Transcript as delivered of remarks by UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley during today’s UN Security Council session on food security and maintaining international peace and stability Madam President, Secretary General, I hope that someday I can appear at the Security Council and give you some good news and this is not …
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Nearly 20,000 boys and girls were victims of “grave violations” during wars worldwide in 2020, a UN report said on Monday. The tally of over 19,300 “grave violations” includes the recruitment and use of children by armed groups, killing and maiming, rape and sexual violence, and abductions. It does not include children who were affected …
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There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population – up to 811 million people – …
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People of African descent in Switzerland experience racial discrimination in various aspects of their lives, UN human rights experts found after visiting the country. “Racial profiling and police controls of Black people humiliate, criminalize and stigmatize,” Dominique Day, head of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, said in a statement. …
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The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Sunday it documented cases where Yemeni families are forced to eat leaves because of hunger in their war-torn country. The WFP said hunger in Yemen is rising amid the Arab country’s “conflict and economic decline.” “Families in some of the worst-hit areas of Yemen, like Hajjah …
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The United Nations will need about $3.9bn this year to help millions of people in war-torn Yemen, a top UN humanitarian official has said. Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ramesh Rajasingham told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that “the biggest constraint right now is funding” to help about …
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At least 10,000 children have died in Yemen’s nearly eight-year war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday as international attention remains squarely on the war in Ukraine. “Yemen may have receded from the headlines, but the human suffering has not relented. For seven years and counting the Yemeni people have been confronting death, destruction, displacement, …
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High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet told the 49th session of Human Rights Council (HRC) that the country’s humanitarian crisis continues to expand as systematic brutality by security forces known as the Tatmadaw, has inflamed pre-existing armed conflicts in multiple ethnic states. “The economy is on the brink of collapse. Over 14.4 million individuals are now assessed …
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Rome – The number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support continues to grow at an alarming rate. This makes it more urgent than ever to tackle the root causes of food crises rather than just responding after they occur. This is a key takeaway from an …
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War, violence, persecution and human rights abuses have pushed the world past a “dramatic milestone,” according to a new report from the UN’s refugee agency. More than 100 million people have been forced to flee their homes, according to the UNHCR’s Global Trends Report, which describes that figure as a record high. “Either the international …
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