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New global fund ‘welcome boost’ to safeguarding biodiversity

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home New global fund ‘welcome boost’ to safeguarding biodiversity 25 August 2023 © UNICEF/Noorani A woman walks home in the rain with sheaves of rice harvested in a village paddy, in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic. A new global environmental fund marks a major step towards securing the wellbeing of biodiversity in developing countries and will help to ensure sustainable utilization…

DPR Korea: Dialogue ‘only way forward’, UN official says in wake of latest launch

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home DPR Korea: Dialogue ‘only way forward’, UN official says in wake of latest launch 25 August 2023 © Unsplash/Micha Brändli 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国平壤的阅兵仪式。 The recent launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) of a satellite posed a major risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic, a senior UN political affairs official said on Friday, underscoring the need for practical…

Da’esh and affiliates still a threat in conflict zones, UN counter-terrorism officials report

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Da’esh and affiliates still a threat in conflict zones, UN counter-terrorism officials report 25 August 2023 © UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi A newly displaced man carries two children at a check point in Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq. (file) Despite successful international counter-terrorism initiatives, the extremist group Da’esh and its affiliates continue to pose a serious threat in conflict…

109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home 109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit 25 August 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe At age 109, Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Massacre, visits the Ark of Return at UN Headquarters. Viola Fletcher was just seven years old when she was forcibly displaced from her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, by an armed mob which destroyed the…

Japan: IAEA monitoring treated water release from Fukushima nuclear plant

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Japan: IAEA monitoring treated water release from Fukushima nuclear plant 24 August 2023 Photo: IAEA/Greg Webb IAEA fact-finding team examines devastation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in May 2011. Photo: IAEA/Greg Webb Japan has begun discharging treated radioactive wastewater from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years on from…

Six years on, still no justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Six years on, still no justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya 24 August 2023 © UNICEF/Patrick Brown Rohingya refugees walk ashore at Shamlapur beach in Cox's Bazar district in Bangladesh, after crossing the Bay of Bengal in September 2017. UN human rights chief Volker Türk, on Thursday, reiterated the call for accountability and justice for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya driven from…

Security Council hears of ‘unimaginable suffering’ of Ukrainian people, 18 months into war

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council hears of ‘unimaginable suffering’ of Ukrainian people, 18 months into war 24 August 2023 © ЮНИСЕФ/А.Филиппов Знак минной опасности, Украина. The top UN political affairs official on Thursday highlighted “unimaginable” human suffering due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as the war hit its somber 18-month mark…

More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF 24 August 2023 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee The conflict in Sudan has displaced thousands of children and their families. The conflict in Sudan has uprooted more than two million children – an average of more than 700 newly displaced every hour, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Thursday.…

Central African Republic: ‘Tensions and divisions’ eroding human rights

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Central African Republic: ‘Tensions and divisions’ eroding human rights 24 August 2023 © UNICEF/Tchameni Zigoto Tchaya Displaced women who fled the Rota mining village seek refuge in Bozuom in the Central African Republic. (file) An independent UN expert expressed grave concern on Thursday over the human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), calling for political…

At BRICS Summit, Guterres global unity call in face of ‘existential’ challenges

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home At BRICS Summit, Guterres global unity call in face of ‘existential’ challenges 24 August 2023 © Unsplash/Clodagh Da Paixao An aerial view of Johannesburg, South Africa. The UN chief on Thursday underscored the urgent need for unity and justice to tackle humanity’s pressing challenges, which range from the climate crisis to economic disparities and conflicts with global implications.…