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The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

The International Organization for Migration appealed for governments in Central America and Mexico to collaborate to address the immediate humanitarian needs of people on the move as unprecedented numbers of vulnerable migrants transit through the region while also working on long-term solutions to tackle the drivers of migration. IOM

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

The President of Honduras, Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento, said, “It is impossible to understand the magnitude of the tragedy the majority of the Honduran people suffer and the constant caravans of emigrants that arrive to the United States if we ignore the 13 years of dictatorship supported by the international community, that multiplied the public debt six times and reached the highest poverty rate in the history of Honduras, 74 per cent.” UNIFEED

World leaders gathered at UN Headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual General Debate. UNIFEED

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED

La vocera del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos, Marta Hurtado, expresó preocupación “por la militarización de la seguridad publica en Honduras,” instando a las autoridades garantizar “una supervisión interna y externa de las operaciones militares en las cárceles, así como del comando y control militar del sistema penitenciario, para prevenir violaciones de derechos humanos.” OHCHR

The UN Human Rights Office is concerned at the militarization of public security in Honduras, including military operations in prisons and military command and control of the prison system, spokesperson Marta Hurtado told reporters. UNTV CH

The UN team In Honduras, led by Resident Coordinator Alice Shackelford, expressed deep concern about the current situation in various health centers in the country, where access to services has been limited due to the seizing of facilities by protesting groups, a UN spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, UNICEF said in a new report released today, while calling for additional – and more equitable – investment to lift millions of children out of a learning crisis. UNICEF