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First Person: Rising from disaster

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Rising from disaster 19 May 2023 © UNICEF/Santiago Billy/AFP-Services A classroom is filled with mud after a river overflowed during storms Eta and Iota in El Tenedor, Guatemala. Disasters can reverse hard-won development gains by decades and leave the most vulnerable populations more exposed to deadly risks. As nations gathered this week to take stock of how the world is…

Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflict

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflict 19 May 2023 UNDP Sudan People fleeing conflict in Sudan wait at a bus station in Khartoum. As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one million people have now been forced to flee for their lives…

IAEA warns of ‘increasingly tense military situation’ around Ukraine nuclear plant

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home IAEA warns of ‘increasingly tense military situation’ around Ukraine nuclear plant 19 May 2023 Ⓒ IAEA The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continues to warn of the potential nuclear threat in the Ukraine conflict amid rising tensions surrounding the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).…

Survey reveals war’s ‘immense’ mental health toll on Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Survey reveals war’s ‘immense’ mental health toll on Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland 19 May 2023 © IOM/Muse Mohammed Ukrainian refugees arrive at the Medyka border point in Poland. More than 60 per cent of Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland are experiencing high or severe levels of distress, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, Mental Health Action Day, highlighting the…

UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters 19 May 2023 UN Photo Hybrid press briefing by Mr. Javaid Rehman, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The UN Human Rights Council-appointed panel of independent experts examining the Iranian Government’s response to protests that erupted there last November, has…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Venezuela on High Number of Girls Studying Science Subjects, Ask Questions about Trafficking and Health Issues Affecting Women

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Venezuela on High Number of Girls Studying Science Subjects, Ask Questions about Trafficking and Health Issues Affecting Women 18 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Türkiye’s Free Child Healthcare Services, Ask about Child Labour and Sanctions of Children Involved in Terrorist Organizations

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Türkiye’s Free Child Healthcare Services, Ask about Child Labour and Sanctions of Children Involved in Terrorist Organizations 18 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Türkiye, with Committee Experts praising the State’s free…

UNICEF alert over ‘sickening’ levels of sexual violence in eastern DR Congo

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF alert over ‘sickening’ levels of sexual violence in eastern DR Congo 18 May 2023 © Finbarr O’Reilly Through support from the Trust Fund for Victims assistance programme in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dorika became part of a collective of women, all survivors of sexual violence, receiving micro-credit loans to start their own businesses The UN Children’s Fund is…

Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF 18 May 2023 © UNICEF/Salam Al-Janabi Women and children wait to be seen by members of a UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition team in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Roughly 90 per cent of the population in Afghanistan is on the brink of poverty “and children bear the brunt of it,” the Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in…

Despite gains, Iraq has not yet ‘turned the corner’, Security Council hears

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Despite gains, Iraq has not yet ‘turned the corner’, Security Council hears 18 May 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (right), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, briefs Security Council members on the situation in the country. Iraq’s stability and hard-won gains require robust support amid concerns of shrinking…