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Ending his trip to the Pacific, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Vanuatu where be praised the Government’s efforts to combat climate change. UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations marked the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia or Transphobia (IDAHOTIB), which commemorates the World Health Organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Idlib, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary Di Carlo, said, “we are at yet another juncture in the Syrian conflict where civilians are paying the price for a never-ending war.” UNIFEED

A United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)'s team visited a remote community of Lobonok in the Equatorias, to provide a protective presence and to investigate human rights abuses inflicted on local residents. UNMISS

UNHCR’s tech-friendly registration process is helping thousands of Rohingya refugees getting their own identity cards, along with better protection while in exile, and the prospect of a return home one day. UNHCR

UN agencies strongly condemned Thursday’s airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sana’s that reportedly killed five children and injured dozens more. The agencies also warned of the “brutal toll” on civilians of more than four years of conflict. UNTV CH

UN chief António Guterres expressed his solidarity with the government and the people of Tuvalu in their determined efforts to preserve their country from the negative impacts of climate change. UNITED NATIONS

The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday (15 May) concluded a joint visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) with a call for greater investment in nutrition. FAO

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Bintou Keita called upon the Members of the G5-Sahel to “most urgently accelerate the full operationalization of the Joint Force so that it can finally reach its full operational capability.” UNIFEED

A new public opinion survey has revealed the staggering impact of war on the people of South Sudan, showing that 79 percent of the population have experienced the death or displacement of a family member. UNMISS