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WFP/Matteo Cosorich

Climate crisis ‘affecting quality of life and fuelling discontent’

16 January 2020
Economic Development

The climate crisis, as well as persistently high inequalities, and rising levels of food insecurity and undernourishment, is affecting the quality of life in many societies and fuelling discontent, the UN warned on Thursday, on the publication of the 2020 World Economic Situation Report (WESP).

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Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams: new UN report

16 January 2020
Human Rights

Nearly nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to fight or subjected to torture, rape and sexual slavery. 

OCHA/Karen Perrin

UN peacekeepers protecting hundreds displaced by Central African Republic fighting

15 January 2020
Peace and Security

Fresh clashes in the Central African Republic’s southeast have driven some 400 people to seek shelter at a UN base there, the United Nations Spokesperson said on Wednesday.

WMO/Jordi Anon

2019 second hottest year on record, UN confirms

15 January 2020
Climate Change

Last year was the second warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Wednesday. 

MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali: UN peacekeeping chief

15 January 2020
Peace and Security

Implementation of the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday. 

UNFPA

Sudan: Lives of traumatized, displaced women in West Darfur under threat

15 January 2020
Women

Ongoing instability in Sudan’s West Darfur region has left the lives, health and safety of thousands of women hanging in the balance, according to the  United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA. 

Philippine Red Cross

Philippines volcano: UN stands ready with support, as thousands told to flee

15 January 2020
Humanitarian Aid

The UN is concerned over warnings issued by Philippines’ authorities that volcanic eruptions on the country’s most populous island could last “days, months or even years”. 

Iranian Red Crescent Society

UN aviation experts to join Ukraine Airlines Iran crash investigation

14 January 2020
Law and Crime Prevention

Experts from the UN aviation watchdog, ICAO, will support the investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian Passenger plane in Iran on January 8, following an invitation from the Iranian authorities, which was accepted on Tuesday.

UNODC/Alessandro Scotti

UN moves to tackle ‘hidden abuse’ and violence against Europe’s children

14 January 2020
Human Rights

Each year, at least 55 million children in Europe suffer some form of physical, sexual, emotional or psychological violence, the UN health agency (WHO) said on Tuesday.

UN Colombia

Colombia: ‘Staggering number’ of human rights defenders killed in 2019

14 January 2020
Human Rights

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, is “deeply troubled by the staggering number of human rights defenders killed in Colombia” last year, its spokesperson said on Tuesday.