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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said lasting peace is “interlinked with justice, development and respect for human rights” adding that for societies to move forward after conflicts “suffering needs to be acknowledged; confidence in State institutions restored; and justice done.” UNIFEED

“The world needs to continue to fund the Ebola response,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Tuesday, adding that “taking our foot off the accelerator now, could it be a fatal mistake.” WHO

The number of pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets and benefiting from preventive medicine for malaria has increased significantly in recent years, according to the World Health Organization’s World malaria report 2019. WHO

Security Council must expand, adapt to current realities or risk losing legitimacy, delegates tell General Assembly amid proposals for reform at 33rd and 34th plenary meetings.

Security Council must expand, adapt to current realities or risk losing legitimacy, delegates tell General Assembly amid proposals for reform at 33rd and 34th plenary meetings.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah has concluded a visit to his native Sierra Leone on the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ishmael, a former Sierra Leonean child soldier and best-selling author, traveled to Bombali and Tonkolili Districts in northern Sierra Leone, where he met with child survivors of sexual abuse, children in contact with the law and orphaned children. UNICEF

Reconciliation must evolve to reflect growing complexity of today’s conflicts, participants stress during day-long Security Council open debate at 8668th meeting.

Reconciliation must evolve to reflect growing complexity of today’s conflicts, participants stress during day-long Security Council open debate at 8668th meeting.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Universal ratification of Rome Statute crucial to reduce impunity for atrocity crimes, International Criminal Court President tells General Assembly at 25th and 26th plenary meetings.