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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), through its Conduct and Discipline Team, convened and connected with women’s representatives in Gurei, Juba, to organize a ‘Stand Down Day’ designed to raise awareness of the need for collective action to uphold the rights of women. UNMISS

From this year on, 18 November will be known as the World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence. UNIFEED

A UN expert said, “Climate change is the largest, most pervasive threat to the natural environment and societies that we've ever experienced. And the poorest countries are paying the highest price.” UNIFEED

In findings issued in a report by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the UN Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), the authors indicated that 93 percent of the 3,126 registered cases of “torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment” affecting 4,946 victims had happened in areas experiencing conflict. UNIFEED

During his week-long visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), the Special Coordinator on Improving the UN’s Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Christian Saunders said, "there is no place for sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations, and if you commit sexual exploitation and abuse, you will be punished.” MINUSCA

Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that “notable progress” has been made in addressing the priorities outlined in Action for Peacekeeping Plus (A4P+) and called for “stronger and more unified support from the Council to advance the political efforts of our operations.” 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

“Unprecedented numbers” of children in Somalia are facing a “malnutrition crisis,” UNICEF warned on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Nearly 1,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported, underscoring the urgent need for peace. UNICEF

The Vice-President of Brazil, Antônio Hamilton Martins Mourão, flanked by representatives of Albania, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates, expressed concern about the “rapid deterioration of the human rights situation in Haiti,” particularly “reports of sexual and gender-based violence, including rape and sexual slavery.” UNIFEED