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Temperatures off the charts, but more records imminent: WMO

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Temperatures off the charts, but more records imminent: WMO 10 July 2023 Unsplash/Rafael Garcin Global sea surface temperatures were at a record high in May and June 2023. Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May, June, and July – and the warming El Niño weather pattern is only just getting started – experts at the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on…

Building resilience in Mozambique: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Building resilience in Mozambique: A UN Resident Coordinator blog 09 July 2023 © UN/Helvisney Cardoso UN Resident Coordinator Myrta Kaulard talks with the mother of a student after the opening of a new school building with UN support in Monapo District, Nampula province, Mozambique, in 2022. Grappling with climate shocks, COVID-19 recovery, and conflict, Mozambique is building…

UN chief condemns airstrike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns airstrike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan 09 July 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media at UN Headquarters in New York (file photo). He said on Wednesday it was everyone's UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the airstrike in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Saturday which reportedly killed at…

UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee Camp

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee Camp 09 July 2023 © UNRWA/Tareq Shalash The two-day Israeli military operation, which included airstrikes in this densely populated community, caused the worst level of destruction in more than 20 years in Jenin camp. Senior UN officials and donor partners on Sunday visited the Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of…

Demining Ukraine: Bringing lifesaving expertise back home

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Demining Ukraine: Bringing lifesaving expertise back home 08 July 2023 UNDP in Ukraine Alexander Lobov has more than 20 years of experience in mine clearance around the world. He now helps Ukrainians affected by war and passes on his experience in his home country, which has been ravaged by war. Alexander Lobov, a military engineer and mine action expert with the UN Development Programme (…

UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals ‘indispensable’ to global food security

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals ‘indispensable’ to global food security 07 July 2023 © UNODC/Duncan Moore Maritime traffic through the Black Sea is vital for global supply chains, particularly for agriculture and food security. The food and fertilizer export deals brokered by the UN last year with Ukraine and Russia have played an “indispensable role” in supporting global food…

OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over militarization of public security in Honduras

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over militarization of public security in Honduras 07 July 2023 UN Photo/Evan Schneider View of a prison in Honduras. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has urged authorities in Honduras to reinforce the “internal and external oversight of military operations” in the country, following the extending of a national state of emergency.…

UN rights experts ‘appalled’ by attack on Russian journalist and lawyer in Chechnya

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights experts ‘appalled’ by attack on Russian journalist and lawyer in Chechnya 07 July 2023 US State Department/Public Domain Yelena Milashina, award-winning Novaya Gazeta journalist. (file) A group of independent UN-appointed human rights experts said on Friday they were appalled by the violent and clearly planned attack carried out on an award-winning Russian journalist and human…

‘Grim milestone’ as Ukraine war reaches 500-day mark

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Grim milestone’ as Ukraine war reaches 500-day mark 07 July 2023 © IOM/Marco Chimenton A destroyed building in Trostianets, in the Sumy region of northern Ukraine. The UN deplored the horrendous civilian cost of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which reached the 500-day mark on Friday.  The…

UN relief chief calls for continued support for Syria and other crisis regions

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN relief chief calls for continued support for Syria and other crisis regions 07 July 2023 © UNICEF/Hasan Belal Displaced children stand in front of their family's tent in an informal camp in southern Syria. In a wide-ranging briefing on Friday, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths highlighted the need to keep aid flowing into northwest Syria and to allow Ukrainian and Russian…