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The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Alicia Bárcena, told journalists that her country is facing “a real challenge” as “around three thousand people a day” are crossing the Darien Gap and heading north towards Mexico and the United States. UNIFEED

In his remarks to the General Assembly’s General Debate, the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, said, “in a very short time,” El Salvador went from being “the most dangerous place in the planet to being the safest country in Latin America.” UNIFEED

A spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recognised “the complex challenge El Salvador faces in tackling criminality,” but stressed that “weakening the rule of law and the integrity of the legal system by derogating from fair trial rights is not the answer.” UNTV CH

La vocera del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Marta Hurtado, dijo que el estado de excepción en El Salvador, en vigor desde hace un año, ha permitido a las autoridades adoptar varias medidas que suscitan grave preocupación en materia de derechos humanos. ACNUDH

A refugee is on the front lines of the fight against climate change in Guatemala. UNHCR

Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office Liz Throssell, said, “we are deeply concerned by the series of measures recently introduced in El Salvador in response to the rise in gang killings.” UNTV CH

In Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, governments are looking at ways to halt migration and encourage young people to stay in their home countries, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In El Salvador, a rural development programme is having positive results, encouraging young people to take up careers in agriculture. IFAD

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted malaria services, leading to a marked increase in cases and deaths. WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) commemorated a Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination and welcomed groundbreaking new initiatives to end the devastating disease, which claims the lives of over 300,000 women each year. WHO

“If we ignore the challenges and needs of rural people in the world’s poorest countries, our attempts to create more equitable and sustainable food systems are doomed to fail,” said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ahead of the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit that begins in Rome on Monday. IFAD