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World News in Brief: Millions battle hunger due to Sudan war, human rights essential to peace, surge in fighting along Ukraine frontline

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Millions battle hunger due to Sudan war, human rights essential to peace, surge in fighting along Ukraine frontline 19 February 2024 © WFP/Hugh Rutherford Families arrive in South Sudan after fleeing conflict in Sudan. At least 25 million people are struggling with soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition as the crisis arising from the war in Sudan sends shockwaves…

UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’ 19 February 2024 © UNICEF/Mark Condren A mother and her children shelter at a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia. (file) Somalia remains resilient and strongly committed to state-building but more is needed to sustain the gains made in the fight against terrorist insurgency, the UN Special Representative in the…

Gaza: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’ 19 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Over one million internally displaced Palestinians are sheltering in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. An extension of Israel’s military operation in Rafah, where over a million internally displaced Palestinians have been forced to shelter, will have “dire humanitarian consequences…

We all want an Afghanistan at peace, UN chief says in Doha

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home We all want an Afghanistan at peace, UN chief says in Doha 19 February 2024 United Nations/Khava Mukhieva UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media in Doha, Qatar. The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need for an end to restrictions imposed by the Taliban de facto authorities on women and girls in Afghanistan…

Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls 19 February 2024 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences. Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank must be investigated, a group of experts appointed by the UN Human…

UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights’: UN rights chief

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights’: UN rights chief 19 February 2024 © UNICEF/Laurence Geai Migrants wait to reach England from a migrant settlement in Calais, northern France. (file) The United Kingdom’s legislative moves to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda run contrary to the basic principles of the rule of law and risk delivering a “…

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Sixth Session

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Sixth Session 19 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its twenty-sixth session, during which it will examine the reports of Cambodia, Burkina Faso and Honduras on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Simon Walker, Chief…

First Person: Supporting mental health in Madagascar, one consultation at a time

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Supporting mental health in Madagascar, one consultation at a time 18 February 2024 © WHO Madagascar/Flora Dominique Atta A woman attends a consultation with a neurologist supported by the World Health Organization in Madagascar. Ongoing humanitarian crises in southern Madagascar have worsened the situation for people with mental health disorders, but the UN’s World Health…

Zero waste, more hope in South Sudan

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Zero waste, more hope in South Sudan 17 February 2024 © Andrew Ugalla Plastic bottles get a new life, as South Sudanese communities reuse them to make bricks to build a variety of structures. Zero energy light bulbs and sturdy bricks for schools and homes. Some innovative communities in South Sudan are reusing waste in new ways as the world rallies to ban plastic pollution by the year’s…

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Eighty-Seventh Session in Geneva

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Eighty-Seventh Session in Geneva 16 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of the Central African Republic, Djibouti, Greece, Italy, Niger, Oman, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.The concluding observations…