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UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti 24 April 2024 © IOM/Alexander Bee Migrants sleep underneath a boat on the beach in Obock, Djibouti. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is offering medical care, food, shelter and psychosocial support to 33 migrants who survived a shipwreck off the coast of Djibouti on Monday, as local authorities continue…

New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines 24 April 2024 © 儿基会/Saleh Hayyan 也门的一名卫生工作者在社区宣传活动中为一名小男孩接种疫苗（资料图片）。 Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi launched on Wednesday a campaign to scale up programmes to save lives, marking the start of World Immunisation Week, celebrated annually during the last week of April…

UN coordinator in Gaza announces new plan to deliver lifesaving aid

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN coordinator in Gaza announces new plan to deliver lifesaving aid 24 April 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Sigrid Kaag, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, briefs the Security Council. A new mechanism for getting lifesaving aid into Gaza will start in the coming days, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator Sigrid Kaag announced in a briefing to the…

Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem? 24 April 2024 UN News/ Brianna Rowe Plastic waste on Maraval River, Trinidad Plastic pollution blocks rivers, chokes oceans and makes its way into the food chain as microplastics. It’s a global environmental crisis, and Small Island Developing States are especially vulnerable, having to cope with detritus…

Healing page by page in earthquake-affected Türkiye

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Healing page by page in earthquake-affected Türkiye 23 April 2024 © IOM/Anıl Bahşi Over a year after devastating earthquakes, Muhammed is bringing life back to his hometown through the power of books. Book by book and page by page, Türkiye’s booklovers are bringing life back to cities ravaged by the deadly 2023 earthquakes through the power of reading, with help from cash grants from the UN…

From Dominica to Vogue: Big dreams on a small island

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home From Dominica to Vogue: Big dreams on a small island 23 April 2024 UN News/ Brianna Rowe Josiah Johnson has benefited from Work Online Dominica, a Government programme supported by the UN. Becoming a successful international fashion photographer is hard for anyone, but it’s particularly difficult if you grow up in Dominica, a small Caribbean country regularly hit by hurricanes. This hasn’t…

Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office 23 April 2024 WHO People gather outside the remains of Al Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest health facility. Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about…

WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather 23 April 2024 © UNICEF/David Hogsholt Typhoons have caused widespread damage in the Philippines. (file) Asia remained the world’s most disaster-affected region in 2023 due to weather, climate and water-related hazards. Storms and floods have hit the hardest, a new report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO…

UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials 23 April 2024 © UNICEF/Giovanni Diffidenti A mother and child leave Lviv's main train station in Ukraine. (file) Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s passage of the “Safety of Rwanda” bill, two top UN officials sounded an alarm on Tuesday about its harmful impact on global responsibility-sharing, human…

Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime 23 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Pramila Patten, Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, briefs the Security Council meeting on women and peace and security. The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in 2023, a “dramatic increase” of 50 per cent over the…