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‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions: World Meteorological Organization

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions: World Meteorological Organization 15 November 2023 © Unsplash/Ehud Neuhaus Harmful gasses continue to be released into the atmosphere across the world. Greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2022 with “no end in sight to the rising trend”, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report published on Wednesday.…

Israel-Palestine crisis: UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’ 15 November 2023 © WHO Large areas of the Gaza Strip have been destroyed by missile strikes. The UN’s top emergency relief official unveiled a 10-point plan “to rein in the carnage” in Gaza on Wednesday which focuses on a major expansion of aid into into the wartorn enclave, along with a new…

Israel-Palestine crisis: Security Council calls for urgent, extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: Security Council calls for urgent, extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza 15 November 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Pauses and Corridors Throughout Gaza Strip The Security Council passed a resolution Wednesday calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and for urgent and extended…

First Person: UNICEF chief in Gaza visit, bears witness to grave violations against children

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: UNICEF chief in Gaza visit, bears witness to grave violations against children 15 November 2023 © UNICEF UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell (right) visits Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Grave violations against children, including killing, maiming and abductions, are taking place in the Gaza Strip, according to the Executive Director of the UN…

US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert 14 November 2023 © Unsplash/Colin Lloyd An anti-racism protest takes place in Colorado, USA. (file) The United States need to increase efforts to address “enduring systemic racism” at what is a critical juncture in the fight against discrimination, said the UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert on the issue,…

Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson 14 November 2023 UN Ukraine Human rights officers examine a kitchen where a rocket landed in Posad-Pokrovske in the Kherson region of Ukraine. The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson on Monday.…

World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties 14 November 2023 WHO/Panos/Tania Habjouqa A patient at risk of diabetes receives a special eye exam at the National Centre for Diabetes in Amman, Jordan. One hundred years after the discovery of insulin, millions of people with diabetes around the world still cannot access the care…

Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan 14 November 2023 © UNICEF/Omar Tarig Children in Gedaref, Sudan learn about the dangers and symptoms of cholera. Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face a deadly outbreak of the disease amidst the ongoing war, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Tuesday.…

Security Council: UN Police need greater support amid ‘many challenges’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council: UN Police need greater support amid ‘many challenges’ 14 November 2023 Фото ООН/Х. Дико Полицейские ООН в Мали. Police officers serving under the UN flag must be properly prepared, equipped and resourced in the face of the significant challenges to both multilateralism and peacekeeping, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.…

‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28 14 November 2023 © UNICEF/UN0548109/Jan Grarup A young girl walks in the flooded village of Ulang in South Sudan. The COP28 climate conference held in Dubai later this month “must be the place to urgently close the climate ambition gap”, as emissions continue to rise and climate chaos intensifies, UN chief António Guterres…