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A top United Nations official said that the DPRK’s launch of a long-range ballistic missile “was a reckless act and a clear violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

In findings issued in a report by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the UN Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), the authors indicated that 93 percent of the 3,126 registered cases of “torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment” affecting 4,946 victims had happened in areas experiencing conflict. UNIFEED

A decade’s worth of hard-won economic gains in Afghanistan was wiped out in a single year, according to a new UN report. UNIFEED

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the Organization is continuing to support the government of Uganda to respond to an outbreak of Ebola disease in four districts. WHO

According to the World Trade Organization, world trade is expected to lose momentum in the second half of 2022 and remain subdued in 2023 as multiple shocks weigh on the global economy. WTO

Schools and slowing getting back to normal after the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, but globally, refugees lag behind other children in school enrolment. Koat Reath, a South Sudanese refugee teacher in Ethiopia, is doing his part to make sure children in refugee camps get an education. UNHCR

The world’s financial leaders are set to meet in Washington, DC next week for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF

The United Nations Multidimensional Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) informed that three UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh have died “after suffering severe injuries when their vehicles hit an explosive ordnance device overnight.” UNIFEED

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special Representative for Iraq, said, “Tragic developments are indisputably the result of the inability of Iraq’s political class to cast the die.” UNIFEED

The United Nations, along with its partners, has provided critical support to more than half a million people since the start of the war in Ukraine, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED