This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Even before the escalation of conflict in Hudaydah, conditions in Yemen’s port city were some of “the most dire in the country,” according to the United Nations health agency on Tuesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that Hudaydah had registered the highest incidences […]Health conditions for citizens of Yemen’s key port city ‘remain critical’ says UN agency
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Even before the escalation of conflict in Hudaydah, conditions in Yemen’s port city were some of “the most dire in the country,” according to the United Nations health agency on Tuesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that Hudaydah had registered the highest incidences […]Security Council hails ‘historic and significant’ joint peace declaration by Ethiopia and Eritrea
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday described the Joint Declaration, signed by the leaders of Eritrea and Ethiopia, as “a historic and significant” move with “far-reaching consequences” for the whole Horn of Africa region and beyond. The Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship […]Achieving targets on energy helps meet other Global Goals, UN forum told
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today, including poverty eradication, gender equality, adaptation to climate change, food security, health, education, sustainable cities, jobs and transport, speakers told a key United Nations forum on sustainable development on Tuesday. […]South Sudan: ‘Horrific acts’ by government may constitute ‘war crimes’ says UN, demanding justice
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Multiple killings and a campaign of sexual violence that may amount to war crimes have been documented by United Nations rights monitors in South Sudan’s Unity state, prompting a call for government and opposition forces to be held to account. The UN human rights […]Women vital for ‘new paradigm’ in Africa’s Sahel region, Security Council hears
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Women across Africa’s Sahel region can be agents for a “new paradigm” for peacebuilding and development that benefits all people there, the United Nations Security Council heard on Tuesday. Making the case was UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, fresh from a mission to South […]North Korea: ‘Time to talk human rights’, says UN expert
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. A United Nations human rights expert on Tuesday urged North Korea to open a dialogue with him in parallel to the ongoing diplomatic efforts being undertaken on peace and denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. “As recently as just several months ago, the world was […]Thai cave boys spared thundershowers, highlighting extreme climate disruption: UN weather agency
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Thundershowers that have been forecast in northern Thailand luckily did not materialize, easing the extraordinary rescue of a boys’ football team and their coach, who spent well over two weeks trapped in a cave complex there, UN weather experts said on Tuesday. Clare Nullis, […]FROM THE FIELD: A UN peacekeepers-eye view of DR Congo
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Africa is projected to have the highest demand for moving people to safety next year, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the greatest needs of all, according to the United Nations refugee agency’s Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2019 report. The report […]New UN agriculture agency report underscores value of fishing in fight against global hunger
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The vital role that fishing and fish-farming play in supporting some of the poorest families across the world, came under the spotlight on Monday with the publication of the annual United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report on the global industry. According to […]Security Council urges countries to factor child protection into conflict prevention efforts
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Countries have been urged to mainstream child protection into the policies they introduce aimed at preventing conflict, in line with a Security Council resolution adopted on Monday. The Council met to debate the latest UN annual report on Children and Armed Conflict which revealed […]‘Laser-sharp focus’ needed to achieve Global Goals by 2030, UN political forum told
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Progress has been made on achieving global goals to end poverty and hunger but meeting the targets by the deadline of 2030 will require a laser-sharp focus and a true sense of urgency, a key United Nations forum on sustainable development heard on Monday. […]‘Wind blowing in the direction of peace’ in Africa: UN Secretary-General
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Recent developments in Africa indicate that the continent is increasingly moving in the “direction of peace” and enhanced security, the United Nations Secretary-General told journalists in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday. António Guterres was there to take part in the second annual […]FEATURE: Niger’s girls find sanctuary in fistula treatment centres
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Twenty-three-year-old Kodi Moumdau laughs with a group of young women in brightly coloured shawls in her ward at the National Fistula Centre [Centre National de Référence de Fistule Obstétricale] in the outskirts of Niamey, the capital of Niger. They can consider themselves amongst the […]Three-quarters of South Sudanese children have known nothing but war, says UNICEF
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Since South Sudan became the world’s youngest country in 2011, 2.6 million of the 3.4 million babies have been born in war, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed Saturday. “As South Sudan turns seven, a seemingly endless war continues to devastate the lives […]Women’s leadership ‘critical’ to future of Niger
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The role of women in leadership positions is critical to the future of a peaceful Niger according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. Ms Mohammed was speaking at a meeting with the Nigerien president, Mahamadou Issoufu, on Saturday in the capital Niamey which […]International Day of Cooperatives sets stage for long-standing production and consumption
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Each year on the first Saturday in July, the international community celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives – successful businesses based on ethical values and principles. This year, the Day focuses on the theme “Sustainable consumption and production of goods and services.” Simel Esim, head […]Treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons marks first anniversary, but still lacks sufficient numbers to become law
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. On Saturday, Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the first anniversary of the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, previously calling it an “essential pillar” of international peace and security, and the “heart” of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime. “The treaty’s adoption […]New identity cards deliver recognition and protection for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Rohingya refugees sheltering in Bangladesh will soon have credit card-sized plastic IDs – many possessing, for the first time ever, an individual identity document – providing another level of protection, according to the United Nations refugee agency. The exercise, which began at the end […]Girls groomed for suicide missions fight back against the extremists of Lake Chad
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Halima Yakoy Adam won’t forget 22nd December in 2015, the day she was supposed to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the Lac Region town of Bol, 200 km north of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, in Central Africa. “It was market day […]Forests ‘essential’ for the future, UN agriculture chief spells out in new report
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Time is running out for the world’s forests, warns a new report by the United Nations agriculture agency, urging governments to foster an all-inclusive approach to benefit both trees and those who rely on them. Halting deforestation, managing forests sustainably, restoring degraded forests and […]Fisherwomen of Lake Chad show optimism in face of multiple challenges
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. It’s eight o’clock in the morning and fifty-year-old Falmata Mboh Ali paddles her small dugout canoe to the shores of a tributary of Lake Chad in Bol, a small town 100 miles north of the capital of Chad, N’Djamena. In her nets she has […]Millions denied citizenship due to ideas of national, ethnic or racial ‘purity’: UN rights expert
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Ideologies which define nationality as being determined by ethnicity or bloodline are denying millions of people of their right to citizenship, a UN expert has charged. E. Tendayi Achiume, Special Rapporteur on racism, focused on the issue of ethno-nationalism in her first report to […]Act now to end violence, Zeid urges Nicaraguan authorities
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The Nicaraguan authorities should “take real steps” to prevent further loss of life in the country amid ongoing protests and violent repression by pro-Government “armed elements”, the UN’s top human rights official said on Thursday. Noting in a statement that “approximately 250 people, many […]Yemen parties underscore ‘strong desire’ for peace, UN Envoy reports
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Warring parties in Yemen have expressed their “strong desire” to achieve peace, the United Nations Envoy for the country has reported. Martin Griffiths was in the capital, Sana’a, this week for two days of talks with leaders and representatives of the Ansar Allah […]Syria: Civilians caught in crossfire, UN refugee chief urges Jordan to open its border
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The head of the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, appealed on Thursday for Jordan to open its border with south-west Syria to help protect around 750,000 civilians who are “caught in the crossfire”, amidst airstrikes and heavy shelling. “More than 320,000 people are now […]Dangers of poor quality health care revealed ‘in all countries’: WHO report
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Ineffective health care is a global phenomenon which increases the burden of illness and wastes scarce resources, UN experts said on Thursday. In a new report on the subject, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners cited problems with delivering quality health care across […]Zeid calls for ICC probe into Myanmar Rohingya crisis
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Myanmar should “have some shame” after attempting to convince the world that it is willing to take back hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled an “ethnic cleansing campaign” last year, given that “not a single” one has returned officially, the United Nations human […]Mali facing ‘alarming’ rise in rights violations, warns UN expert
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. In Mali, a senior United Nations rights expert on Wednesday described an “alarming” deterioration of the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in northern and eastern areas of the country. Alioune Tine’s comments follow two deadly attacks in recent days on international forces in […]Women-Friendly Spaces for Rohingya refugees: A place for protection and care
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Simple shelters that are little more than huts with bamboo sticks and plastic sheeting for walls, and tarpaulins overhead, are serving a very important purpose for refugee women and girls forced to flee their homes to the vast refugee camps of Bangladesh. They are […]Poorer countries set to be ‘increasingly dependent’ on food imports, says UN food agency report
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Poorer countries with rising populations and scarce natural resources are likely to be “increasingly dependent” on imports to feed their people, according to an annual report jointly compiled by the United Nations food agency, launched on Tuesday. Although overall exports from countries and regions […]‘We will not give up on looking for peace for South Sudan’: UN deputy chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. In a visit to South Sudan on Tuesday, the UN Deputy Secretary-General spoke mother-to-mother with displaced women, pledging that she and other senior women leaders from the international community will not give up on the hope for peace for their nation. Amina Mohammed spearheaded […]As many as 330,000 displaced by heavy fighting in south-west Syria – UN agency
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Intense air and ground-based strikes at multiple locations in Syria’s south-western Dara’a governorate has resulted in the “largest displacement” in the area since the conflict began more than seven years ago, the United Nations refugee agency has reported. A number of civilians are also […]Egypt urged to free prominent couple jailed arbitrarily since last June: UN rights office
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The UN human rights office is urging Egypt to free a prominent married couple that has been arbitrarily detained for more than a year. Ola Al-Qaradawi and her husband Hosam Khalaf, both in their 50s, were arrested at their vacation home in Alexandria on […]
