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WHO regional chief voices grave concern over Middle East escalation

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home WHO regional chief voices grave concern over Middle East escalation 07 August 2024 Recent developments in Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Sudan, have highlighted the complexities of emergencies in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) vast Eastern Mediterranean region, officials from the UN agency said during a virtual media briefing on Wednesday.   The past two…

Zimbabwe faces worsening food crisis due to El Niño droughts

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Zimbabwe faces worsening food crisis due to El Niño droughts 07 August 2024 A new report from the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reveals that food insecurity levels in Zimbabwe are rapidly deteriorating after it was hit with historic droughts due to the El Niño weather pattern. This comes just two months after UN humanitarians declared Zimbabwe as one of the hunger…

WHO chief convenes expert meeting on mpox spread

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home WHO chief convenes expert meeting on mpox spread 07 August 2024 The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called for an emergency meeting on mpox following its spread outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  In light of the situation, and the potential for further international spread within and outside Africa, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

Sudan: Over a dozen more areas at risk of famine as fighting impedes aid

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Over a dozen more areas at risk of famine as fighting impedes aid 07 August 2024 With famine confirmed in the Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur, there are growing concerns that similar crises may be unfolding in other nearby camps, an official with the UN emergency food relief agency (WFP) said on Wednesday, in an interview with UN News. The Zamzam camp…

New Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 07 August 2024 Presentation of Credentials Tareq Md. Ariful Islam, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Before his…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 06 August 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. COVID-19 updateDr. Maria Van…

COVID-19 making worrying comeback WHO warns, amid summertime surge

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home COVID-19 making worrying comeback WHO warns, amid summertime surge 06 August 2024 COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide - including at the Olympics - and are unlikely to decline anytime soon, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday. The UN health agency is also concerned that more severe variants of the coronavirus may soon be on the horizon.“COVID-19 is…

UN rights office reports escalation in strikes on schools in Gaza

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office reports escalation in strikes on schools in Gaza 06 August 2024 The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli Defence Force (IDF) strikes on schools in Gaza, which have killed at least 163 internally displaced Palestinians, including children and women, in the past month. According to the office at least 17…

UN chief warns of nuclear 'danger' as world remembers Hiroshima; urges elimination of weapons

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief warns of nuclear 'danger' as world remembers Hiroshima; urges elimination of weapons 06 August 2024 The UN Secretary-General called for nuclear disarmament on Tuesday as the world marked 79 years since the bombing of Hiroshima, promising that the UN will “spare no effort to ensure the horrors of that day are never repeated.” On 6 August 1945, the United…

Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in Sudan

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in Sudan 06 August 2024 Two senior UN officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for more resources and greater humanitarian access in Sudan, where people are literally dying of hunger as the war between rival militaries rages on.  Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA…