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WHO summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science 17 August 2023 UN-REDD/Leona Liu In Viet Nam, many people use traditional medicine for healing, and 90 percent of active ingredients come from forests. The first global Traditional Medicine Summit convened by UN health agency WHO, got underway this week in the Indian city of Gandhinagar focused on sharing evidence…

Weapon transfers, including banned cluster munitions, spike in Ukraine

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Weapon transfers, including banned cluster munitions, spike in Ukraine 17 August 2023 © WFP/Niema Abdelmageed Food is distributed to residents of Balakliy in northeastern Ukraine. Arms and ammunition transfers to Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent months, alongside concerning reports of deliveries of banned cluster munitions, the UN’s top disarmament official told the Security…

Rape by Sudan’s RSF militia used to ‘punish and terrorise’ warn rights experts

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rape by Sudan’s RSF militia used to ‘punish and terrorise’ warn rights experts 17 August 2023 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee A UNICEF expert on sexual exploitation and abuse briefs displaced people at a gathering point in Wad Madani in east-central Sudan. Sudan’s continuing military showdown has had “massive humanitarian consequences” including allegations that some fighters from the…

First Person: ‘A piece of me also died’ in 2003 UN Canal Hotel bombing

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘A piece of me also died’ in 2003 UN Canal Hotel bombing 17 August 2023 UN Photo/Timothy Sopp The United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, was destroyed by a truck bomb on August 19, 2003. The widow of a UN staff member who died in the terrorist attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq has been describing how “a piece of me also died on that tragic day…

Niger: WFP calls for free flow of aid amid ongoing crisis

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Niger: WFP calls for free flow of aid amid ongoing crisis 16 August 2023 © WFP/Mariama Ali Souley مواطنون في النيجر بانتظار توزيع الحصص الغذائية من برنامج الأغذية العالمي في منطقة تاهوا. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday issued a call for continued “humanitarian and resilience efforts” for Niger’s most vulnerable, in the face of the military power grab…

Africa can become new global supply chain force: UNCTAD

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Africa can become new global supply chain force: UNCTAD 16 August 2023 © UN Women/Gaganjit Singh Women from rural areas learn how to build solar power items. African economies should seize the opportunity to better integrate into technology-intensive global supply chains and boost prosperity, but this depends on their ability to harness key market and investment trends, the UN’s trade and…

From the Field: The secret life of Venezuelan migrants in Curaçao

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: The secret life of Venezuelan migrants in Curaçao 16 August 2023 © IOM/Gema Cortés Genesis arrived in Curaçao island as an irregular migrant. A Venezuelan woman has been talking about how she made a perilous journey across the Caribbean Sea to the tourist island of Curaçao and how she is now forced to live a secretive existence due to her illegal status…

First Person: Family death ‘turning point’ in South Sudanese humanitarian’s life

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Family death ‘turning point’ in South Sudanese humanitarian’s life 16 August 2023 © UNOCHA/Iramaku Vundru Wilfred Over 25 million people require humanitarian assistance in Sudan. The “incredible pain” caused by the death of a cousin was the “turning point” which led Joyce Asha Laku from South Sudan into humanitarian work…

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Crucial to have ‘unimpeded passage’ of aid through Lachin Corridor, Security Council hears

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Armenia-Azerbaijan: Crucial to have ‘unimpeded passage’ of aid through Lachin Corridor, Security Council hears 16 August 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Edem Wosornu (right), the Director of Operations and Advocacy for humanitarian affairs coordination office, OCHA, briefs the UN Security Council. There must be “rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for all civilians in need” via…

Yemen: Warring parties must take concrete steps towards an inclusive peace

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: Warring parties must take concrete steps towards an inclusive peace 16 August 2023 © UNOCHA/Mahmoud Fadel-YPN A child fetches clean water at a camp for displaced people in Dar Saad in Yemen. (file) In briefings to the Security Council on Wednesday, two senior UN officials highlighted the need for progress towards peace in war-torn Yemen amid ongoing political, economic and…