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Ukraine: Concerns mount over influx of weapons and growing civilian casualties

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Concerns mount over influx of weapons and growing civilian casualties 29 June 2023 © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII Photo A woman walks past destroyed apartment buildings and vehicles in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The protection of civilians should remain the top priority amid the continued full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and strict control over weapons supplies is needed to…

Child health: More focus needed on earliest years, urges WHO

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Child health: More focus needed on earliest years, urges WHO 29 June 2023 © UNICEF/Shafiqul Alam Kiron A mother and child attend a nutrition centre in Bangladesh. A new progress report launched on Thursday by UN agencies highlights the need to step up investment in nurturing care – especially in the poorest and most fragile countries…

Northeastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Northeastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives 28 June 2023 © UNOCHA/Christina Powell Residents of Rann, in north-east Nigeria, wade through the flooded main road, which is now inaccessible by vehicle. Millions are facing hunger and children’s lives are on the line in northeastern Nigeria amid a protracted conflict and intensifying climate change. In the face of this,…

Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank 28 June 2023 File UNRWA Israeli authorities demolished Bedouin homes in the vulnerable community of Abu Nwar, Area C, near East Jerusalem in the West Bank. Photo: UNRWA The Secretary-General condemned on Wednesday Israel’s recent advancement of plans for over 5,500 housing units in settlements in the…

Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert 27 June 2023 © IOM/Muse Mohammed A family displaced by prolonged drought in Ethiopia now live in a makeshift tent in Mogadishu, Somalia. An independent UN-appointed climate expert on Tuesday called for full legal protection to be given to those displaced by the impacts of climate change, to guarantee their human…

Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access 27 June 2023 © UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune A mother and her four daughters arrive in Chad from Sudan. Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those fleeing expected to surpass projections while aid access remains extremely uncertain, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on…

Top UN official urges Israeli, Palestinian leaders to ‘put on the brakes’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN official urges Israeli, Palestinian leaders to ‘put on the brakes’ 27 June 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A 15-year-old girl at home in the Gaza Strip. Unless decisive steps are swiftly taken to rein in Israeli-Palestinian violence, there is a “significant risk” that the situation could deteriorate, the top UN Middle East official told the Security Council on Tuesday…

‘Dire year’ for children caught in conflict, as hospital and school attacks double

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Dire year’ for children caught in conflict, as hospital and school attacks double 27 June 2023 © UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez A girl walks through rubble in the courtyard of a school destroyed by bombing in Chernihiv, Ukraine. (file) Violations of international law regarding children and armed conflict continued to have a “devastating impact”, the UN’s top official on the issue said on…

WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans 27 June 2023 ADB/T. Гиорбелидзе «Гендерное равенство в науке жизненно важно для построения лучшего будущего для всех». While no longer a global emergency, COVID-19’s lasting effects alongside such other threats as mpox and seasonal heat waves may still prove challenging for Europe through the summer months, the…

Preventing ‘contagion of atrocities’ hinges on responsibility to protect

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Preventing ‘contagion of atrocities’ hinges on responsibility to protect 26 June 2023 TANBAT6/Kapteni Mwijage The Tanzania Peacekeeping Force, TANBAT 6 serving under the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) provides clean water to communities in Berberati in Mambéré-Kadéï region. For “countless civilians” caught in current conflicts around the world, taking…