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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…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 19 May 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of Unitaid, the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. …

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Note Progress in Addressing the Age of Marriage in the United Kingdom, Ask about High Poverty Rates among Families with Children with Disabilities and the Proposed Illegal Migration Bill

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Note Progress in Addressing the Age of Marriage in the United Kingdom, Ask about High Poverty Rates among Families with Children with Disabilities and the Proposed Illegal Migration Bill 19 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of the…

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…

One billion people in 43 countries face cholera risk, amid ‘bleak’ outlook

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home One billion people in 43 countries face cholera risk, amid ‘bleak’ outlook 19 May 2023 © UNICEF/Rami Nader A child is vaccinated against cholera in Aleppo, northwest Syria. (file) After years of steady decline, cholera is making a devastating comeback and targeting the world’s most vulnerable communities, UN health experts warned on Friday…

Malawi: Over 500,000 children at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Malawi: Over 500,000 children at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns 19 May 2023 © UNICEF Malawi Children playing during a UNICEF visit to the Kapeni Displacement Camp in Blantyre, Malawi, in the wake of Cyclone Freddy. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking nearly $88 million to assist 6.5 million people in Malawi, including at least 573,000 boys and girls who are at risk of malnutrition…