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Nearly two months into the cholera outbreak in Haiti, UNICEF is warning that approximately 40 percent of the growing number of confirmed cases are among children. UNICEF

The 9th Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) adopted a Declaration in Fez, Morocco stressing the central role of education, and women as mediators and peacemakers. UNIFEED

A top UN official said that there is “quite a rapid and striking” increase of cholera cases in Haiti. UNIFEED

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned that unremitting armed violence had precipitated Haiti’s descent into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation in decades. OHCHR

Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme, Volker Türk, a averti aujourd'hui que la violence armée incessante a précipité la descente d'Haïti dans la pire situation des droits de l’homme et humanitaire depuis des décennies. OHCHR

The Ambassador of Ghana, Harold Adlai Agyeman, said, “there's a general support” in the Security Council for the continuation of the Black Sea grain initiative and added that “all of us are concerned that we have the initiative ongoing in a way that helps to stabilize the food market.” UNIFEED

There has been a worrying sharp increase in suspected cholera cases over the past few days in Haiti, with the number of suspected cases nearly doubling between 20 and 23 October, informed a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

The UN Security Council approved, unanimously, a resolution demanding an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and imposing sanctions on a gang leader. UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council that as cholera cases “tear through parts of Port-au-Prince,” and armed gangs continue to blockade the Varreux fuel terminal, “the consequences for Haiti’s basic infrastructure have been severe.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General warned that “the situation in Ethiopia is spiraling out of control” and “violence and destruction have reached alarming levels.” UNIFEED