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Transformative power of food production in Mauritius: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transformative power of food production in Mauritius: A UN Resident Coordinator blog 23 July 2023 UN Mauritius The spice turmeric is being produced by an association on the island of Rodrigues. Transforming the way food is produced on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mauritius could help to fight climate change as well as accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),…

INTERVIEW: Food systems contribute to solving ‘world's most important challenges’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Food systems contribute to solving ‘world's most important challenges’ 23 July 2023 © FAO/N Tuan Anh A farmer in Viet Nam harvests her crop. Population growth, urbanization, changing consumption patterns, and climate change are making it more challenging to feed the world according to a senior official at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO…

UN strongly condemns Russian strikes in Odesa, Ukraine

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN strongly condemns Russian strikes in Odesa, Ukraine 23 July 2023 © UNICEF/Siegfried Modola A woman walks past sandbags piled for defensive protection, in Odessa, Ukraine. Senior UN officials have strongly condemned the deadly Russian missile strikes in the Ukrainian city of Odesa on Sunday which damaged several historic buildings…

Yemen: Killing of veteran WFP staff member ‘an unacceptable tragedy’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: Killing of veteran WFP staff member ‘an unacceptable tragedy’ 22 July 2023 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A boy stands in the damaged interior of a building close to the active frontline in Taiz, Yemen. (file) The top UN humanitarian official in Yemen on Saturday called for justice in the wake of the recent attack against World Food Programme (WFP) staff that left one person dead and another…

HIV a ‘critical health concern’ amongst people who use drugs in Thailand

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HIV a ‘critical health concern’ amongst people who use drugs in Thailand 22 July 2023 © World Bank/Trinn Suwannapha An activist in Thailand wears a t-shirt which calls for people who use drug harm reduction initiatives not to be criminalized. A new narcotics law in Thailand has meant that people who use drugs are more able to access care for treatment of conditions like HIV, but the…

Russian strikes on Ukraine ports ‘further blow to global food security’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russian strikes on Ukraine ports ‘further blow to global food security’ 21 July 2023 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, addresses the Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea could have far-reaching impacts on global food security…

Children forcibly separated from mothers at Syria’s Al Hol, warns top rights expert

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Children forcibly separated from mothers at Syria’s Al Hol, warns top rights expert 21 July 2023 UNOCHA/Abdul Aziz Qitaz After over a decade of conflict in Syria, some 800,000 people in the north-west of the country are still living in tents. A UN-appointed independent expert expressed deep concern on Friday over the distressing treatment of children being held apparently indefinitely in…

Spike in dengue cases due to global warming, warns WHO

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Spike in dengue cases due to global warming, warns WHO 21 July 2023 Unsplash/Shardar Tarikul Islam Common types of mosquito-borne diseases include Dengue, Yellow fever, Chikungunya and Zika. Global warming marked by higher average temperatures, precipitation and longer periods of drought, could prompt a record number of dengue infections worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned…

WFP staffer shot and killed in Yemen

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home WFP staffer shot and killed in Yemen 21 July 2023 © WFP/Abdullah Al-Garadi Children carry WFP food rations in a makeshift camp for displaced people in Marib, Yemen. A long-serving staffer with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been shot and killed in Yemen. Moayad Hameidi, a Jordanian national…

Empowering women through social protection: UN rights office

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Empowering women through social protection: UN rights office 21 July 2023 UN News On February 7th 2023, Protestors are assembling in front of Paris Opera to mobilize another round of manifestations against pension reform in France. Access to social protection is a fundamental human right, yet a recent UN human rights report shows that numerous women and girls worldwide are still unable to…