 2021

Debt suspension call for countries hit worst by COVID: Guterres
Drought on verge of becoming the 'next pandemic'
COVID-19 cases surge by more than 20 per cent week on week

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