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SUNS # 8472 Wednesday 31 May 2017
 
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United Nations : Members of fact-finding mission on Myanmar appointed (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
The President of the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday announced the appointment of the three members of the fact-finding mission on Myanmar, which has been tasked to look into "alleged recent human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Myanmar, in particular in Rakhine State."

WHO : Member States raise concerns over secondment criteria and guidelines (PRIV)
(Mirza Alas, Geneva)
Many Member States raised concerns over the criteria and guidelines for secondment from Non-State Actors (NSAs) to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Q&A : "It's a crime" that 35 million Latin Americans still suffer from hunger (PRIV)
(IPS, Santiago)
The fight against hunger has been "remarkably successful" in Latin America and the Caribbean, but "it is a crime" that 35 million people still go to bed hungry every day, FAO regional representative Julio Berdegue told IPS.

Brazil : Drives new school feeding model in the region (PRIV)
(IPS, Vitoria)
"I am going back to Panama with many ideas," said Gilda Montenegro, a nutritionist with the Panamanian Education Ministry, after getting to know the school feeding system in the city of Vitoria, in central-eastern Brazil.

Cuba : Unique sandbar coastal ecosystem calls for climate solutions (PRIV)
(IPS, Baracoa)
A battered bridge connects the centre of Baracoa, Cuba's oldest city, with a singular dark-sand sandbar, known as Tibaracon, that forms on one of the banks of the Macaguani River where it flows into the Caribbean Sea in northeastern Cuba.


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