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Peace by chocolate: One Syrian refugee family’s journey to sweet success
13 February 2025
Cacao, sugar and butter are part of the recipe for chocolate, more specifically, Peace by Chocolate – a company started by the Hadhad family, who fled to Canada long before the brutal 13-year-long war in Syria came to a close last December.
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Scaling up or losing steam? Parliamentarians debate the future of the SDGs
13 February 2025
As the clock ticks toward 2030, parliamentarians gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday to assess the state of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and the verdict was anything but unanimous.
Amid deepening global debt, taxation disputes and a widening gap…
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Syria: Thousands of displaced head home, but many refugees still wary
13 February 2025
More than 825,000 people who were displaced within Syria have returned to their areas of origin since December, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday.
The development comes as a recent survey of Syrian refugees in the region reveals that some 75 per cent…
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Political solution to end war in Yemen is achievable, UN envoy says
13 February 2025
A lasting peace is still possible in Yemen but requires commitment, courage, and action from all sides, the UN Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Thursday.
Hans Grundberg briefed on latest political developments in the country, where Houthi rebels, also known as…
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‘No time to lose’ in Gaza, as ceasefire offers fragile respite
13 February 2025
The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire holds but tensions loom over a potential resumption of fighting.
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Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day
13 February 2025
Quality radio remains ever universal, popular and more reliable in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, including in Costa Rica, where unique programming raises awareness and promotes public participation on climate decision making in Latin America, the theme of this year’s World Radio Day, marked annually on 13 February…
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Aid surge into Gaza continues, UN teams prioritize immediate needs
13 February 2025
Lifesaving aid continued to reach Gaza on Thursday while UN humanitarians warned that needs remain enormous after 15 months of constant Israeli bombardment.
Amid reports that a return to full-scale war at the weekend may have been averted with the announcement by Hamas that it would comply…
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UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo
13 February 2025
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where hundreds of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced as M23 rebels continue to attack and seize control of towns and villages.
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DR Congo: Shortage of humanitarian routes threatens aid operation, top UN official warns
13 February 2025
As M23 rebels continue to gain ground in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country’s top UN humanitarian official has told UN News that increasing “complexity and needs” are fuelling a crisis which had already left more than a million people displaced before the latest surge in fighting…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend the Republic of the Congo on the Mouébara Act, Raise Questions on Women’s Access to Justice and Clandestine Abortions
12 February 2025
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth periodic report of the Republic of the Congo, with Committee Experts commending the State on the…
