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Major boost needed to reach 2030 water, sanitation and hygiene goals

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Major boost needed to reach 2030 water, sanitation and hygiene goals 11 July 2023 © UNICEF A six-year-old girl drinks water from a community hand pump in Pakistan. Globally, around 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water. Despite some progress, billions worldwide still lack access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene; a situation exacerbated by water scarcity caused…

Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others 11 July 2023 © ILO A young girl collects wood from a dumpsite in Vadodara, India. Twenty five countries, including some of the world’s biggest economies, have halved their poverty indices, but lack of post-COVID-19 pandemic data obscures the situation facing almost a billion people globally, a new United Nations-…

Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts 11 July 2023 © Unsplash/Niloy Biswas “Odhikar’s case reflects the ongoing harassment and targeting of human rights defenders and organisations in Bangladesh,” said UN-appointed independent human rights experts. UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called for the…

UN chief condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic 11 July 2023 MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio UN peacekeepers patrol a town in northeastern Central African Republic. The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned an attack on a UN peacekeeping patrol in the northeast Central African Republic (CAR) on Monday which left one Rwandan ‘blue helmet’ dead.…

First Person: Thai teenage drop-out turns peer educator

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Thai teenage drop-out turns peer educator 10 July 2023 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Peer educator, Baitoey, (centre) demonstrates the correct usage of male condoms. A young woman in the north of Thailand has been describing how she turned her life around after turning to drugs and dropping out of school at age 15, thanks to a programme supported by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA…

Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week 10 July 2023 Holm Akhdar FSO Safer was abandoned off Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war broke out in the country. Transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week, a senior United Nations humanitarian official told the Security…

INTERVIEW: Supporting comprehensive sexuality education in Thailand

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Supporting comprehensive sexuality education in Thailand 10 July 2023 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Classmates draw around the body of a student at a school in northern Thailand. Young adolescents in the north of Thailand have been learning about the value of family planning and other sexual and reproductive health issues, thanks to the work of a non-governmental organization (NGO)…

Top UN forum meets to ‘build political momentum’ for SDGs

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN forum meets to ‘build political momentum’ for SDGs 10 July 2023 UN Photo/Manuel Elías The high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) began its work with a plenary meeting in the General Assembly hall. Government, civil society and private sector partners convened in New York on Monday by the Economic…

Halfway there: 5 ways the UN is turbocharging the race to the SDGs

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Halfway there: 5 ways the UN is turbocharging the race to the SDGs 10 July 2023 UNOCHA/Damilola Onafuwa Zara Bulama carries one of the goats she received from FAO in Gongulong, Maiduguri, Nigeria, in June 2021. At the halfway point towards realizing the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Member States, innovators, and influencers will gather at UN Headquarters on Monday when…

One year of the Black Sea Initiative: Key facts and figures 

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home One year of the Black Sea Initiative: Key facts and figures  10 July 2023 UN Photo/Levent Kulu WFP vessel RC Vanessa waiting for Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) inspection in the Marmara Sea (this vessel carried wheat from Ukraine to Afghanistan). For almost a year, the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative agreed by Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine has allowed millions of tonnes of grain and other…