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Saudi national Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun “cannot be sent back” to the Kingdom, in keeping with international law, UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday, adding that it was in contact “on a daily basis” with the 18-year-old who is in Thailand seeking asylum. UNTV CH

At a side event of the 73rd General Debate at the United Nations in New York Tuesday (25 Sep) Thailand and Tuvalu made advances towards a world free of nuclear weapons. Thailand registered their ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and Tuvalu signed it. CTBTO

Senior generals of the Myanmar military should be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in an international criminal tribunal, UN investigators said Tuesday in the final version of a report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, for abuses perpetrated against the Rohingya minority population. UNTV CH

Investment in the care economy needs to be doubled to avert a looming global care crisis, says a new report from the International Labour Organization. ILO

A new study led by the World Health Organization (WHO) said a new formulation of a drug to prevent excessive bleeding following childbirth could save thousands of women’s lives in low and lower middle-income countries. WHO

Wars, other violence and persecution drove worldwide forced displacement to a new high in 2017 for the fifth year in a row, according to United Nations refugee agency’s (UNHCR) annual Global Trends report, released today. UNHCR

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the vaccination against Ebola virus has started today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a bid to halt the newest outbreak of the deadly disease. WHO

The Vietnamese government is working with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to address gender issues that shape vulnerability to climate change. FAO

A human rights expert warned that violence and allegations of human rights violations in Myanmar continue to impact the Rohingya community. OHCHR / FILE

On the margins of a preparatory meeting towards the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, a top migration official said the Compact offers “a historic opportunity” to generate a sense of “shared responsibility” for people on the move. UNIC MEXICO