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Deadly and growing impact of air pollution laid bare in new UNICEF-backed report

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Deadly and growing impact of air pollution laid bare in new UNICEF-backed report 18 June 2024 © UNICEF/Ali Junaid In Karachi, Pakistan, a woman burns trash to cook food causing air pollution. The State of Global Air (SoGA) report published in partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns on Wednesday that air pollution is increasingly impacting human health - and is now the second…

INTERVIEW: Sustainable energy offers ‘hope’ in fight against desertification and land loss

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Sustainable energy offers ‘hope’ in fight against desertification and land loss 17 June 2024 UNDP/Muhanad Sameer The availability of solar energy has enabled farmers in north Sudan to continue farming Sustainable sources of energy, including solar and wind power, can help communities across the world to reverse desertification and land loss, according to Ibrahim Thiaw, the…

Stop ‘vandalising’ Earth and help the planet thrive, UN chief urges

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stop ‘vandalising’ Earth and help the planet thrive, UN chief urges 16 June 2024 © UNESCO Agriculture in volcanic soils in the Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark in Spain. As nearly 40 per cent of land across the planet is degraded with more acres lost every second, governments, businesses and communities must galvanize action to reverse the damage and protect Earth, the UN…

World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Ethiopia must end, El Fasher crisis update, UN stands with Niger

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Ethiopia must end, El Fasher crisis update, UN stands with Niger 14 June 2024 © ЮНИСЕФ Эфиопия/М. Айен Ребека Гринспен: «Повышение устойчивости позволит Африке воспользоваться многочисленными возможностями, открывающимися перед ней в будущем». The head of the UN human rights office (OHCHR) Volker Türk on Friday called for serious measures to be taken to…

Genocide prevention adviser warns of global threat posed by hate speech

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Genocide prevention adviser warns of global threat posed by hate speech 14 June 2024 UNICEF/Brown In this 2017 photograph, Rohingya refugees driven by brutal violence from their homes in Myanmar arrive in camps in Bangladesh. The UN’s top genocide prevention official warned on Friday that hate speech remains a significant threat to global peace and security, often targeting society’s most…

War in Ukraine should not be ‘new normal’, warns top humanitarian there

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home War in Ukraine should not be ‘new normal’, warns top humanitarian there 14 June 2024 © ЮНФПА в Украине / И.Херскин Харьков после обстрела. Фото из архива A surge of attacks by Russian forces on the Kharkiv area of Ukraine is causing significant civilian casualties, as well as the destruction of homes and crucial infrastructure, the top UN official in Ukraine said today, in a plea not to “…

‘Better late than never’: Gazans react to Security Council ceasefire resolution

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Better late than never’: Gazans react to Security Council ceasefire resolution 14 June 2024 UN News A child follows/watches the recovering of bodies from under the rubble of a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. A cautious welcome was given by civilians in Gaza to this week’s Security Council resolution endorsing a ceasefire for hostages…

Climate change fuels tensions in Nigeria

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change fuels tensions in Nigeria 14 June 2024 IOM/Jorge Galindo Climate change impacts continue to fuel tensions and drive displacement in Nigeria. Despite its huge potential, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, continues to grapple with a host of challenges which are impacting people’s lives and triggering conflict over key resources, a senior UN official in the country said on…

Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’ 14 June 2024 © UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene The authorities in Ethiopia stopped the circumcision of a young girl after they were alerted. The global fight to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is being undermined by the movement of some girls across national borders and beyond to undergo the procedure, the UN…

Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP 14 June 2024 © UNRWA Children collect water in the Gaza Strip. Escalating fighting in the south and centre of Gaza makes it near-impossible for humanitarians to deliver desperately needed food aid, the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, said on Friday at the end of a two-day mission to the…