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WHO calls for greater investment in Afghanistan’s health system

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO calls for greater investment in Afghanistan’s health system 18 August 2023 © UNICEF/Arezo Haidary A health worker visits a family in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for donors to ramp up funding to provide healthcare to some 14 million people in Afghanistan, particularly in underserved areas where infrastructure is severely lacking.…

Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO 18 August 2023 © WMO/João Murteira Rising sea levels are threatening the future of low-lying islands in the South-West Pacific. Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted by human-induced climate change have become “the new normal”, the UN World Meteorological…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Namibia on Efforts to Expand Educational Opportunities for Marginalised Groups, Ask Questions on Disparities Between Ethnic Groups in Access to Voting Rights and Poverty Levels

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Namibia on Efforts to Expand Educational Opportunities for Marginalised Groups, Ask Questions on Disparities Between Ethnic Groups in Access to Voting Rights and Poverty Levels 17 August 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its…

Despite growing risks, humanitarians uphold commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Despite growing risks, humanitarians uphold commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat 17 August 2023 © UNOCHA/Iramaku Vundru Wilfred Displaced people fleeing the crisis in Sudan arrive in Renk, South Sudan. Conflict and insecurity in countries such as South Sudan and its neighbour to the north are set to make 2023 another year of high death tolls and and injuries for aid workers in the field, the UN…

‘Increasing militarisation’ of DPR Korea fuelling rise in human rights violations

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Increasing militarisation’ of DPR Korea fuelling rise in human rights violations 17 August 2023 联合国儿童基金会/Simon Nazer 一名医护人员探望朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的一个家庭 。 Continuing ‘severe, widespread and long-standing” violations against citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) by their own Government, must not be viewed in isolation from wider peace and security issues on the Peninsula, said…

WHO summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science 17 August 2023 UN-REDD/Leona Liu In Viet Nam, many people use traditional medicine for healing, and 90 percent of active ingredients come from forests. The first global Traditional Medicine Summit convened by UN health agency WHO, got underway this week in the Indian city of Gandhinagar focused on sharing evidence…

Weapon transfers, including banned cluster munitions, spike in Ukraine

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Weapon transfers, including banned cluster munitions, spike in Ukraine 17 August 2023 © WFP/Niema Abdelmageed Food is distributed to residents of Balakliy in northeastern Ukraine. Arms and ammunition transfers to Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent months, alongside concerning reports of deliveries of banned cluster munitions, the UN’s top disarmament official told the Security…

Rape by Sudan’s RSF militia used to ‘punish and terrorise’ warn rights experts

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rape by Sudan’s RSF militia used to ‘punish and terrorise’ warn rights experts 17 August 2023 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee A UNICEF expert on sexual exploitation and abuse briefs displaced people at a gathering point in Wad Madani in east-central Sudan. Sudan’s continuing military showdown has had “massive humanitarian consequences” including allegations that some fighters from the…

First Person: ‘A piece of me also died’ in 2003 UN Canal Hotel bombing

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘A piece of me also died’ in 2003 UN Canal Hotel bombing 17 August 2023 UN Photo/Timothy Sopp The United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, was destroyed by a truck bomb on August 19, 2003. The widow of a UN staff member who died in the terrorist attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq has been describing how “a piece of me also died on that tragic day…

Niger: WFP calls for free flow of aid amid ongoing crisis

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Niger: WFP calls for free flow of aid amid ongoing crisis 16 August 2023 © WFP/Mariama Ali Souley مواطنون في النيجر بانتظار توزيع الحصص الغذائية من برنامج الأغذية العالمي في منطقة تاهوا. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday issued a call for continued “humanitarian and resilience efforts” for Niger’s most vulnerable, in the face of the military power grab…