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Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks 22 May 2023 © UNICEF/Donaig Le Du Refugees from Sudan collect relief items distributed by UNICEF and its partners in Kounfroun, Chad. A crucial ceasefire poised to enter into force in restive Sudan on Monday evening should “pave the way” for peace talks to end the month-old conflict, the top UN official in the country has said…

World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief 22 May 2023 © UNICEF A woman shows her COVID-19 vaccine card alongside her sisters in Kano, Nigeria. Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response to the disease and prepare for future pandemics and other threats, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (…

Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished 22 May 2023 © UNICEF/UN055334/Tremeau A mother caresses the head of her sleeping malnourished baby, at the mother and child centre in the town of Diffa, Niger Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity…

Ukraine: Power loss at nuclear plant underscores ‘highly vulnerable’ safety situation

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Power loss at nuclear plant underscores ‘highly vulnerable’ safety situation 22 May 2023 Ⓒ IAEA The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine lost all external power for several hours on Monday morning, highlighting the urgent need to protect the facility and prevent an accident, the Director General of the International…

Advocating for sustainable water ‘gamechangers’, Kőrösi goes West

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Advocating for sustainable water ‘gamechangers’, Kőrösi goes West 21 May 2023 © Paulina Kubiak General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi (right) and Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson during his official visit to Salt Lake City. The water challenges confronting the western United States as a result of climate change and declining water supply, are similar to those of other countries,…

Progress on human health ‘in peril’, warns UN chief

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Progress on human health ‘in peril’, warns UN chief 21 May 2023 © UNICEF/Clark Girls await their turns to get immunized at Rusung Raya Elementary School, in Indonesia. Global life expectancy has grown by 50 per cent since the birth of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) 75 years ago, the UN chief said on Sunday, but in the wake of COVID, climate change, and other challenges, “progress is…

G7 nations, ‘central to climate action’ says Guterres, calling for global reset

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home G7 nations, ‘central to climate action’ says Guterres, calling for global reset 21 May 2023 UN Photo/Ichiro Mae Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press, wrapping up his trip to Japan for the G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023. The world is counting on the G7 bloc of industrialized democracies to demonstrate global leadership and solidarity, said the UN chief on Sunday, speaking to…

Plenty abuzz on World Bee Day

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Plenty abuzz on World Bee Day 20 May 2023 UN Women/Rosendo Quintos Oralia Ruano Lima was among the first women in her indigenous community to join an all-female entrepreneurship project as a beekeeper. Beekeepers around the world earn their livelihoods from the golden honey their bees produce, but they also play a critical role in pollinating 87 of 115 leading food crops worldwide. World Bee…

Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold 20 May 2023 © UNICEF/Gilbertson The Nigerien army patrols the Sahara desert targetting militant groups including ISIL and Boko Haram. Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade routes crisscrossing the Sahel, and the UN and partners are trying out new, collaborative ways to…

Chronic diseases taking ‘immense and increasing toll on lives’, warns WHO

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Chronic diseases taking ‘immense and increasing toll on lives’, warns WHO 19 May 2023 Unsplash/Gabin Vallet Physical activity contributes to preventing and managing noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes. A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, are claiming around three quarters of all lives…