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Top United Nations official in South Sudan welcomed the signing of the peace agreement between warring parties last week in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and called for pulling out of armed units to avoid “going into conflict with each other.” UNMISS

One in three children and young people between five and 17 years old living in countries affected by conflict or disaster – 104 million – are not in school, a figure that accounts for more than a third of the global out-of-school population, according to a new UNICEF report. UNICEF

Addressing the opening of the 73rd session of the General Assembly, GA President, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, as only the fourth woman to assume the role, dedicated her presidency to “those women who have entered politics; who are demanding equality in the workplace; those women and girls who are victims of violence; to those girls and adolescents who demand access to quality education.” UNIFEED

UN Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that the signed revitalized political agreement in South Sudan sends a “strong message” to the parties that “there is no justification for the continuation of violence, which continues to exact a heavy toll on the civilian population.” UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura welcomed the agreement reached Monday between the Presidents of Russia and Turkey over Idlib and stressed that with this deal “there is no reason not to move forward expeditiously with the political process.” UNIFEED

According to World Health Organization (WHO)’s 2018 Global TB Report, released in New York today, fewer people fell ill and died from tuberculosis (TB) last year but countries are still not doing enough to end TB by 2030. UNIFEED / WHO

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the agreement reached on 17 September between President Erdogan of Turkey and President Putin of Russia to create a demilitarized buffer zone in Syria's Idlib region, which should avert a full-scale military operation and provide reprieve for millions of civilians. UNIFEED

World Food Programme has sent 1000 metric tons of food to support some 166 000 families in Philippines in the aftermath of the devastating passage of the typhoon Mankhut. UNTV CH

A twelve-year-old refugee student discovered a gift for mathematics thanks to his Lebanese professor. UNHCR

Senior generals of the Myanmar military should be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in an international criminal tribunal, UN investigators said Tuesday in the final version of a report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, for abuses perpetrated against the Rohingya minority population. UNTV CH