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Paletwa, MYANMAR – This week the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has commenced distribution of a newly-arrived tranche of 165 tons of emergency food and nutrition assistance for communities affected by conflict in Paletwa Town in remote southern Chin State, which has been largely cut off from regular trade and supply routes for many months.

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• During the onset of the pandemic, the emergency re-allocation of US$8.8 million from the over US$85 million Health System Strengthening (HSS-2) Gavi-funded programme was crucial to Myanmar’s effective response to COVID-19 and the quick resumption of life-saving services by the Ministry of Health and Sports, supported by UNICEF and WHO and other partners.

YANGON, Myanmar – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme (WFP) have teamed up to deliver 20,000 COVID-19 test kits to the Government of Myanmar. The test kits, which were procured and delivered by UNICEF, arrived at the Yangon International Airport today as part of a broader United Nations provision of over 95,000 test kits to the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports.

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• Geneva - The United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar today launched its website, iimm.un.org, to further bolster its public outreach efforts.

• All 187 member States of the International Labour Organization (ILO) have ratified the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (C 182).