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Friday’s Daily Brief: Refugee children missing out on school, Ebola in Uganda, Fresh violence in Yemen, 20 years of Timor-Lest independence, Enforced disappearances

August 30, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

A recap of Friday’s stories: Over half of refugee children missing an education; new Ebola case in Uganda; funding gap in Yemen leaves many at […]

More than half of world’s refugee children ‘do not get an education’, warns UNHCR

August 30, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Refugee children in their millions are missing out on an education, the UN said on Friday, in an appeal to host countries to back more […]

Thursday’s Daily Brief: UN refugee agency on Venezuelan migrant crisis, dramatic resurgence’ of measles in Europe, a UN News visit to former nuclear test site, Colombian law for disabled persons receives praise, Security Council on violence in Yemen

August 29, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

A recap of Thursday’s stories: ‘No end in sight’ to massive movement of Venezuelan migrants and refugees; ‘Dramatic resurgence’ of measles threatens Europe; Report from […]

Venezuela migrant crisis begs a ‘coherent, predictable and harmonized’ response: UNHCR

August 29, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

There is “no end in sight” to the massive movement of Venezuelan migrants and refugees, now at around 4.3 million in number, the UN refugee […]

Teen activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York by boat, putting ‘climate crisis’ in spotlight

August 29, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

After a two-week sail across the Atlantic Ocean, young climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in the Big Apple on Wednesday to participate in two major climate […]

Partnerships with civil society and youth ‘essential’ for a future that leaves no one behind: General Assembly President

August 28, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Partnerships with civil society and youth are essential to achieving the goals of key UN-backed international agreements, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, […]

‘Perseverance is key’ to Iraq’s future, UN envoy tells Security Council

August 28, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Although Iraq is “hard at work building on progress made to date”, a top United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday that decades […]

Corruption undermines democracy and contributes to instability, warns senior UN anti-crime official

August 28, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development and contributes to governmental instability, Mirella Dummar-Frahi, Civil Society Team Leader at the United Nations Office on Drugs […]

‘There has never been a more urgent time,’ to safeguard children’s right to safe water and sanitation, says UNICEF

August 28, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Access to safe drinking water is a right critical to a child’s survival, yet protracted crises have left some 420 million children without basic sanitation, […]

Football is ‘refuge for those who have left everything’; UN initiative aims to bolster well-being of refugee, migrant children in Peru

August 27, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Sport brings people together “regardless of conditions or flags”, a senior United Nations official in Perú said on Tuesday referring to a new initiative launched over this past weekend to […]

World Refugee Day: UN calls for renewed commitment and solidarity June 19, 2026
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on the international community to strengthen support for the nearly 42 million people worldwide who have fled their home countries to escape conflict, violence or persecution.
For one young refugee in Uganda, basketball is more than a game June 19, 2026
When 19-year-old Stephane Kulimushi looks around the basketball court in Kampala where he trains young refugees, he sees more than players.
Resettlement remains out of reach for millions of refugees June 16, 2026
As millions of people continue to flee their countries due to war or persecution, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, called on Tuesday for an urgent expansion of refugee resettlement programmes, warning that available places continue to fall short of global needs.
World News in Brief: State-supported safe houses in Haiti, EU pact strengthens refugee protection, demand for ‘critical minerals’ intensifies June 12, 2026
Haiti has opened its first State-supported safe house for survivors of sexual violence with support from the UN, marking a significant step in responding to the growing crisis affecting women and girls.
Refugee numbers drop for first time in a decade, but millions remain trapped June 10, 2026
Global forced displacement has decreased for the first time in a decade, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Thursday, though the figure remains unacceptably high and tens of millions of people are still trapped in prolonged exile with little prospect of rebuilding their lives.