Good morning. We’re following the latest Russia-US showdown at Monday’s UN Security Council meeting. At the Human Rights Council in Geneva, South Sudan set out how it plans to forge peace. And one year after the Myanmar coup, surveillance continues to threatens lives.

01.02.2022

On our radar

UN Security Council meets over Ukraine crisis (UN TV)

🇺🇳 US-Russia UN Security Council meeting ends in stand-off. The US Ambassador to the United Nations declared Monday that Russia "didn't give us the answers that any of us would've hoped that they would provide" after a tense United Nations Security Council meeting over Moscow's escalation along the border with Ukraine ended in a standoff.

CNN (EN)

Here's what else is happening

🇲🇲 A year after Myanmar coup, growing surveillance threatens lives.
Thomspon Reuters Foundation (EN)
🇸🇸 At the Human Rights Council, South Sudan reassures on the process of revitalizing a fragile peace agreement.
UN News (FR)
🌽 Genome editing’s patent problem fuels concern for the future of food.
Swissinfo (EN)
🇲🇱 Malian government expels French ambassador. Relations between the two countries have continued to deteriorate.
Le Temps (FR)

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