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First Person: ‘Immense psychological injuries’ following 2003 attack on UN Baghdad

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘Immense psychological injuries’ following 2003 attack on UN Baghdad 18 August 2023 UN Photo The Canal Hotel, which served as the UN's headquarters in Iraq, was bombed in 2003. A former member of staff of the World Food Programme (WFP) has been talking about the “immense psychological injuries” he has suffered following the deadly terrorist attack on the UN offices at the…

UN and partners providing aid for vulnerable across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN and partners providing aid for vulnerable across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition 18 August 2023 © UNICEF/Hema Balasundaram A boy receives a measles at a health centre in Ehtiopia's Tigray region. (file) The UN and partners are responding to disease outbreaks and an ongoing food insecurity crisis across Ethiopia which has left 1.2 million children suffering…

Afghans are ‘out of options’ and desperately need realistic alternatives to poppy cultivation

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Afghans are ‘out of options’ and desperately need realistic alternatives to poppy cultivation 18 August 2023 UN News / David Mottershead A female beneficiary of a UNODC alternative development project feeding her chickens in Dogabad village, Kabul, Afghanistan. As Afghanistan’s widespread economic crisis drags on and jobs become scarcer, the women of Dogabad village are finding innovative…

DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years 18 August 2023 © UNICEF/Benekire Amina Bakunda is a doctor at the UNICEF-supported Cholera Treatment Center in Bulengo, a site for displaced persons in North Kivu province, DR Congo. A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since…

Protecting humanitarians 20 years after deadly Baghdad attack, amid rising risks

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Protecting humanitarians 20 years after deadly Baghdad attack, amid rising risks 18 August 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wreath is laid at UN Headquarters in New York in memory of the UN personnel who were killed and injured in the attack on the UN's office in Baghdad in 2003. The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to 22 staff members killed in the bombing of its headquarters in Iraq…

UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger 18 August 2023 © IOM/Kisito Daniel Migrants at an IOM transit centre in Niger await assistance to return to their country of origin. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected officials to be released “at once”, following their detention in the…

WHO calls for greater investment in Afghanistan’s health system

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO calls for greater investment in Afghanistan’s health system 18 August 2023 © UNICEF/Arezo Haidary A health worker visits a family in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for donors to ramp up funding to provide healthcare to some 14 million people in Afghanistan, particularly in underserved areas where infrastructure is severely lacking.…

Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO 18 August 2023 © WMO/João Murteira Rising sea levels are threatening the future of low-lying islands in the South-West Pacific. Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted by human-induced climate change have become “the new normal”, the UN World Meteorological…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Namibia on Efforts to Expand Educational Opportunities for Marginalised Groups, Ask Questions on Disparities Between Ethnic Groups in Access to Voting Rights and Poverty Levels

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Namibia on Efforts to Expand Educational Opportunities for Marginalised Groups, Ask Questions on Disparities Between Ethnic Groups in Access to Voting Rights and Poverty Levels 17 August 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its…

Despite growing risks, humanitarians uphold commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Despite growing risks, humanitarians uphold commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat 17 August 2023 © UNOCHA/Iramaku Vundru Wilfred Displaced people fleeing the crisis in Sudan arrive in Renk, South Sudan. Conflict and insecurity in countries such as South Sudan and its neighbour to the north are set to make 2023 another year of high death tolls and and injuries for aid workers in the field, the UN…