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The flag at United Nations Headquarters in New York is flying at half-mast today as the Organisation marks the death of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

UN human rights experts have raised alarm over the increase in killings, attacks and other acts of intimidation against human rights defenders in Guatemala.

The head of the United Nations Children's Fund says ongoing violence and attacks on civilian infrastructure in Hudaydah directly threaten hundreds of thousands of children and their families in Yemen.

The United Nations is at risk of running out of cash, the Secretary-General has warned, urging Member States to pay their mandatory contributions on time and in full, so that the world body can continue to deliver on its key mandates.