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$1.4 billion needed for sexual and reproductive health services in crisis-hit countries

·December 5, 2024·1 min read

The funding will be used to deliver life-saving reproductive health services and vital gender-based violence prevention programmes to more than 45 million people. The appeal comes as an estimated 11 million pregnant women will require urgent support in 2025. Record displacement and devastation UNFPA recalled that global crises displaced a record...

Ukraine: UNICEF chief urges greater protection for children ‘caught in this nightmare’

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·December 5, 2024·2 min read

Catherine Russell, head of UN child rights agency, UNICEF, appealed for greater protection efforts by both the international community and the parties to the conflict, and a political solution to end the war. “Children are depending on this Council to provide solutions. We cannot and we must not let them...

Middle East crisis: Live updates for 4 December

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·December 4, 2024·1 min read

The Middle East crisis continues to deepen, with families in Gaza struggling to secure basic food amid constant displacement, plummeting temperatures, and relentless conflict. Meanwhile, civil war in Syria has reignited, where the status quo has been “radically altered” in recent days, creating an “extremely fluid and dangerous” situation, says...

Meet the ‘Land Heroes’ who are fighting desertification

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·December 4, 2024·5 min read

Ten “Land Heroes” from around the world, all under the age of 35, have been chosen by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to share their achievements and ideas for sustainable land management in the face of the growing global threat of desertification and land loss. As UNCCD’s 16th global...

305 million people need lifesaving help next year, says UN’s top aid official

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·December 4, 2024·4 min read

“The world is on fire…We are dealing with a polycrisis right now globally and it is the most vulnerable people in the world who are paying the price. We are dealing with the impact of conflicts – multiple conflicts – and crises of longer duration and of more intense ferocity” said...

Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts

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·December 4, 2024·4 min read

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, was speaking during a debate on investing in the transformative power of intergenerational leadership on the women, peace and security agenda, where she urged ambassadors to “open doors for the next generation”. “Investments in women, peace and security agenda are not an...

UNHCR secures record $1.5 billion in early funding for 2025

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·December 3, 2024·2 min read

The package includes $1.143 billion from donor governments along with a commitment of $355 million from UNHCR’s private sector National partners. This provides the agency with 15 percent of its anticipated needs for the coming year. “We live in a world ravaged by brutal and seemingly endless conflicts that tear...

Syria escalation: Deadly attacks continue, healthcare and access compromised

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·December 3, 2024·3 min read

Renewed fighting last week led by the terrorist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other armed factions has engulfed parts of Aleppo, Idlib and Hama, destabilising frontlines that had remained unchanged since 2020. UN human rights office (OHCHR) spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told reporters in Geneva of “a number of extremely...

The ‘slow onset, silent killer:’ Droughts explained

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·December 3, 2024·5 min read

Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was speaking at the opening of COP16 a major global conference taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where a new global drought regime is expected to be agreed which will promote the shift from reactive relief response...

Rights chief calls on Georgian authorities to protect basic freedoms

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·December 3, 2024·2 min read

The legitimate protests were dispersed using disproportionate and, in some cases, unnecessary force by the police in the capital, Tbilisi, according to the statement from High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. Dozens of protesters and media workers were reportedly injured during the demonstrations sparked by a prime ministerial announcement...

The nightmare in Gaza must stop, urges UN deputy chief

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·December 2, 2024·4 min read

Speaking at a ministerial conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza, convened in Cairo by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed emphasised the urgent need for lifesaving assistance and a plan for the enclave’s long-term recovery. “We are here to help secure an immediate surge in lifesaving...

Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation

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·December 2, 2024·5 min read

Abdulrahman Alfadley, the Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture was speaking as the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) got underway in the capital of the Middle Eastern country. The meeting, according to UNCCD, represents a “moonshot...