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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that two-thirds of unvaccinated children live in fragile countries or those affected by conflict. Between 2010 and 2016, Syria saw the sharpest decline in vaccinated children, with coverage falling by 38 percentage points over this period. Second is Ukraine where coverage decreased by 33 percentage points. UNICEF

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein arrived Sunday in Ethiopia for a four-day official visit where he will meet with government officials and take part in a high-level dialogue with the African Union. OHCHR

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) supports peace, reconciliation and development in Rumbek, the capital of the Lake State, central South Sudan. UNMISS

At the opening of a forum on the future of work in the information age, Christine Lagarde, the IMF Managing Director compared the titans of the information age to those of the so-called “Gilded Age” of the late 19th century when railroads were the high-tech sector of the economy. IMF

During a press conference in Washington on the Global Financial Stability Report, IMF Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Tobias Adrian, told reporters “the economic recovery has remained resilient despite market volatility. But investors and policymakers should not take too much comfort from today’s relatively easy financial conditions.” IMF

The world economy is on the rise and that will help bring down debt from current record levels, but policy makers must not become complacent, the IMF announced in the Fiscal Monitor Report released Wednesday. IMF

Meeting residents of the world’s largest camp for Somali refugees, located in north-eastern Kenya, the top United Nations official for Somalia today expressed his solidarity with their situation and highlighted the gradual progress made in their home country. UNSOM

Speaking during an event on investing in youth for a terror free world, Secretary-General António Guterres today said “if we are serious about prevention and particularly about preventing conflicts, we need to be serious about engaging with and investing in young women and men.” UNIFEED

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF today issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first two years would save the lives of more than 820,000 children under age 5 annually. UNIFEED / FILE

The global economy remains on an upswing but with high debt levels and threats of trade conflict there are reasons for concern for sustained growth IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Wednesday in Hong Kong. IMF