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Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest 10 May 2023 © FAO/Hashim Azizi Locust control takes place in Baghlan after a large-scale outbreak of the Moroccan locust in North and Northeast Afghanistan. A “large-scale” outbreak of the Moroccan Locust, one of the world’s most damaging plant pests, across eight provinces in Afghanistan’s wheat basket, could cause massive crop losses…

Russia must provide ‘urgent and comprehensive’ care to opposition leader Navalny: Rights experts

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia must provide ‘urgent and comprehensive’ care to opposition leader Navalny: Rights experts 10 May 2023 UN News Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on torture interviewed by UN News. The Russian government must provide the jailed opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, with urgent and comprehensive medical care in light of his gravely deteriorating health, the UN-appointed independent…

Pakistan: Guterres calls for end to violence following arrest of Imran Khan

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Pakistan: Guterres calls for end to violence following arrest of Imran Khan 10 May 2023 UN Photo/Cia Pak Imran Khan, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 74th session. The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday, called for an end to the violence that has continued across parts of Pakistan, following the arrest a day earlier of…

1 in 3 children overweight in the European region: WHO report

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home 1 in 3 children overweight in the European region: WHO report 10 May 2023 © UNICEF/Cybermedia Unstructured physical activity improves the health of children and reduces the likelihood of obesity. A new World Health Organization (WHO) report on obesity levels in Europe released on Wednesday, shows that roughly one in three primary school-aged children is living with obesity …

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Timor-Leste on Advancing Equality for Women and Girls, Ask Questions about High Rates of Domestic Violence and Women in Politics

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Timor-Leste on Advancing Equality for Women and Girls, Ask Questions about High Rates of Domestic Violence and Women in Politics 09 May 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Timor-Leste, with Committee Experts…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 09 May 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Program, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner…

One pregnant woman or newborn dies every 7 seconds: new UN report

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home One pregnant woman or newborn dies every 7 seconds: new UN report 09 May 2023 © UNICEF/Prashanth Vishwanathan A pregnant woman has a prenatal check-up at a hospital in Muttuck, India. Global progress in reducing the premature deaths of pregnant women, mothers and babies, has flatlined for eight years due to decreasing investments in maternal and newborn health, according to a new…

Iran: Over 200 executed since January; Türk calls for end to death penalty

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Iran: Over 200 executed since January; Türk calls for end to death penalty 09 May 2023 © UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Volker Türk, High Commissionner for Human Rights addresses a biennial high-level panel on the death penalty. The “frightening” number of executions carried out this year in Iran prompted the UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday, to call on the country’s authorities to…

Sudan violence threatens fragile cross-border progress with Juba

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan violence threatens fragile cross-border progress with Juba 09 May 2023 © WFP/Peter Louis Thousands of people have crossed into South Sudan as they flee the ongoing conflict in Sudan. The impact of ongoing violence among rival military parties in Sudan is threatening to derail bilateral political progress with neighbouring South Sudan, worsen the fragile humanitarian situation, and pose…

Values of UN Charter under threat like never before, warns Guterres

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Values of UN Charter under threat like never before, warns Guterres 09 May 2023 © Juan Carlos Rojas Secretary-General António Guterres receives the Carlos V European Award from King Felipe VI for his extensive and long career dedicated to social commitment. The values of human dignity and freedom, enshrined in the UN’s founding Charter in 1945, have never been so under threat, warned the…