News in Brief 7 February 2023
- Türkiye, Syria quake latest: full scale of disaster still unfolding: UN agencies
- Security Council condemns attack against MONUSCO chopper in DR Congo
- UN rights chief Türk calls for probe after scores killed in Somalia clashes
News in Brief 6 February 2023
- Aid teams begin emergency response to Türkiye and Syria quake
- UN chief’s top priorities for 2023: peace and equality for poorer nations
- South Sudan: UNMISS strongly condemns deadly violence in Central Equatoria
News in Brief 3 February 2023
- Ukraine: UN aid convoys deliver lifesaving relief to war-ravaged east
- WHO launches bid to tackle inequalities behind breast cancer threat
- Switzerland: UN rights panel hails asylum decision for Kurdish refugees
PODCAST: Filling the 4 trillion dollar development gap
$4.3 trillion: that’s the estimated cost of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a blueprint for a fairer future, covering all of the big issues facing the world, from eradicating poverty and hunger, to building societies free from fear and violence, and taking urgent action on clima
News in Brief 2 February 2023
- Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis
- Space security talks in Geneva must be ‘bold and ambitious’: Disarmament chief
- UN aid teams step up relief for South Sudan’s displaced victims of violence
We need new greenhouse gas emissions network, insists UN weather agency
The UN climate agency, WMO, has brought together governments and scientists in Geneva to push for the creation of a global greenhouse gas measuring network, that will help countries to adapt to climate change and mitigate its impacts.
News in Brief 1 February 2023
- WMO calls for radical overhaul of greenhouse gas monitoring
- UNAIDS hails bid to end HIV in children in Africa
- Myanmar: humanitarians committed to staying and delivering
News in Brief 31 January 2023
- Amid increase in dangerous Rohingya boat journeys, IOM boosts support
- Mali: rights experts call for probe into Wagner Group alleged crimes
- Bangladesh urged to tackle migrant recruitment ‘middlemen’ scourge
Mali’s power ‘vacuum’ leaves civilians targeted by extremists, warns refugee agency
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned that every day in Mali, civilians are being attacked by extremists who are forcing them from their homes and in some cases following them to displacement camps, to target them once again.