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Lebanon ceasefire deal: displaced communities start to return home

·November 27, 2024·2 min read

“Immediately after the ceasefire came into force at 4am, residents of south Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa (valley) began their return after months of forced displacement,” said the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. “Heavy traffic [was] observed on the highway from Beirut to the south since the...

Lebanon: Cholera fears for communities uprooted by war

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·October 17, 2024·3 min read

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that a response plan had been activated to strengthen surveillance, contact tracing and water sampling. The case was confirmed in Akkar, the country’s northernmost governorate. Speaking in Geneva late Wednesday, Tedros noted that the Lebanese health authorities had launched an oral...

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

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·December 4, 2023·2 min read

This year’s commemoration pays tribute to the people and organizations that have been on the frontlines of the disease – from fighting stigma and discrimination, to advocating for access to affordable interventions and community-led services. They “have left an indelible mark on the world with their activism,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. ...

Türkiye: Rebuilding lives in quake-affected communities

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·October 29, 2023·4 min read

Despite progress in clearing debris, the city still wears a haunting emptiness that is slowly returning to community life, thanks to support from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM). Emel and her family were lucky to survive. Yet, their survival came at the heavy cost of losing everything they...

Somalia: Urgent support needed for rural communities facing famine

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·December 20, 2022·2 min read

However, there is still time to meet the needs of rural communities who are among those most at risk, the UN agency said, adding that large-scale investment in resilience and livelihood support is also required to break the hunger cycle. “Sustained levels of at-scale support will be required well into...

Bringing jobs to Colombia’s conflict-affected communities |

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·June 19, 2022·3 min read

For Mélida Montero, coffee is more than a drink. It’s a way of life. “I have always grown coffee; my parents and grandparents always grew coffee. I raised my children on coffee. Coffee is in my roots; this is what I’ve been given in life”. Ms. Montero lives in El...

Sexual violence in conflict ‘terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities’ |

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·June 18, 2022·4 min read

In his message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, commemorated on Sunday, Secretary-General António Guterres also observed that perpetrators rarely face the consequences of their actions. “It is the survivors who carry the burden of stigma and trauma throughout their lives, often doubly brutalized by...

Hate speech ‘dehumanizes individuals and communities’: Guterres |

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·June 18, 2022·2 min read

“It promotes racism, xenophobia and misogyny; it dehumanizes individuals and communities; and it has a serious impact on our efforts to promote peace and security, human rights, and sustainable development,” underscored Secretary-General António Guterres. Dangerous words He explained that words can be weaponized and cause physical harm. The escalation from...