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According to the International Organization for Migration, with nearly half a million Venezuelan nationals, Ecuador hosts the third largest Venezuelan migrant population worldwide, after Colombia and Peru. IOM

US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons, Jessica Stern, told reporters, “To achieve lasting peace and security, everyone must be safe, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.” UNIFEED

According to the International Organization for Migration, the outflow of refugees and migrants from Venezuela is one of the largest displacement crises in the world. IOM

A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on sodium intake reduction shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30 percent by 2025. WHO

A Venezuelan music teacher and choir director leads a group composed of mostly refugees and migrants from Venezuela, but including Chileans and others from Colombia, Peru and Cuba. IOM

The General Assembly elected 14 Member States to serve a three-year term in the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

Venezuelan migrants defy deadly desert conditions on their journey to Chile, moving along one of the most extensive migration routes in the world, said the International Organization for Migration. IOM

After four years as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet held her final press conference in Geneva and said, “the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ever-increasing effects of climate change, and the reverberating shocks of the food, fuel and finance crisis resulting from the war against Ukraine have been the three major issues” of her mandate. OHCHR

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “the multiple crises we are experiencing are a wake-up call for the much needed often absent solidarity, adding that to turn crises into an opportunity, “the key lies in the required transitions in renewable energy, food systems and digital connectivity – and in investment in human capital, financing the opportunities.” UNIFEED

Global fisheries and aquaculture production is at a record high and the sector will play an increasingly important role in providing food and nutrition in the future, according to a new report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO