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World News in Brief: Haiti child displacement, Hong Kong torture claims, support Sudan refugees

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti child displacement, Hong Kong torture claims, support Sudan refugees 31 January 2024 WFP Children in Haiti are facing high levels of food insecurity. Escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.…

Amid UNWRA funding crisis, desperate Gazans scour trucks for food

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Amid UNWRA funding crisis, desperate Gazans scour trucks for food 30 January 2024 © UNRWA Palestinians queue for food in the rain at a shelter in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza. As the UN chief prepares to meet representatives from countries who donate to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) late on Tuesday following allegations of collusion with Hamas, the UN health agency, WHO, reiterated…

World News in Brief: Response plan for Somalia launched, mass executions in Iraq, Ukraine update, new European heat record

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Response plan for Somalia launched, mass executions in Iraq, Ukraine update, new European heat record 30 January 2024 © WFP/Arete/Abdirahman Yussuf Mohamud A woman wades through flood water in Hirshabelle State, Somalia. The UN and partners launched the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan for Somalia on Tuesday, calling for $1.6 billion to assist 5.2 million people across…

‘No substitute’ for UNRWA’s lifesaving work in Gaza: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No substitute’ for UNRWA’s lifesaving work in Gaza: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator 30 January 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Sigrid Kaag, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, briefs reporters following consultations with the Security Council. No organization can be a substitute for the UN agency assisting Palestinians, UNRWA, in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the…

Myanmar demands greater focus urges UN rights chief, three years after coup

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar demands greater focus urges UN rights chief, three years after coup 30 January 2024 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Essential child nutrition services have been expanded in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Three years after the military deposed the elected Government in Myanmar, the ever-deteriorating human rights crisis in the country is now in freefall, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said…

USA: Rights experts slam ‘outrageous’ execution of inmate by nitrogen gas suffocation

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home USA: Rights experts slam ‘outrageous’ execution of inmate by nitrogen gas suffocation 30 January 2024 © Unsplash/Х. Мендоса Здание Капитолия в Вашингтоне. Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council unequivocally condemned the recent execution of an American inmate by nitrogen gas inhalation – the first time ever that the method has been used.…

Gaza: Aid cuts to UN agency could be felt in weeks

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid cuts to UN agency could be felt in weeks 30 January 2024 © UNRWA Food is distributed at a shelter in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza. Donor funding cuts stemming from Israel’s allegations against a dozen staff members at the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, will be felt within weeks, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday, as fears grow that consequences on the ground could contradict…

Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians 29 January 2024 © UNDP PAPP/Abed Zagout In Gaza, children wait to receive food as the bombardments on the enclave continue. (file) Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan Younis, UN humanitarians warned on Monday, as the UN agency for Palestinians, UNWRA,…

World News in Brief: Progress on transfats, Ukraine war update, General Assembly President in China

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Progress on transfats, Ukraine war update, General Assembly President in China 29 January 2024 © Unsplash/Nathan Dumlao Industrially produced trans fat is commonly found in packaged foods, baked goods, cooking oils and spreads. Five countries have been awarded for their efforts towards eliminating mass-produced trans fats in food, the World Health Organization (WHO)…

Latest Mediterranean deaths highlight need for safe migration routes

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Latest Mediterranean deaths highlight need for safe migration routes 29 January 2024 © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson Life vests abandoned by refugees line the shore near the town of Mithymna, on the island of Lesbos, in the north Aegean region of Greece (file). Nearly 100 people have died or disappeared crossing the central and eastern Mediterranean so far this year – more than twice the number…