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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas met refugee families in Poland who had fled the war in Ukraine and called for more support for refugee children. UNICEF

With the movement of population on the rise, it is important that countries get prepared to respond to the urgent needs that the health sector might confront, a WHO expert warned the day the UN agency launched its first world report on the health of refugees and migrants. WHO

During a visit to Poland and Ukraine this week, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller met those recently forced to flee their homes. UNHCR

Nearly 100 days of war in Ukraine have wrought devastating consequences for children at a scale and speed not seen since World War II, UNICEF said today. Three million children inside Ukraine and over 2.2 million children in refugee-hosting countries are now in need of humanitarian assistance. Almost two out of every three children have been displaced by fighting. UNICEF

Amid the rising needs of vulnerable Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland, the UN Refugee Agency has scaled up its activities to provide aid as Poland continues to be the main country of arrival for Ukrainian refugees. UNTV CH

The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts. UNHCR

Inaugurating the thirty-third session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe on Tuesday (10 May), the FAO’s Director-General Qu Dongyu said the war in Ukraine “is causing enormous human suffering and leaving production value chains and supply chains destroyed,” adding that the effects of war “are being felt across the global agrifood systems.” FAO

Following an Arria Formula meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, ICC Prosecutor Karim Asad Ahmad Khan said, “this is not really a time for talking. It's a time for action. International law cannot be a passive spectator. It can't be sedentary it needs to move with alacrity to protect and to insist on accountability.” UNIFEED

The impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is having a severe negative impact on the economic prospects for Europe, the IMF said Friday in Washington, DC. IMF

World Bank Group President David Malpass said the international community needs to “take important steps to address the current set of crises” facing the global economy, including the war in Ukraine, the ongoing pandemic, and rising debt burdens. WORLD BANK