‘Brand new words’ needed to describe Gaza devastation, UN humanitarian says
The situation in Gaza is so devastating that no words can adequately describe it, a humanitarian officer working in the besieged enclave has said.
The situation in Gaza is so devastating that no words can adequately describe it, a humanitarian officer working in the besieged enclave has said.
Amidst the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, UN agencies are helping local authorities to evacuate thousands of people from border areas with Russia.
As war rages in Gaza, violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have also increased substantially, a senior official with the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday.
After nearly seven months of war in Gaza, nowhere is safe, people are scared, and everyone is hanging on to hopes of a ceasefire.
The international community has a duty and responsibility to work towards early recovery in Gaza, but “we cannot ask citizens to wait”, the UN official tasked with coordinating aid delivery into the besieged enclave has said.
Millions are on the brink of famine in Sudan but “a window of opportunity” exists for the international community to act now as the main planting season approaches, a senior official with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.
Advocating for a ceasefire is the best way to support the people of Gaza, including children in the north who are dying of hunger, a Spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Dennis Francis, the current President of the UN General Assembly, recently launched a signature initiative to propel sustainable practices and address pressing development challenges confronting people and the planet.
If the world is to move away from fossil fuels, we will need to extract far more rare minerals, to power renewable energy sources such as wind turbines and solar plants. However, energy experts point out that mining these minerals can be a dirty process, ravaging the environment, and leading to human rights abuses.
Cybercrime is a multi-trillion-dollar business. Drugs and weapons are being bought on the “dark web”, fraudsters are fleecing members of the public in elaborate online scams, and terrorists are grooming supporters and recruiting fighters.