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Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights 

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights  01 December 2023 UN Photo/Logan Abassi Hurricane Sandy passed to the west of Haiti on 25 October, causing heavy rains and strong winds, flooding homes and overflowing rivers. A woman sells produce at a flooded market place. Agrifood systems and the communities that support and depend on them are on the front lines…

Shock and terror in Gaza as bombardment of shattered enclave resumes

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Shock and terror in Gaza as bombardment of shattered enclave resumes 01 December 2023 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra A man takes his children across bombed land in the Gaza Strip during the temporary humanitarian pause. (file) As Secretary-General António Guterres spoke of his deep regret about the resumption of military operations in Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians vowed to stay and help all those in…

World News in Brief: Gaza aid, support for Afghan returnees, end modern slavery

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Gaza aid, support for Afghan returnees, end modern slavery 01 December 2023 © UNRWA Humanitarian aid is delivered to UNRWA shelters in the northern Gaza Strip. Any continuation in the recent increase in aid delivery to the Gaza Strip is uncertain now that fighting has resumed, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Friday…

Unprecedented drought emergency demands urgent action

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Unprecedented drought emergency demands urgent action 01 December 2023 © UNICEF/Pouget Sand flows from a child's hand like through an hourglass. In southwestern Ethiopia, drought worsened by climate change is threatening crops and livestock, pushing the population to the brink. A new report by the UN team combatting desertification reveals alarming trends over the past two years which…

Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action 30 November 2023 © UNICEF/Ulet Ifansasti A man crosses parched farmland in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep trouble”, UN chief António…

World News in Brief: New relief window in Gaza, sexual violence in Sudan, new action against chemical weapons

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: New relief window in Gaza, sexual violence in Sudan, new action against chemical weapons 30 November 2023 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Residents of Gaza move their possessions during the temporary humanitarian pause. A last-minute extension of the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Thursday offered hope that UN humanitarians and aid partners will be able to…

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease 30 November 2023 © UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker Phiona works as a Peer Mother at a health centre in Uganda, she helps train and support mothers to deliver HIV-free babies. The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN health agency WHO said on the eve of World AIDS Day,…

Civil society an ‘unwavering force’ for peace: UN official

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civil society an ‘unwavering force’ for peace: UN official 30 November 2023 UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein Voters inspecting ballot papers on election day in Montserrado in October 2005. Civil society organizations are on the “frontlines” of peacebuilding, a senior UN official said on Thursday, as the Organization convened the inaugural dialogue with grassroots organizations aimed at building and…

Russia: UN rights chief denounces outlawing of ‘the international LGBT movement’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia: UN rights chief denounces outlawing of ‘the international LGBT movement’ 30 November 2023 UN News/Anton Uspensky The Moskva River in central Moscow on a summer night UN human rights chief Volker Türk has deplored the decision by Russia’s highest court to outlaw what it called “the international LGBT movement” and brand it as “extremist” - a move he feared could lead to gay and…

Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria 30 November 2023 © UNICEF/Maria Wamala In rural Uganda, a mother puts her one-year-old child to bed inside a mosquito net. Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk” to progress being made to fight malaria, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday…