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High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk conducted an official mission to Venezuela, at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

Yuly, a Venezuelan migrant, dreams of growing her business in the Dominican Republic. She is currently finalizing her regularization process allowing her to have a license to dream in her new home. IOM

A Venezuelan music teacher and choir director leads a group composed of mostly refugees and migrants from Venezuela, but including Chileans and others from Colombia, Peru and Cuba. IOM

The General Assembly elected 14 Member States to serve a three-year term in the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

Asking for a ceasefire in Ukraine, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told the General Assembly’s General Debate that his country supports “all efforts to reduce the economic impacts of this crisis”, but it does “not believe that the best way is to adopt unilateral and selective sanctions, that are inconsistent with International Law.” UNIFEED

Just 42 percent of refugee children are enrolled globally in pre-primary education, 68 percent in primary, and 37 percent in secondary, according to a new report by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). UNIFEED

Venezuelan migrants defy deadly desert conditions on their journey to Chile, moving along one of the most extensive migration routes in the world, said the International Organization for Migration. IOM

In response to the growing number of people crossing the dangerous Darien Gap, IOM and partners are stepping up the response in Panama, providing temporary shelters at government-run reception centres, as well as mattresses, blankets, solar lamps and hygiene kits, among other material assistance for both people on the move and local communities. IOM

A new report, In Danger, is being launched ahead of the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada. The report shows that globally the number of new infections dropped only 3.6 percent between 2020 and 2021, the smallest annual decline in new HIV infections since 2016. UNAIDS

Nearly 193 million people in the world are in acute food insecurity, an increase of 40 million people in one year, according to a new UN report. FAO