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Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns 30 May 2023 © UNICEF/Georges Harry Rouzier Many Haitian schoolchildren receive meals supported by the UN. A total of 4.9 million people in Haiti – nearly half of the country's population – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to a new UN-supported report…

WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere 30 May 2023 World Bank/Curt Carnemark Glaciers are retreating due to climate change including in Chile (pictured). Global warming’s devastating effects on the world’s sea ice, icebergs and glaciers – part of what is known as the cryosphere – need to be better understood and mitigated, according to the World Meteorological…

Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts 30 May 2023 Kseniya Golubovich Protesters detained during demonstrations in Minsk, Belarus, are released from prison (file photo). A large group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called on the Belarusian authorities to immediately release all those being held on “spurious charges…

IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine 30 May 2023 © IAEA/Fredrik Dahl An IAEA expert mission team tours Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and its surrounding area. (file) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to unambiguously support five principles aimed at preventing a nuclear accident amid…

International Day of UN Peacekeepers honours 75 years of service and sacrifice

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home International Day of UN Peacekeepers honours 75 years of service and sacrifice 29 May 2023 © UNMISS/Gregorio Cunha Kornelia Shikukumwa, Nupoor Sanjiv and Anuujin Amarjagal (from left to right) , UNMISS peacekeepers from Namibia, India and Mongolia , respectively, are photographed at the mission’s headquarters in Juba, South Sudan. Since 1948, more than two million uniformed and civilian…

UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 'hotspots'

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 'hotspots' 29 May 2023 © WFP/Peter Louis Over two million people in Sudan are expected to slip into hunger in the coming months as a result of the ongoing violence in the country. Hunger is set to worsen in 18 “hotspots” worldwide including Sudan, where fighting is putting people at risk of starvation, the Food and Agriculture…

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Putting an end to period poverty

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Menstrual Hygiene Day: Putting an end to period poverty 28 May 2023 © UNFPA The Gambia Isatou, Mariama, and Fatoumatta no longer have to stop going to classes during their periods, thanks to a UNFPA programme that supports production and free distribution of reusable sanitary pads, including for girls at St. John's School for the De [...] Fatoumatta Fatty’s commute on an old,…

Malaysia: ‘Everyone has a migration story’, now let’s eat

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Malaysia: ‘Everyone has a migration story’, now let’s eat 28 May 2023 © OHCHR Malaysia/Puah Sze Ning Comedian Kavin Jay and Instagram influencer Elvi made a day trip to a rubber plantation where they had their first taste of Cambodia’s “number one food”, nom banh chok, prepared by their host Liza, a Cambodia migrant. Every recipe has a story, from Pakistan’s signature chicken korma to kaldu…

Trafficking in the Sahel: Killer cough syrup and fake medicine

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trafficking in the Sahel: Killer cough syrup and fake medicine 27 May 2023 © UNICEF/Olivier Asselin Millions of people in the Sahel region of Africa are facing food insecurity caused by consecutive failed rainy seasons, desertification, and a fragile security landscape. In the summer of 2022, 70 Gambian babies and young children died from kidney failure after ingesting cough syrup spooned…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Third Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Finland, France, Jordan, Sao Tome and Principe, Türkiye and the United Kingdom

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Third Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Finland, France, Jordan, Sao Tome and Principe, Türkiye and the United Kingdom 26 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-third session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Finland, France, Jordan,…