An important lesson for young people to learn from the Holocaust is that individuals “have more power than they realize” to make sure that history is not forgotten, according to Sara Bloomfield, Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
About one third of all food which is grown in the Middle East and North Africa is lost or wasted, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
In Egypt, that adds up to an estimated 50 kg of food per person per year, according to United Nations figures. Most of this food is lost from the farm to the table, rather than wasted at the consumer level.
That results in a loss of nutrition, which is “alarming for a country which is facing already high levels of malnutrition” says the agency.
“A global economic downturn and a lack of political leadership are a combination that could end very badly for the world’s economy”, a leading UN financial expert has warned.
In an interview with Daniel Johnson of UN News, Richard Kozul-Wright, a globalization expert and Director with the Trade and Development agency UNCTAD, gives his assessment of the “entrenched” economic factors dragging down growth.
While the global economy will continue to grow at a steady pace of around three percent in 2019 and 2020, that growth is expected to be uneven and may fail to reach where it is most needed.
An attack by an armed group on the isolated town of Rann in north-east Nigeria has cut aid to tens of thousands of people and uprooted many more, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
With the latest information, here’s Samantha Newport from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), speaking to Daniel Johnson from UN News.
Reports that Sudanese security agents have used live ammunition and tear gas against anti-Government protesters gathering at hospitals in the capital Khartoum are “deeply worrying”, the UN’s top human rights official, Michelle Bachelet, said on Thursday.
According to the Government, 24 people are reported to have died in demonstrations across the country which began almost a month ago, although the High Commissioner says that the official toll “may be nearly twice as high”.
Thousands of families in Yemen’s war-torn Hudaydah Governorate have received their first aid deliveries in more than six months, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
In an interview with Daniel Johnson from UN News, the agency’s Hervé Verhoosel explains who the aid will help and why ongoing access is urgently needed.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who arrived in Canada on Friday, “wants to go back to school as soon as possible” said the UN Refugee Agency’s representative (UNHCR) in Canada on Monday.
The Canadian government and its partners will help Ms. al-Qunun to improve her language skills, continue her education, and successfully integrate into Canadian society, Jean-Nicolas Beuze told UN News in an interview.
With growth of 14 per cent per year in China alone, so-called creative industries – a sector that includes everything from fashion design to carnivals - could be a “gamechanger” for emerging economies, a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) suggests.
In an interview with Sarah Mbengue from UN News, the agency’s Pamela Coke-Hamilton, explains that these countries need to put sufficient digital safeguards in place - such as blockchain technology – to reap the full benefits.
In 2010 a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, reportedly killing up to 220’000 people, including 102 UN personnel. One of those who survived was Sophie Boutaud de la Combe: head of Communications for the UN Mission for Justice in Haiti (MINUJUSTH).
Saturday marks 9 years since the earthquake, a chance for Ms. Boutaud de la Combe to share with UN News her memories of 12 January 2010, and reflect on Haiti’s current ability to withstand disasters.
