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A new water infrastructure network in Northern Pakistan has transformed the lives of the people living there. In spite of record hot temperatures, some small- scale farmers in the region have seen their crop yields dramatically increase in the last year thanks to the new project. IFAD

According to UNICEF, 10 million children are in extreme jeopardy in central Sahel as insecurity seeps into neighbouring countries. UNICEF

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the UN, said, “At a time when the Afghan people are facing a set of profoundly difficult challenges, the Council has responded with a strong and unified message – Afghanistan and, in particular, its women and its girls will not be abandoned.” UNIFEED

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how societies have undervalued essential workers, as well as the importance of giving such workers adequate pay and decent working conditions. ILO

In Lebanon, the UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed explored, first-hand, the challenges of the most vulnerable groups: children and people with special needs. ESCWA

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk this week started a five-day visit to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, at the invitation of the Central Asian States. OHCHR

At the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar, a series of roundtable discussions on Tuesday saw global leaders dove into climate change. UNIFEED

The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) kicks off in New York next Monday with “a record number of women from all over the globe”, said this years’ Chair of the CSW. UNIFEED

Myanmar’s military has created a perpetual human rights crisis through the continuous use of violence, including the killing, arbitrary arrest, torture and enforced disappearance of anti-coup opponents, a report published by the UN Human Rights Office said today. UNTV CH

Sri Lankan farmers are making use of a newly developed digital platform to address water scarcity caused by climate change. FAO