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With more than 50 percent of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the majority of Ukraine’s oblasts being without electricity while winter sets in, the humanitarian needs for the population are rising by the day. UNTV CH

South Sudanese refugee fights deforestation in Uganda by planting trees. UNHCR

UN human rights chief Volker Türk called on Thursday for an independent investigation into ongoing deadly violence against protesters in Iran, where security forces have used “live ammunition, birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas and batons”, he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UNTV CH

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on November 25th, a new report by UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) indicates that more than five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. UNIFEED

The 9th Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) adopted a Declaration in Fez, Morocco stressing the central role of education, and women as mediators and peacemakers. UNIFEED

A new inter-agency convoy with vital supplies reached the people of Kherson, in Ukraine, on Monday. OCHA

According to UNICEF, since the beginning of this year, the number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot has hit an all-time high. UNICEF

The United Nations and humanitarian partners in Kenya are appealing for $472.6 million to help 4.3 million drought-affected people in 2023, in support of the Government-led response, as the crisis is expected to worsen. UNEP

A UN spokesperson said that a new humanitarian inter-agency convoy arrived today in Kherson, Ukraine. UNIFEED

Somalis’ democratic rights in the spotlight of public discussions supported by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia. UNSOM