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The deadly legacy of landmines

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home The deadly legacy of landmines 02 April 2023 © UN Photo/Isaac Billy UNMAS worker detects an anti-tank mine, in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. More than two decades since the adoption of the landmark Mine Ban Treaty and the creation of the UN Mine Action Service, millions of landmines have been destroyed, but land in nearly 70 countries globally is still contaminated and innocent…

Celebrate diverse contributions of persons with autism, UN chief says

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Celebrate diverse contributions of persons with autism, UN chief says 02 April 2023 © Unsplash/Annie Spratt World Autism Awareness Day is marked by the UN annually on 2 April. On the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, the UN chief called for renewed resolve in advancing their inherent rights and celebrating their contributions…

Republic of Korea: Breaking barriers, one brushstroke at a time

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Republic of Korea: Breaking barriers, one brushstroke at a time 02 April 2023 UN video An artist at work in Seoul, Republic of Korea. A periodic exhibit at the Seoul Art Centre in the Republic of Korea features dozens of artists living with autism while reframing some of their developmental disabilities through the fresh perspective of empowerment…

First Person: ‘Simple dreams’ of Syrians following earthquake

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘Simple dreams’ of Syrians following earthquake 01 April 2023 UN News/Shirin Yaseen Shirin Yaseen (centre) visits a camp for displaced people in Jindairis in northwestern Syria. Syrians whose lives have been upended by a 12-year civil war and a catastrophic earthquake are looking to return home and rebuild their lives…

First Person: Journeys of resilience in Ukraine

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Journeys of resilience in Ukraine 31 March 2023 © UNOCHA/Matteo Minasi Two people walk past a destroyed residential block in the Kyiv region. The landscape and emotions of the Ukrainian people may be scarred and raw, but they are not giving up according to the Regional Director of the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM…

Top UN official urgently calls for de-escalating nuclear tensions over Belarus

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN official urgently calls for de-escalating nuclear tensions over Belarus 31 March 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. Urgent efforts must be made to de-escalate the situation following Russia’s announcement last weekend that it plans to station…

Türkiye, Syria quake response continues, food security threat rising

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Türkiye, Syria quake response continues, food security threat rising 31 March 2023 © UNOCHA/Ahmad Abdulnafi A person walks through a camp in Hatay, Türkiye, for people displaced by the February earthquake. Almost two months after deadly earthquakes struck Türkiye and northern Syria, a large-scale humanitarian operation is underway for which funding is still desperately needed, the UN…

‘Bring them home’: UN experts call for repatriating detained Syria children

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Bring them home’: UN experts call for repatriating detained Syria children 31 March 2023 OCHA/Hedinn Halldorsson A child walks in Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria. (file) Independent UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday called for the urgent repatriation of children from northeast Syria, as they enter their fifth year of detention…

Zero Waste Day: UN calls for a war on garbage

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Zero Waste Day: UN calls for a war on garbage 30 March 2023 © UNEP/Duncan Moore There are hundreds of landfill dumpsites spread across Kenya with the largest being Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi. The planet is literally drowning in garbage, and it is high time to clean up, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, at an event in the General Assembly Hall marking the first-ever…

Guatemala: Türk alarmed by reprisals against anti-corruption officials

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Guatemala: Türk alarmed by reprisals against anti-corruption officials 30 March 2023 © UNOCHA/Vincent Tremeau A mother and her son, who was suffering from malnutrition, sit in their home in Chiquimula, Guatemala. Retaliation continues against officials who spearheaded the fight against corruption in Guatemala, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Thursday…