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Embracing Accessibility: Celebrating World Toilet Day with a Focus on Disability Inclusion

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Embracing Accessibility: Celebrating World Toilet Day with a Focus on Disability Inclusion 19…

Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa Hospital

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa Hospital 18 November 2023 WHO Aid is delivered to the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza. Fuel restrictions are curtailing aid efforts in Gaza, UN agencies said on Saturday, as the World Health Organization (WHO) led a "very high risk" mission to Al-Shifa Hospital…

World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation 18 November 2023 © UNICEF/Colombia Fermín was the first person in his community to create a toilet, thanks to a campaign by UNICEF Colombia and the Baxter International Foundation. Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world on World Toilet Day,…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 17 November 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Food and Agricultural Organization. …

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief 17 November 2023 WHO Palestinian civil defence responders search the rubble of a building in the aftermath of an air strike in the Gaza Strip. (file) Fierce hostilities continue across Gaza from the air, sea, and on the ground, the UN’s top humanitarian official told Member States on Friday,…

Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa 17 November 2023 © UNHCR/Mohamed Maalim Women walk through the flooded Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. Severe floods in the Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of displaced families in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, putting lives and livelihoods at risk, the UN refugee agency,…

Myanmar: Intense fighting spreads to cities, as civilians seek shelter

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Myanmar: Intense fighting spreads to cities, as civilians seek shelter 17 November 2023 UNOCHA/Siegfried Modola A family walks through Kayah State, in southeastern on their way to safety across the border to Thailand. The conflict between ethnic armed groups and the Myanmar military has expanded to the country’s eastern and western regions, with urban areas…

Gaza: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Gaza: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns 17 November 2023 © WHO Much of Gaza lies in ruins following weeks of bombardment. The UN health agency, WHO, on Friday issued a new warning about the desperate situation for people in Gaza, with the number of medical facilities operational “clearly not enough to support the endless…

‘Six days of terror’ in West Darfur: Ethnically-based attacks on the rise

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search ‘Six days of terror’ in West Darfur: Ethnically-based attacks on the rise 17 November 2023 © Mohamed Khalil On April 27, 2023, the Al-Imam Al-Kadhim School in Al-Geneina City, West Darfur State, which had been serving as an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) shelter, was burned to the ground amidst the ongoing crisis in Sudan. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has…

In Dialogue with Slovenia, Experts of the Committee against Torture Describe the State’s National Preventive Mechanism as One of the Most Effective in the World, Ask about Reported Violations of Asylum Seekers’ Rights and Measures to Address Violence agai

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search In Dialogue with Slovenia, Experts of the Committee against Torture Describe the State’s National Preventive Mechanism as One of the Most Effective in the World, Ask about Reported Violations of Asylum Seekers’ Rights and Measures to Address Violence against Women 16 November 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fourth…