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ILO calls for fresh support as job losses grip post-quake Türkiye and Syria

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ILO calls for fresh support as job losses grip post-quake Türkiye and Syria 28 March 2023 © UNICEF Child labour in Türkiye and Syria could increase following the February earthquake. Urgent support is needed to prevent a slide into poverty and an increase in child labour and hand-to-mouth jobs, following the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria in February, the International Labour…

Mexico: Guterres calls for ‘thorough investigation’ into deadly migrant centre fire

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Mexico: Guterres calls for ‘thorough investigation’ into deadly migrant centre fire 28 March 2023 © IOM Mexico/Alejandro Cartagena UN migration agency IOM, has supported migrants passing through Mexico for a number of years. The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of at least 39 migrants in a fire at a processing…

UN underlines support for Africa’s fight against terrorism

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN underlines support for Africa’s fight against terrorism 28 March 2023 © Michele Cattani A soldier from Burkina Faso stands guard along the border with Mali and Niger during a military operation against terrorist suspects. Although no region is immune to terrorism, the situation in Africa is especially concerning, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday,…

UNICEF sounds alarm over fast-spreading cholera outbreaks in Africa

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF sounds alarm over fast-spreading cholera outbreaks in Africa 28 March 2023 © UNICEF/Thoko Chikondi UNICEF is assisting the Government of Malawi in providing safe and clean water in camps accommodating cyclone Freddy survivors. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for emergency funding to broaden efforts to reach millions living across 11 eastern and southern African countries…

UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians 28 March 2023 © UNHCR/Chris Melzer A Syrian teen is reunited with his family at an airport in Germany. Top UN officials called for creating a new institution to help locate tens of thousands of missing Syrians and bring peace to their families, as the General Assembly debated on Tuesday the human rights situation in the…

Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment 27 March 2023 © WHO/Pierre Albouy The first Quadripartite Executive Annual Meeting held at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. UN agency chiefs issued a call on Monday for global action to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment, as part of a new “One Health” approach…

Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe 27 March 2023 © UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi Migrants sit inside a building at a detention centre in Libya. (file) UN-appointed independent human rights investigators on Monday said there are grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and armed militia groups have been responsible for “a wide array” of war crimes, and crimes…

Dismantling racism today starts by understanding slavery’s ‘horrific’ past

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Dismantling racism today starts by understanding slavery’s ‘horrific’ past 27 March 2023 UN News/Eileen Travers A group of students from Mexico visits the Ten True Stories exhibition at UN headquarters. Education is the “most powerful weapon” in the world’s arsenal to combat the brutal legacy of racism playing out today, the UN chief said on Monday, as the General Assembly met to mark the…

Ukraine: End war so children can ‘regain their childhoods’

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: End war so children can ‘regain their childhoods’ 27 March 2023 UNICEF/Skyba UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom plays with children in the UNICEF Spilno Child Spot at a metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine on 25 March 2023. The head of the UN atomic energy agency on Monday met with Ukraine’s President to discuss safety issues at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, as UN Goodwill…

Cosmic crops poised for harvest on Earth

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Cosmic crops poised for harvest on Earth 27 March 2023 © NASA Seeds from IAEA and FAO laboratories were sent to space in November 2022. UN food and atomic energy agencies are readying to reap the rewards of a ground-breaking ‘astrobotany’ investigation, announcing on Monday that seeds sent to space in 2022 are now poised to return to Earth…