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• 😬 UN labour rights watchdog facing backlash over Qatar conference nomination. Critics say the ILO’s pick of Qatar’s labour minister to chair its annual conference, amid an ongoing investigation into Doha’s alleged bribing of EU lawmakers, is not a good look for the UN agency.
  The Guardian (EN)
• 🚢 Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal in a boost for global food security. In an 11th-hour announcement, Turkey, one of the Black Sea deal brokers’ announced that Moscow had agreed to extend the agreement by two months.
  Associated Press (EN)
• 🌡️ World on track to breach a critical warming threshold in the next five years. The World Meteorological Organization says chances that global temperatures break past the 1.5ºC mark are high as a forecasted, blistering hot return of the El Niño weather phenomenon supercharges humanity’s ongoing planet-warming activities. CNN
  CNN (EN)
• 🇸🇩 Sudan fighting prompts $3 billion UN aid appeal. The UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA said $2.6 billion are needed to provide aid to some 25 million people in Sudan, and an additional $400 million for those who have fled the country as two generals continue to fight for power. Voice of America
  Voice of America (EN)
• 🥤 Cutting global plastic pollution by 80 per cent by 2040 is within reach, UN says. In a new roadmap, the UN’s Environment Programme said cutting back on plastic dependency by 2040 was possible and that it all hinged on governments’ commitment to the 3R’s: reuse, replace, recycle.
  Health Policy Watch (EN)