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Rising hunger in drought-stricken southern Madagascar forcing families to eat insects: WFP
27 November 2020
Hunger is on the rise in southern Madagascar due to consecutive years of drought, affecting half the region’s population, or 1.5 million people, and forcing most families to eat insects, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Friday.
The figure is three times the number projected mid-year, with women and children comprising most of those experiencing “crisis…
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First of four UN humanitarian airlifts for Ethiopia refugees lands in Khartoum
27 November 2020
An airplane loaded with humanitarian supplies for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the UN refugee agency (UNCHR) said on Friday, in an appeal for international assistance to cope with the growing numbers seeking shelter in Sudan.
“This morning, a plane carrying 32 tonnes of UNHCR emergency aid from our global…
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Tatiana Valovaya : un nouveau rôle pour Genève au 21e siècle
27 November 2020
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Hasard du calendrier international, en cette année 2020 et alors que l’Organisation des Nations Unies fête ses 75 ans, son office principal européen, sis au Palais des Nations à Genève, est dirigé pour la première fois par une femme, Tatiana Valovaya, citoyenne de la Fédération de Russie. Autre première historique, l’ancienne sénatrice démocrate de Californie Kamala Harris accède à la vice-présidence des Etats-Unis. Dans l’entretien qu’elle nous a accordé, la Directrice générale de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève évoque l’urgence d’inventer le…
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OCHA hybrid press conference
27 November 2020
Press Conference Announcement
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will present the Global Humanitarian Overview 2021 (GHO) in Geneva on 1 December 2020 at 9 a.m. The GHO is the annual overview of trends and current state of worldwide humanitarian needs, projections and inter-agency response plans. It includes an overview of the funding necessary to implement the plans in 2021.
The embargoed press conference with UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock will unpack the current challenges and highlight what is at stake in humanitarian crises worldwide as we enter 2021.…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
27 November 2020
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Labour Organization, and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria.
Ethiopian refugee crisis
Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), informed that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, was…
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UN rights experts condemn retaliatory arrests of activists in Egypt
27 November 2020
A group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Egyptian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release activists arrested, apparently in retaliation, for discussing human rights issues with foreign ambassadors.
The human rights activists, from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), were arrested “within days” of a meeting with 13 foreign ambassadors…
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African nations ‘far from ready’ for COVID-19 vaccination drive, says UN health agency
27 November 2020
As efforts to find safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19 are showing increasing promise, the African continent is “far from ready” to roll out what will be its largest ever immunization drive, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa highlighted the importance of strong planning and preparation for…
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Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS
26 November 2020
Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV / AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday.
In its appeal, the specialised UN agency UNAIDS warned that the pandemic has pushed the world’s AIDS response even further off track, and that 2020 targets are being missed.
It urged countries to…
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Address water scarcity ‘immediately and boldly’, urges UN agriculture agency chief
26 November 2020
More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortages and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency said in a new report launched on Wednesday.
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) flagship report, noted that available freshwater resources have declined globally by more than 20 per…
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FROM THE FIELD: Girl child soldier shunned at home in Uganda
26 November 2020
A young mother has been talking about how she was shunned by her community in Uganda when she returned home after being abducted and forced to fight for rebels as a child soldier.
Eunice has been shunned by her community after being forced to fight for rebels in northern Uganda. , by ICC-CPI/Pete Muller
Eunice’s parents were killed in the years long conflict in the north of the East African…
