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Potentially ‘deadly’ consequences could arise from Israel’s UNRWA ban: UNICEF

·November 4, 2024·4 min read

The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset, adopted two bills on Monday banning UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA from operating in its territory and prohibiting authorities from having any contact with it. “UNRWA is indispensable in delivering the urgent, life-saving assistance that 2.2 million people in Gaza urgently need,” UNICEF...

UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in the Marshall Islands

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·October 5, 2024·2 min read

Research conducted by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, revealed that 67 nuclear tests performed between 1946 and 1958 by the United States Government in the Marshall Islands left communities displaced and contributed to radioactive land and sea pollution. “The nuclear legacy casts a long shadow across generations and the...

Guterres warns of ‘catastrophic’ consequences of a world without glaciers

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·March 23, 2023·2 min read

Secretary-General António Guterres told a conference side event dedicated to the issue of preserving the world’s glaciers that new data released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) showed global average sea levels have already risen faster since 1900, “than over any preceding century in the last 3,000 years.” ‘Erased forever’ He said that “low-lying...

UN experts warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Rohingya refugee rations are cut

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·February 17, 2023·2 min read

The Human Rights Council-appointed experts called for donors worldwide to give generously to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Rohingya Refugee Response fund. “The planned rations reductions are the devastating consequence of the international community’s failure to provide funding for initiatives that address the fundamental needs of Rohingya refugees”, the two Special...

From the Field: Ethiopia’s worst drought threatens ‘deadly consequences’ for women

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·June 5, 2022·1 min read

Women and girls face “deadly consequences” in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions for forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA....