“This clearly also has damaging impact on prospects for peace and sustainable development for Israel, as well as the surrounding region”, she argued. Ms. Bachelet was briefing the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in Geneva. She argued that, “no matter how long the road has been, ‘never-ending’ …
Israel must be held to account for expanding occupation: UN expert
The international community must hold Israel to account for its 54-year occupation of Palestine, a UN human rights expert said on Thursday, five years after the UN Security Council called for all settlement activities in Palestinian territories to end. “On the fifth anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 2334 by the United Nations Security Council, …
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40% of Yemeni population suffering from ‘inadequate food’: UN
Nearly 40% of the Yemeni population are facing “inadequate food” problems, a UN body announced on Monday. Despite continued efforts to mitigate the risk of famine in Yemen, food insecurity continues to remain a key challenge in the country, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Twitter. “Acute food insecurity is …
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UN: 1000 tents collapsed with snowfall, 250 thousand Syrians affected by cold
Syria Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Cutts, at a press conference held via video conference, pointed out that the temperatures in the northwest of the country do not drop to minus degrees, making the living conditions of Syrians staying in tents extremely difficult. Stating that about 1,000 tents collapsed due to heavy snowfall, Cutts said …
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Ensuring media freedom and safety of journalists requires urgent concrete action backed by political will: UN expert
Media freedom and safety of journalists have declined dangerously around the world with grave negative impacts on human rights, democracy and development globally, a UN expert warned today. “In a climate of surging authoritarianism and backsliding of democracies, populist leaders have actively sought to demonise and discredit independent journalists and many governments have introduced restrictions …
At least 200 children have died in Somalia since January from drought-caused malnutrition: UN
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said late Monday that at least 200 children in Somalia have died of malnutrition since January, with the country witnessing “catastrophic food insecurity” for the first time since 2017. Drought conditions have deteriorated following an unprecedented fourth consecutive failed rainy season in eight regions …
World hunger rising as UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’
World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukraine war coupled with climate change now threaten starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies. Up to 828 million people, or nearly 10 percent of the world’s population, were affected …
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