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‘Step back from the brink,’ to avert full-scale Middle East conflict, says UN chief

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Step back from the brink,’ to avert full-scale Middle East conflict, says UN chief 14 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the UN Security Council following Iran's attacks on Israel. The people of the Middle East are facing a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict, António Guterres said on Sunday, urging “maximum…

Fishers in Madagascar adapt to deadly seas due to climate change

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Fishers in Madagascar adapt to deadly seas due to climate change 13 April 2024 © FAO Madagascar/Tojotiana Randrianoavy A group of fishers heads out to sea from the village of Mokola. Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes deadly sea conditions due to climate change, but with the help of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) are finding ways to adapt to…

Guterres condemns Iran’s attack on Israel, calls for immediate end to hostilities

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres condemns Iran’s attack on Israel, calls for immediate end to hostilities 13 April 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General briefs press at UN Headquarters. (file) Strongly condemning the “large-scale attack” launched on Israel by Iran, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged maximum restraint by all parties and warned that “neither the region nor the world can afford…

Guterres welcomes creation of transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres welcomes creation of transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders 13 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke An ambulance at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince shows signs of being attacked. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the establishment of a transitional council in Haiti tasked with choosing new political leadership and setting up elections in the crisis-…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 12 April 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…

World News in Brief: Looming famine threat for Sudan, 3.3 million in need near Ukraine frontline, Haiti update, there’s a place for all in outer space

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Looming famine threat for Sudan, 3.3 million in need near Ukraine frontline, Haiti update, there’s a place for all in outer space 12 April 2024 © WFP/World Relief WFP and its partner World Relief provide emergency food supplies in West Darfur. UN humanitarians in Sudan issued a fresh alert on Friday about pervasive food insecurity and looming famine…

Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official 12 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden A UN team inspects a destroyed school in Khan Younis. The situation for Gazans remains dire despite hopes stemming from recent commitments by Israel to boost assistance, the UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Friday…

Wave of increased food insecurity hits West and Central Africa

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Wave of increased food insecurity hits West and Central Africa 12 April 2024 © WFP/Cheick Omar Bandaogo A mother gives her 10-month-old daughter porridge in Burkina Faso in the Sahel region, where WFP is providing assistance to prevent malnutrition. Almost 55 million people are facing further food and nutrition insecurity in West and Central Africa during the region’s three-month lean season…

Nigeria first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Nigeria first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine 12 April 2024 WHO/Christopher Black WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the opening session of the 73rd World Health Assembly in Geneva. Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” five-in-one vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on…

UN pays tribute to victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN pays tribute to victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 12 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) and other participants light candles at the UN General Assembly event commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The UN renewed its commitment to never forget the 1994…