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Daily Wrap 17 October 2022

Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, despite recession threat A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new ways of calculating the problem can help humanitarians and governments better target aid. Read more SDGs Political solution ‘no longer sufficient’ to address current crisis in Haiti A political solution in Haiti continues to be elusive, and on its own is no longer sufficient to address the crisis and save thousands of lives that otherwise will be lost, the UN Special Representative in the country warned the Security Council on Monday. Read more Peace and Security Killings and detentions of children in Iran must end, UN child rights committee urges As the number of children reportedly killed by Iranian security forces in relation to ongoing protests rises to at least 23, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a statement on Monday condemning the killings, noting that hundreds more have been injured, detained and tortured during the Government crackdown. Read more Human Rights Tigray: Fighting must end, urges Guterres, amid ‘staggering’ level of need Fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia is “spiralling out of control”, and there is no military solution to end nearly two years of brutal conflict which has left tens of thousands reportedly dead, while the “social fabric, is being ripped apart”. Read more Peace and Security Plastics are piling up in soil across the world warns UN environment agency Plastics used in farming activities are accumulating in agricultural soil worldwide at an alarming rate, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) published on Monday reveals. Read more Climate and Environment Surge in poverty-stricken children in Eastern Europe, Central Asia Rising inflation and the Ukraine war have triggered a 19 per cent increase in child poverty across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a study by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), published on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Read more Humanitarian Aid

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