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The UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho, congratulated the Somali Government "for reaching significant milestones in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities.” UNSOM

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham travelled to India this week to meet children and adolescents, including girls who are bringing about change and innovation in their communities, and young women who have overcome barriers to help close gender gaps. UNICEF

More than 150,000 pregnant and lactating women in the Gaza Strip can't access essential services. And the situation gets worse by the hour. UNICEF

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a funding appeal for its programme to respond to the effects of the current conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) on the Palestinian labour market. ILO

The IMF sees global growth slowing this year Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, head of the Fund’s Research Department said ahead of the launch of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) in Marrakech, Morocco. IMF

With people on the move globally at “unprecedented” levels, the UN’s new migration agency chief insisted that rather than being a problem, host countries should recognize that migrants were what their economies needed to thrive. UNTV CH

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 UN Human Rights chief voiced concern at the continued intimidation and harassment of human rights advocates and civil society leaders through legal proceedings in Bangladesh, including Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, known for his work on poverty alleviation through Grameen Bank, and two leaders of the respected human rights organization Odhikar. UNTV CH

UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said that the enormity of online scam trafficking in Southeast Asia is difficult to estimate because of the clandestine nature and gaps in the official response. UNTV CH

Briefing the Security Council on the human rights situation in the DPRK, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that information collected by his Office "indicates increasing repression of the rights to freedoms of expression, privacy and movement; the persistence of widespread forced labour practices; and a worsening situation for economic and social rights, due to the closure of markets and other forms of income generation.” OHCHR