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Breastfeeding central to eliminating child malnutrition: Agency chiefs
02 August 2021
Two senior UN officials are urging Governments to make breastfeeding-friendly environments a priority, in line with commitments made earlier this year to accelerate global progress on malnutrition.
Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), issued the reminder in a joint…
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Lace up and join the UN to help win #TheHumanRace against climate change
02 August 2021
The United Nations is encouraging everyone across the world to participate in the literal race against the climate emergency.
UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, on Monday launched #TheHumanRace, a global challenge to show solidarity with people in the most disaster-prone countries and those hardest hit by climate change.
This is a race we can't afford to lose.This #…
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A year after the Beirut explosions: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
01 August 2021
On August 4th, 2020, a devastating blast in a warehouse destroyed much of the centre of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Many neighbourhoods were destroyed, downtown Beirut looked like a war zone. Thousands were injured and some 200 people tragically lost their lives on that day and the days that followed. For many, their property and livelihoods were literally blown away.
Najat Rochdi…
