Here are some of the top stories published on Devex over the past few days: #1 💥Scoop: UNICEF would impose at least 25% cuts in its core budget, fold programming in its seven regional offices into four so-called Centers of Excellence, and phase out its work in high-income European countries, among other changes, under a restructuring plan dubbed the “Future Focus Initiative.” https://www.devex.com/news/scoop-funding-cuts-at-un-children-s-agency-fuel-intense-staff-pushback-110267?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #2 🚨Exclusive: The U.S. House of Representatives is beginning work on a bill to reauthorize and reorganize the Department of State, signaling that Congress plans to weigh in on the department’s future even as the White House barrels towards the July 1 deadline it set to restructure DOS. https://www.devex.com/news/exclusive-congress-kick-starts-state-department-reorganization-planning-110262?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #3 💊Delese Mimi Darko has been appointed as the inaugural director-general of the African Medicines Agency. https://www.devex.com/news/ghana-s-delese-mimi-darko-appointed-to-lead-african-medicines-agency-110242?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #4 🌊The U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice, France, is a last-chance opportunity to forge binding international agreement on the sustainable use and understanding of our oceans. Read Jérôme Bonnafont’s opinion piece for Devex. https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-the-ocean-is-in-peril-in-nice-we-have-a-chance-to-protect-it-110177?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link