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Hong Kong: Rushed adoption of new security law a ‘regressive step’ - UN rights chief

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Hong Kong: Rushed adoption of new security law a ‘regressive step’ - UN rights chief 19 March 2024 Unsplash/Monica Dorame Temple Street night market, Hong Kong, China. The accelerated adoption of a national security bill in Hong Kong represents “a regressive step” for human rights there, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday. …

Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn 19 March 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba في مارس 2024، أوصلت اليونيسف وشركاؤها 23 حضانة لمستشفيات في رفح- جنوب غزة. UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza, where increasing numbers of children are on “the brink of death” from acute hunger, caused by five months of intense Israeli…

UN rights expert urges global action to halt Myanmar junta atrocities

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights expert urges global action to halt Myanmar junta atrocities 19 March 2024 © UNICEF/Minzayar Oo Rains lash an internally displaced persons camp in northern Myanmar. (file) The UN independent human rights expert on Myanmar called on the international community on Tuesday to take strong, coordinated action to protect civilians from ongoing atrocities committed by the military junta’s…

Haiti: Aid efforts continue amid violence and volatility

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Aid efforts continue amid violence and volatility 19 March 2024 WFP A plane passes over Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. Humanitarians continue to deliver aid in Haiti, where the situation in the capital, Port-au-Prince, remains tense and volatile in the face of escalating gang violence and political instability.…

Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far 19 March 2024 © WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud Rising sea levels are causing the regular flooding of homes in Bangladesh. Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a new global report issued by the UN weather agency (…

World News in Brief: $236 billion a year profit from forced labour, Senegal election update, peacekeepers in Lebanon

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: $236 billion a year profit from forced labour, Senegal election update, peacekeepers in Lebanon 19 March 2024 © UNICEF Forced labour generates profits of $236 billion per year, according to ILO. Forced labour is happening all over the world and it’s earning criminal gangs an astonishing $236 billion a year – $64 billion more than a decade ago, UN researchers said on…

WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB 18 March 2024 © UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani A doctor checks a patient’s chest x-ray for signs of tuberculosis. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) screening and prevention programmes to protect vulnerable populations and achieve key health goals…

Explainer: What is famine?

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: What is famine? 18 March 2024 © WFP Women feed their children at a nutrition site in South Sudan. Amid growing global concerns over alarming hunger spikes in conflict-affected communities and talk of intensifying levels of food insecurity possibly leading to famine, we looked into how – and when – a famine is classified…

Guterres urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’ 18 March 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres (centre right) attends a Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons still represent a clear and…

World News in Brief: Haiti aid delivery continues, South Sudan violence, pandemic treaty talks near end, Guterres on Myanmar crisis

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti aid delivery continues, South Sudan violence, pandemic treaty talks near end, Guterres on Myanmar crisis 18 March 2024 © UNICEF/Herold Joseph In the heart of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, escalating violence has become a grim reality, leading to the mass displacement of women and children. Aid workers continue to deliver assistance to people in Haiti’s…