"ADOLESCENTS"

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk conducted a two-day official mission to Ecuador at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

According to a new UN report, a child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021. UNICEF

The Jewish Cemetery of Fez, Morocco, is a testament of the country’s peaceful interreligious cohabitation. UNIFEED

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her home country Benin to meet children and young people impacted by the spillover of violence from the Sahel crisis and climate change in the region. UNICEF

A joint mission to Ethiopia by Education Cannot Wait and Norway International Development Minister brings attention to one of the world’s largest education crises that has left 3.6 million children out of school. ECW

As one of Africa’s most populous countries with one of the biggest economies, Nigeria has one record it wants to remedy – ending AIDS in children. UNAIDS

World AIDS Day: We have a long way to go to protect the vulnerable, an activist said. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Visiting the Kabasa Internally Displaced Persons Camp, in Doolow, Somalia, the Head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Natalia Kanem, said, “2 million women and adolescent girls of childbearing age are going hungry because of unprecedented drought not seen in decades in this country.” UNFPA

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas travelled to Uttar Pradesh in northern India this week to visit UNICEF programmes helping to improve children’s education, and access to health, nutrition, and protection. UNICEF