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Afghanistan: Meet the midwife who stayed

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Meet the midwife who stayed 25 August 2024 © UNFPA Afghanistan Midwife Mariza Ahmadi (right) assisted Sughra to safely deliver her son, Farhad, at the Ahangaran family health house in the remote Bamyan province, Afghanistan. Mariza Ahmadi made a difficult choice three years ago. She had been working as a midwife at the Ahangaran family health house in Bamyan province for just…

New York students rise to task of being ‘PGA for a Day’

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New York students rise to task of being ‘PGA for a Day’ 24 August 2024 © NYC Department of Education/John Brown UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis (centre) welcomes New York City school students Fariha Akter (left) and Erik Ponomarev to the UN General Assembly Hall. “Welcome Mister President, Madame President,” says the current President of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis. He…

Tears and embraces as murderous 30-year family feud comes to an end in the Philippines

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Tears and embraces as murderous 30-year family feud comes to an end in the Philippines 24 August 2024 © PSRO Families embrace as they agree to end a decades-long feud. A Filipino man has been describing the outpouring of emotion as two families on the island of Mindanao settled a 30-year-long feud that escalated from tit-for-tat killings into a dispute involving two factions of a former…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Welcome Support Provided by Danish Organizations to East African Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, Ask about Supported Decision Making and the Use of Coercive Measures on Childr

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Welcome Support Provided by Danish Organizations to East African Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, Ask about Supported Decision Making and the Use of Coercive Measures on Children with Disabilities Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Welcome Support Provided by Danish Organizations to East African Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, Ask about Supported Decision Making and the Use of Coercive Measures on Children with Disabilities…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Thirteenth Session

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Thirteenth Session 23 August 2024 Press Release The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and thirteenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and Venezuela, which were reviewed during the…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 23 August 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the United Nations Development Programme and the…

WHO seeks $135 million to defeat mpox

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WHO seeks $135 million to defeat mpox 23 August 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A community outreach worker raises awareness about mpox in Kamanyola, South Kivu province, DR Congo. The current mpox outbreak “can be controlled and can be stopped”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized on Friday, announcing an action plan that calls for $135 million over the next six…

Rights experts urge United Kingdom to curb hate speech

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts urge United Kingdom to curb hate speech 23 August 2024 © Unsplash/Kai Pilger The City of London, a historic financial district, in England. The United Kingdom must take action to curb racist hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric, a UN human rights body said on Friday, following recent riots that rocked the country.…

Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave 23 August 2024 © UNRWA Children in Gaza are living in often unsanitary conditions. A 10-month-old girl paralysed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the deadly disease to be detected in the war-ravaged enclave in 25 years…

Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak 23 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Ala Kheir Women waiting for aid distribution in Wad Madani, Sudan. Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge challenge for aid teams after more than 16 months of heavy fighting, combined with flooding and ongoing access obstacles, they reported on…