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Cine ONU: "Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini"

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Cine ONU: "Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini" Cine ONU: "Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini" 27 March 2025 7:00 PM Cinema Cinérama Empire, Rue de Carouge 72-74, 1205 Geneva…

UN rights body sounds the alarm over South Sudan crisis

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search UN rights body sounds the alarm over South Sudan crisis 27 March 2025 © UNICEF/Mark Naftalin Attacks on civilian populations have been reported in South Sudan. The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued an alert on Thursday over the rapidly escalating crisis in the country, calling for urgent coordinated action to protect civilians and preserve the 2018…

DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger 27 March 2025 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire Una mujer recoge sus pertenencias antes de abandonar un campamento para desplazados cerca de Goma, en el este de la República Democrática del Congo. A record 27.7 million people are in the grip of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid…

Sudan war: Displacement figures fall for first time

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Sudan war: Displacement figures fall for first time 27 March 2025 © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani A mother walks with her children to their shelter at an IDP camp in North Darfur. For the first time in nearly two years of brutal conflict between rival militaries, the number of Sudanese internally displaced has fallen, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM)…

Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war 27 March 2025 © UNFPA A family in Gaza looks through the rubble of a destroyed building. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Thursday over the terrible impact on youngsters of renewed Israeli bombardment and the total aid blockade…

Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns 27 March 2025 劳工组织亚太地区办事处 越南一家纺织厂的女工在缝制主要销往西方市场的夹克。 Fast fashion is accelerating an environmental catastrophe, with the equivalent of one garbage truck’s worth of clothing either incinerated or sent to landfill every second, the UN chief warned on Thursday…

Armed groups install ‘parallel administration’ in DR Congo, Security Council hears

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Armed groups install ‘parallel administration’ in DR Congo, Security Council hears 27 March 2025 © WFP/Jerry Ally Kahashi Displaced people receive food aid outside Goma in the eastern DR Congo. Armed groups affiliated with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have continued to expand their control in North and South…

Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks 26 March 2025 © ЮНИСЕФ/Э.Эль-Баба ВПП призывает все стороны ставить в приоритет нужды гражданского населения, защищать гуманитарных работников и персонал ООН, а также немедленно обеспечить доступ помощи в Газу. It has now been three and a half weeks since Israel imposed a complete blockade on all…

Is climate science the next power source for renewable energy?

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Is climate science the next power source for renewable energy? 26 March 2025 © WMO/Pete Stevens In Europe energy planners are increasingly concerned about “dunkelflaute”— a period of cloudy, windless weather in winter that undermines both solar power and wind generation As solar, wind, and hydropower expand, scientists say integrating climate data and forecasting is…

Yemen: Ten Years of War, a Lifetime of Loss 

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Yemen: Ten Years of War, a Lifetime of Loss  26 March 2025 МОМ/М. Мохаммед Уже на протяжении десятилетия йеменцы сталкиваются с голодом и постоянными перемещениями. Marking a decade of war in Yemen, Othman Belbeisi, Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), highlights the resilience of its people,…