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Thursday’s Daily Brief: UN refugee agency on Venezuelan migrant crisis, dramatic resurgence' of measles in Europe, a UN News visit to former nuclear test site, Colombian law for disabled persons receives praise, Security Council on violence in Yemen

29 August 2019
Migrants and Refugees
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A recap of Thursday's stories: 'No end in sight' to massive movement of Venezuelan migrants and refugees; 'Dramatic resurgence' of measles threatens Europe; Report from nuclear test site in Kazakhstan;  UN expert welcomes new Colombian law for persons with disabilities; Security Council concerned over violent spams in Yemen.

Millions in Idlib ‘counting on your support to make the violence stop’, UN relief chief tells Security Council

Venezuela migrant crisis begs a ‘coherent, predictable and harmonized’ response: UNHCR

‘Ground Zero’: Report from the former Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan

Decades of progress ‘can be wiped out overnight,’ UN chief laments at climate session in Yokohama

Bringing nuclear test ban treaty into force a ‘central pillar’ of global disarmament push, says UN chief

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UN health experts warn ‘dramatic resurgence’ of measles continues to threaten the European region

Health

Europe has lost ground in eliminating measles, as the number of countries having achieved or sustained elimination of the disease has declined, the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC) warned on Thursday. 

UN Photo/Mark Garten

Teen activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York by boat, putting ‘climate crisis’ in spotlight

Climate Change

After a two-week sail across the Atlantic, youth climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in the Big Apple on Wednesday to take part in two major climate summits to be held at UN Headquarters next month.

UN Japan/Ichiro Mae

For Africa, ‘winds of hope are blowing ever stronger,’ Guterres declares at conference on development

Economic Development

African nations have made ‘significant progress’ in developmental efforts in the last few years, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, kicking off the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama.

Ryan Harvey

‘Extinction crisis’ pushes countries to agree stronger protection for global wildlife

Economic Development

At-risk wildlife that is facing a “growing extinction crisis” received a boost on Wednesday, as countries wrapped up a marathon meeting in Geneva, by agreeing to increased protection measures and more sustainable trade in animals and plants across the globe. 

UN News/Conor Lennon

Partnerships with civil society and youth ‘essential’ for a future that leaves no one behind: General Assembly President

SDGs

Partnerships with civil society and youth are essential to achieving the goals of key UN-backed international agreements, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Paris Agreement on climate change, María Fernanda Espinosa, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, told delegates at the UN Civil Society Conference on Wednesday. 

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