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Investing in clean air can saves lives and combat climate change

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Investing in clean air can saves lives and combat climate change 07 September 2024 Unsplash/Luca Baggio In Landmannalaugar, Iceland (pictured) clean air is important for the health and day-to-day lives of people. The UN Secretary-General is marking ‘Clean Air Day’ with a call for global investment in solutions that tackle climate change and the increasing public health, environmental, and…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 06 September 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International…

UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov Men work at an apartment building in Poltava, a city in central Ukraine, that was damaged in an attack. Continued Russian attacks across Ukraine this week made for a tragic start to the new school year, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a…

Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba UNICEF staff prepare to administer polio vaccines at a health clinic in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a polio vaccination campaign there, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said…

Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Adriana Zehbrauskas A young woman walks through Kadugli town, South Kordofan state of Sudan, where sexual abuse is 'rampant', rights investigators said. Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo as they recounted…

UN leads search for synergy on climate and development

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN leads search for synergy on climate and development 06 September 2024 United Nations 5th Global Climate and SDG Synergy Conference. Governments, experts and civil society representatives met in Brazil this week for a UN-backed conference to examine solutions that address the interlinked challenges of the climate emergency and the sustainable development crisis.…

Millions impacted by ‘catastrophic and massive floods’ in Bangladesh

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Millions impacted by ‘catastrophic and massive floods’ in Bangladesh 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash A mother carries her daughters through flood waters during July's monsoon season in Bangladesh. Recent “catastrophic and massive floods” in Bangladesh have affected millions of people across the country, including those in Cox’s Bazar where nearly one million Rohingya…

Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A child suffering from mpox at the mpox isolation unit of the UNICEF-supported Kavumu Hospital in South Kivu province, DR Congo. (July 2024) As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right to health on Friday stressed that equitable access to…

Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice 06 September 2024 © Josh Okun The glacier graveyard is located close to the Icelandic capital Reykjavik. Iceland´s glaciers are retreating so rapidly that future generations may wonder how the ancient island nation got its name. No surprise then that the land of the Vikings was chosen to house the world’s…

HRC- Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan Press Conference

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home HRC- Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan Press Conference 06 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Sudan Fact-Finding Mission’s first investigative report. Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding MissionJoy Ngozi Ezeilo, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding MissionMona Rishmawi, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding Mission