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‘Rebuild a foundation of hope’ for global human rights: Türk

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Rebuild a foundation of hope’ for global human rights: Türk 12 December 2023 UN News/Anton Uspensky An event marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, takes place at the UN in Geneva. World leaders gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), calling for new guardrails to protect…

‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO 12 December 2023 © WHO An injured Palestinian child is rushed to Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. (file) The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, highlighting the disastrous consequences of ongoing Israeli bombardment for…

World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal 12 December 2023 © FAO/Luis Tato Une femme récolte les feuilles et les fruits d'un arbre dans un village du centre-sud du Niger. Half of the world’s population is not fully covered by essential health services and two billion people are impoverished because they…

Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium producer

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium producer 12 December 2023 © UNODC A poppy field in the flowering stage in eastern Shan state, Myanmar. Myanmar is now the world’s largest opium producer, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported on Tuesday, as the economic and political crisis following the 2021 coup and widening conflict between the military and armed groups…

INTERVIEW: ‘Climate of division’ creating more challenging environment for UN peacekeeping

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: ‘Climate of division’ creating more challenging environment for UN peacekeeping 12 December 2023 MINUSMA UN peacekeepers from Chad arrive in Gao bringing an end to the UN's presence in the Kidal region of northern Mali. UN peacekeeping missions in Sub-Saharan Africa are operating under more challenging political and security conditions due to a multiplication of crises and a…

UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session 12 December 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe UN General Assembly adopts a resolution on “Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations” during the 45th plenary meeting of the resumed 10th Emergency Special Session. The UN General Assembly met on Tuesday afternoon in…

Climate advocates demand stronger COP28 language on fossil fuels

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Climate advocates demand stronger COP28 language on fossil fuels 11 December 2023 COP28/Christopher Pike Climate Action Network International march at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The latest COP28 draft outcome text released to negotiators in Dubai Monday evening dropped a call to ‘phaseout’ fossil fuels, prompting outcry from climate…

World News in Brief: UN anti-corruption conference, global hunger ‘set to soar’, healthy diets unaffordable in Asia-Pacific

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN anti-corruption conference, global hunger ‘set to soar’, healthy diets unaffordable in Asia-Pacific 11 December 2023 © UNIS Vienna UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly (on screen) delivers remarks at CoSP10 in Atlanta, United States. Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as nations gathered in…

DR Congo: Elections looming, amid worsening insecurity

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Elections looming, amid worsening insecurity 11 December 2023 MONUSCO Women combat troops from MONUSCO's South African contingent patrol in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (file) With just nine days to go for the Presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the situation is one of progress in the electoral process on one hand and escalating insecurity…

Stop ‘kicking the can down the road,’ UN chief urges COP28 deal on phaseout of fossil fuels

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stop ‘kicking the can down the road,’ UN chief urges COP28 deal on phaseout of fossil fuels 11 December 2023 UNFCCC/Kiara Worth UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to reporters at Expo City, the venue for the UN climate change conference, COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged a deal at COP28 on the phaseout of fossil fuels,…