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Urgent Support Needed For 14,000 Who Fled Following Burkina Faso Massacre
Monday, 20 June 2022, 7:11 am | UN News
In Burkina Faso, UN humanitarians on Friday appealed to the international community for help, after attacks by armed groups forced thousands to flee their homes in the east of the country. According to an alert from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR , almost ... More >>
World Has ‘Gambled On Fossil Fuels And Lost’, Warns Guterres
Monday, 20 June 2022, 6:24 am | UN News
The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount of resources, such as fossil fuels, will only deliver a “permanent triple whammy of inflation, climate chaos and conflict”, the UN chief warned ... More >>
Nearly One Billion People Have A Mental Disorder: WHO
Saturday, 18 June 2022, 5:04 pm | UN News
Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, according to latest UN data – a staggering figure that is even more worrying, if you consider that it includes around one in seven teenagers. To make matters worse, in the first ... More >>
‘Surprise’ Early Heatwave In Europe, Harbinger Of Things To Come
Saturday, 18 June 2022, 5:03 pm | UN News
Sweltering conditions in Europe have come earlier than expected this year but the bad news is, they’re the shape of things to come. According to the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), the intense heatwave made its way from North Africa. The UN ... More >>
More Than 100 Million Now Forcibly Displaced: UNHCR Report
Friday, 17 June 2022, 7:49 pm | UN News
A staggering 100 million people have now been forced to flee their homes globally, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday, highlighting worldwide food insecurity, the climate crisis, war in Ukraine and other emergencies from Africa to Afghanistan ... More >>
Urban Warfare Needs New Curbs On Explosive Weapons, Urge Humanitarians
Friday, 17 June 2022, 7:47 pm | UN News
A UN-partnered bid to address the use of explosive weapons in towns and cities took a further step forward on Thursday, as Member States prepared to gather in Geneva to examine a concrete new plan of action . The development has been driven by the ... More >>
Socio-economic Meltdown Leaves Lebanese ‘Hanging On By A Thread’
Friday, 17 June 2022, 7:45 pm | UN News
With livelihoods in tatters and hopes almost shattered, the Lebanese are “hanging on by a thread,” the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on Thursday, announcing the extension of the Emergency Response Plan ( ERP ) to address the rapidly ... More >>
Promoting Women’s Rights, A ‘Proven’ Strategy For Peace And Stability
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 6:42 am | UN News
The Women, Peace and Security agenda is “one of our best hopes” for a more peaceful future and a liveable planet, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday. “At this time of proliferating crises, the international ... More >>
New UN Guide Aims To Tackle Growing Problem Of Elder Abuse
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 6:41 am | UN News
Every year, one in six people aged 60 years and older experience some form of abuse – a trend that is expected to continue with rapid population ageing in many countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The UN agency and partners ... More >>
South Sudan: UN Humanitarians Forced To Cut Aid To 1.7 Million People
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 6:39 am | UN News
Food assistance to 1.7 million people in South Sudan has been suspended, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, citing a funding crunch and rising needs. The agency said that had left humanitarians essentially in ‘famine-prevention mode”. ... More >>
Climate Change: More Fossil Fuel Investment, Just ‘delusional’, Warns Guterres
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 5:21 pm | UN News
New funding from governments for fossil fuel exploration or production is simply “delusional” the UN chief warned on Tuesday , adding that it would only “further feed the scourge or war, pollution and climate catastrophe.” António Guterres ... More >>
Hunger In Latin America: Whole Continent Is On The Move, Warns WFP
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 6:08 am | UN News
Ever greater numbers of vulnerable people are risking their lives on dangerous migration routes in Latin America, forced to move by the global food security crisis that’s been made worse by spiralling inflation linked to the war in Ukraine, the UN World ... More >>
Ukraine And Rising Global Insecurity, Test For Us All, Says UN Rights Chief
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 6:24 pm | UN News
War in Ukraine continues to cause mayhem and “destroy the lives of many”, and it is everyone’s responsibility to limit the global food, fuel and financial crisis” that it has sustained, the UN’s top rights official told the Human Rights Council ... More >>
Pioneering Namibia MP, Indonesia Family Planning Board, Win 2022 UN Population Award
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 7:02 am | UN News
The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, announced on Monday the winners of it’s 2022 UN Population Award, with the individual prize going to a young trailblazing parliamentarian from Namibia, while the institutional award went ... More >>
Death Sentence For Ukraine Foreign Fighters Is A War Crime: UN Rights Office
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 2:04 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the death sentence handed down to three foreign fighters in Ukraine by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. “Such trials against prisoners of war amount to a war crime,” ... More >>
Brazil Urged To Step Up Search For Missing Journalist And Indigenous Activist
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 2:03 pm | UN News
Authorities in Brazil must step up efforts to find a British journalist and an indigenous rights activist who disappeared nearly a week ago in a dangerous remote area of the Amazon, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday. Dom Phillips, a regular ... More >>
World Must ‘Speed Up’ Efforts To End AIDS Pandemic By 2030
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 1:55 pm | UN News
To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs to ensure global access to lifesaving health technologies, the UN Chef de Cabinet has told a meeting of the General Assembly to review progress. The AIDS pandemic ... More >>
World’s Most Vulnerable Now Paying Even More, For Less Food: FAO
Friday, 10 June 2022, 6:18 am | UN News
Countries are expected to spend a staggering $1.8 trillion importing food they need this year; this would be a new world record but worryingly, it’s going to buy them less food, not more. That’s according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ... More >>
Five Countries Elected To Serve On UN Security Council
Friday, 10 June 2022, 6:15 am | UN News
Five countries have been elected to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly on Thursday. Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland will join the UN body responsible for the maintenance ... More >>
Ukraine: WFP Teams Up With Uber, In Boost For Pinpoint Aid Deliveries
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 7:37 pm | UN News
If you’re a Ukrainian living in a hard-to-reach part of a city under fire, the chances of the UN being able to get lifesaving aid to you and your family are improving, thanks to an innovative partnership announced on Wednesday, between the UN World ... More >>
