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Ukraine: Humanitarian, health needs soar as Kharkiv hostilities intensify
21 May 2024
The UN expressed new concerns on Tuesday over a rise in displacement and humanitarian needs in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region amid “relentless” Russian air and ground attacks.
“Relentless aerial attacks continue, prolonging and exacerbating an already dire…
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Gaza: WHO chief calls for end to latest hospital siege
21 May 2024
As bombardments by the Israeli military reportedly continued overnight across Gaza, along with ground incursions and heavy fighting, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on Tuesday for staff and patients at besieged Al-Awda Hospital in the north of the enclave.
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Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss
21 May 2024
While nearly one million species are currently at risk of extinction, the United Nations University (UNU) in Bonn is drawing attention to “co-extinctions”: the chain reaction occurring when the complete disappearance of one species affects another.
The issue is in the spotlight ahead…
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‘Alarming lack of compliance’ with international law ramps up danger for civilians
21 May 2024
The plight of civilians affected by war in 2023 was “resoundingly dire”, as the world witnessed horrors not only in Gaza and southern Israel but also the intense suffering of populations in other crisis hotspots around the globe, senior UN officials said on Tuesday.
The United…
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Long, dangerous journeys on the rise but migration drives prosperity
21 May 2024
Migration is on track to become one of the defining features of the 21st century and more action is needed to ensure regular pathways for people to move safely, the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday in New York.
Speaking at the opening of a two-day…
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Climate crisis fuels deadly floods, worsening hunger in Afghanistan
21 May 2024
The devastating floods that struck Afghanistan recently are likely to intensify in the coming months, exacerbating the already critical food insecurity in the affected districts, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Tuesday.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that as erratic weather…
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WHO reports major increase in sexually transmitted infections
21 May 2024
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis are on the rise in most regions of the world, UN health agency WHO said in a new report on Tuesday.
HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections continue as significant public health challenges globally and cause 2.5 million…
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Director-General's remarks at World Bee Day 2024
21 May 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
World Bee Day 2024: “Bee Engaged with Youth”Monday, 21 May 2024 at 10.00 a.m.Building H (Atrium), Palais des Nations Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the celebration of World Bee Day 2024 here at the Palais des Nations. I would like to sincerely thank the Permanent Missions of the Republic of Slovenia and of…
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Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Brazil, Rwanda and Malaysia
20 May 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of civil society organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Brazil, Rwanda and Malaysia, whose reports the Committee will…
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Haiti: Multinational mission and the ‘inexorable requirement to restore security conditions’
20 May 2024
The establishment of a multinational security support mission for Haiti is moving closer as the Caribbean nation continues to face a crisis of violence and insecurity caused by entrenched criminal gang activity.
Media reports suggest that infrastructure for the mission is…
