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Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line 08 December 2023 © PRCS Mouhammed, director of emergency and disaster management at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza Strip, assists in receiving a displaced mother and two daughters after crossing a checkpoint heading to the south. Amid ongoing bombardment in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies and humanitarian…

Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28 08 December 2023 COP28/Anthony Fleyhan International Youth Climate Delegates (IYCD) pose for a group photo during the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens…

World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform 08 December 2023 © Unsplash/Heidi Fin مبنى البرلمان في لندن، المملكة المتحدة. As Haiti faces a situation of “absolute brutal violence”, the deployment of a multi-national security support mission is awaited with hope, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said on Friday…

Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’ 08 December 2023 Unsplash/Nathaniel Tetteh A female fruit vendor demonstrates against corruption in Ghana. Countries across the world need to work together to ensure there is a “global commitment to fight corruption” according to the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC…

Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs 08 December 2023 © OCHA/Eva Modvig A settlement in eastern Myanmar. (file) Over half a million people have been displaced in Myanmar amid a surge in fighting between the military and armed groups that started in late October and has spread to over two-thirds of the country, the UN humanitarian affairs office reported on…

US vetoes resolution on Gaza which called for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home US vetoes resolution on Gaza which called for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’ 08 December 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wide view of the UN Security Council chambers as members meet on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday morning New York time to discuss the catastrophic situation in Gaza. This follows…

Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organized crime

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organized crime 07 December 2023 UNODC Perú/Coral Estudio Adriana Scordamaglia, a labor prosecutor from Brazil, during a simulated rescue exercise of the STARSOM project in Peru, an initiative to fight organized crime groups involved in migrant smuggling. The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of…

Protect those on the move using deadly Darién crossing

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Protect those on the move using deadly Darién crossing 07 December 2023 © IOM/Gema Cortés A migrant from Venezuela talks to his family after crossing the Darien Gap into Central America. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), on Thursday, called for urgent action to address the deepening humanitarian emergency in the Americas, as the number of…

Do’s and don’ts for tackling chronic back pain

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Do’s and don’ts for tackling chronic back pain 07 December 2023 © Unsplash/Sasun Bughdaryan Globally, about one in 13 people suffer low back pain, according to WHO. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday released its first-ever guidelines on managing chronic low back pain - the leading cause of disability worldwide, that effects an astonishing one in 13 of us…

World News in Brief: Russia’s LGBT ban condemned, unprecedented Africa malnutrition crisis, health after childbirth

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Russia’s LGBT ban condemned, unprecedented Africa malnutrition crisis, health after childbirth 07 December 2023 UN News/Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Russian Federation, addresses the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UN independent human rights experts on Thursday raised concerns about the “…