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International commission of human rights experts said that violations and abuses of international human rights, international humanitarian law, and refugee law still appear to be perpetrated with impunity by various parties to the conflict in Ethiopia. UNTV CH

Israeli forces were responsible for the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank - not indiscriminate Palestinian shots - the UN human rights office alleged on Friday. UNTV CH

Ahead of World Refugee Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited refugees living in New York City area. He appealed to developed countries to “meaningfully increase” the number of refugee resettlement opportunities. UNIFEED

Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes at the end of 2021, UNICEF estimates – the highest number recorded since the Second World War. This figure includes 13.7 million refugee and asylum-seeking children† and nearly 22.8 million children who are internally displaced due to conflict and violence. UNICEF

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

Marking his first visit to Chișinău on the 30th anniversary of Moldova’s membership to the UN, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked Moldova, the “small country with a big heart” for opening its doors to almost half a million Ukrainian refugees, by far the most of any country as proportion of its own population. UNIFEED

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

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) the ongoing war in Ukraine “is affecting the whole world’s food security.” FAO

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries – home to around 405 million schoolchildren – are yet to fully open schools, with many schoolchildren at risk of dropping out, according to a new UNICEF report released today. UNICEF

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, appeals to the world to not forget or neglect the growing needs of displaced Syrians inside and outside the country, 11 years since the crisis began. UNHCR