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New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food 25 June 2024 © UNRWA A woman cooks bread in an oven in the Gaza Strip. Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday that more than one in five households “go entire days without eating”. According to the…

World News in Brief: UN expert welcomes Assange release, more ICC warrants issued over Ukraine, Human Rights Council updates

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN expert welcomes Assange release, more ICC warrants issued over Ukraine, Human Rights Council updates 25 June 2024 © Foreign Ministry of Ecuador/David G. Silvers Julian Assange speaks to the media at a press conference in London, United Kingdom (file). The release of Julian Assange “is a very good outcome” to the long-running case, the UN independent expert on torture…

Humanitarians are beacon of hope amidst global turmoil: Guterres

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians are beacon of hope amidst global turmoil: Guterres 25 June 2024 © WFP/Julian Civiero Food is distributed by WFP at Adre refugee camp in Chad. Human suffering continues to worsen against a backdrop of conflict and runaway climate change the UN chief said on Tuesday, calling on countries to step up support for those in need and protect the humanitarians who aid them…

Over three million preventable deaths per year due to alcohol and drug use

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Over three million preventable deaths per year due to alcohol and drug use 25 June 2024 © WHO/Alex Plonsky Wine bottles on a supermarket shelf. Over three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found. Of these deaths, 2.6 million were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for nearly five…

Syria: Security Council highlights escalating crisis and civilian suffering

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: Security Council highlights escalating crisis and civilian suffering 25 June 2024 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Two people walk through the bombed our remains of Bara village in western Syria. Syria continues in a state of “grave crisis” with civilian suffering on the rise, the UN Security Council heard during a briefing on Tuesday…

Feeling ‘90 per cent stronger’: Families in the Philippines help prevent drug abuse

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Feeling ‘90 per cent stronger’: Families in the Philippines help prevent drug abuse 25 June 2024 UNODC/Laura Gil Angelique attended the UNODC-supported Strong Families programme with her mother. A mother in the Philippines has explained how she feels “90 per cent stronger” after participating in a UN-supported programme which aims to build parenting skills and help children communicate more…

Security Council: Regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council: Regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on 25 June 2024 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh Damaged roads, buildings, and infrastructure due to the ongoing escalation of violence in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank is ratcheting up tension across…

Officials highlight ongoing terrorist threats and dire humanitarian needs in Somalia

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Officials highlight ongoing terrorist threats and dire humanitarian needs in Somalia 24 June 2024 © UNICEF/Zerihun Sewunet Some 280 families fled to a camp for displaced people in Daniyle in southeastern Somalia in early 2023. A UN Security Council meeting on Monday detailed Somalia’s “exacerbated” humanitarian needs in the face of climate shocks and ongoing Government efforts to counter the…

Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats: WHO

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats: WHO 24 June 2024 © Unsplash/Viktor Forgacs Industrially produced trans fat is commonly found in packaged foods, baked goods, cooking oils and spreads. A total of 53 countries had best practice policies in place for tackling industrial trans fats in food as of last year, vastly improving the food environment for 3.7 billion…

First Person: Moving from fear to hope after war on drugs in the Philippines

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Moving from fear to hope after war on drugs in the Philippines 24 June 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson An illustration shows the transition from the war on drugs to a more enlightened approach to the treatment of drug problems. People who use drugs in the Philippines are being treated less as criminals and more as patients who need medical help and other interventions, as…