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'Maximum restraint' needed over East Jerusalem violence: UN chief
Condemnation for Kabul school attack atrocity
Spotlight on lack of investment in farming across Sahel region: FAO

COVID-19 spreading like 'wildfire' in India: UNICEF
Probe into Rio favella police operation that left 25 dead
Attacks force thousands to flee in Burkina Faso

In this week’s UN Catch-Up: a veteran aid worker’s take on the distressing scale of the humanitarian crisis in Southern Madagascar – it’s on the “periphery of famine”, he tells us, and not for the first time.

There’s an alert too from WHO on Africa where a “third wave “of coronavirus infections is feared, along with some good news – and some not so good - from South Sudan, where schools have reopened after lockdown, and positive news from the United States, which has decided to lift patent restrictions on COVID vaccines. 

COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver in US, hailed by UN chief
Maximize vaccines to avoid deadly 3rd wave in Africa - WHO
Latin America rights groups face growing threats, attacks: Bachelet

COVID-19 pandemic preparedness hub to open in Berlin to promote transparency, early warning capability
155 million faced acute food insecurity last year, with conflict the main driver
South Asia at breaking point as COVID infections spike: UNICEF

As India confronts a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections, with some 300,000 cases a day, securing essential oxygen equipment is “the need of the hour”. 

That’s the message from Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, Representative of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, in the country, who spoke to our colleague Anshu Sharma in Delhi.