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DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP 20 June 2023 © 粮食署/Vincent Tremeau 在刚果民主共和国卡南加的粮食计划署食品仓库，一名妇女正在工作。 UN humanitarians issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday to help millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where chronic violence and displacement continue to fuel a dramatic hunger crisis…

Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’ 20 June 2023 © UNRWA/Dominiek Benoot أحد مخيمات لاجئي فلسطين في الضفة الغربية المحتلة (من الأرشيف) The UN’s Middle East envoy said on Tuesday he was “deeply alarmed” at the continuing cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine, and “appalled by the continued loss of civilian lives…

First Person: When refugees bloom in the desert

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: When refugees bloom in the desert 20 June 2023 Yasmine ElDemerdash A UN refugee agency (UNHCR) campaign in 2020 included a cooking show featuring celebrities and refugees, giving them the space to tell their stories and a platform to be heard. Radwa Sharaf is a UN refugee agency, UNHCR, staff member tasked with working with celebrities, content creators, and influencers to…

Sudan crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN mission chief says

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN mission chief says 20 June 2023 © UNMISS/Peter Bateman South Sudanese refugees are returning home following unrest in Sudan. The cross-border impact of the crisis in Sudan is unfurling along multiple fronts, and action is urgently needed to ease rising tensions that has already resulted in deadly clashes, the UN Secretary-General’…

Ukraine war: Guterres calls for continuation of ‘vital’ food and fertilizer agreement

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine war: Guterres calls for continuation of ‘vital’ food and fertilizer agreement 20 June 2023 © UNODC/Duncan Moore Joint inspection teams at work under the Black Sea Initiative. The Secretary-General on Tuesday said he was disappointed by the “slowing pace of inspections” under the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative – the grain and fertilizer deal which has allowed millions of tonnes of…

MINUSCA chief to Security Council: Decade-long cycle of conflict can be broken

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MINUSCA chief to Security Council: Decade-long cycle of conflict can be broken 20 June 2023 MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe كتيبة حفظ سلام تؤمن نقطة تفتيش في بيغوا، جمهورية أفريقيا الوسطى. Despite deteriorating border security, humanitarian and human rights challenges, the Central African Republic (CAR) is committed to a constitutional referendum and local elections, the Security Council heard on…

Afghanistan: Taliban ‘may be responsible for gender apartheid’ says rights expert

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Taliban ‘may be responsible for gender apartheid’ says rights expert 19 June 2023 © UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans Nurses at a mobile clinic provide nutrition assistance to families in a village in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The plight of women and girls in Afghanistan featured prominently at the Human Rights Council on Monday where independent UN-appointed rights experts warned of…

End ‘digital divide’ to support victims of sexual violence: Guterres

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home End ‘digital divide’ to support victims of sexual violence: Guterres 19 June 2023 © UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau A young girl finds refuge from violence at a UN-supported centre in Goma in the eastern DR Congo. On the International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres demanded accountability and justice for victims of sexual violence…

Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President 19 June 2023 Unsplash/Jason Leung In San Francisco in the United States, demonstrators take to the streets to protest against the rise of race-related hate crimes against people of Asian descent. Countering hate speech is a key component of atrocity prevention, UN General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said on…

Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO 19 June 2023 Jutta Benzenberg/ World Bank In 2022, for the first time, more electricity was generated by wind and solar than by natural gas in the EU. Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s it was revealed on Monday, with extreme weather causing excess deaths and economic disruption.…