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Nepal quake: UN response continues, as aftershocks leave families traumatized

·November 7, 2023·2 min read

According to agencies on the ground, more than 380 aftershocks have been reported since the 6.4 magnitude quake struck shortly before midnight of Friday into Saturday, local time. Initial findings suggest over 4,000 homes have been damaged in the worst affected districts of Rukum (West) and Jajarkot, leaving up to...

Türk: Ethnically motivated attacks leave hundreds dead in Sudan

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·September 13, 2023·2 min read

“Such developments echo a horrific past that must not be repeated,” said Volker Türk UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, marking “five months of futile suffering, death, loss and destruction.” Mounting casualties Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council, Mr. Türk also warned of mounting civilian casualties, as 1500 have...

UN rights chief: ‘Don’t leave the climate crisis for our children to fix’

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·July 3, 2023·2 min read

“We must not leave this for our children to fix – no matter how inspiring their activism,” he told the Human Rights Council, advocating for a “just transition” to a green economy. “I ask every member of this Council to take this clear message out of the Palais des Nations...

Severe funding shortfalls could leave 200,000 Palestinians hungry

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·May 14, 2023·4 min read

Unless donors meet the gap, 60 per cent of the people the agency assists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories will no longer be receiving food assistance in June, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced, adding that by August, the agency will be forced to completely suspend operations in the West...

International Migrants Day: 280 million people leave home for ‘a better life’

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·December 18, 2022·3 min read

Secretary-General António Guterres credited the more than 80 per cent of those who cross borders in a safe and orderly fashion as powerful drivers of “economic growth, dynamism, and understanding”. “But unregulated migration along increasingly perilous routes – the cruel realm of traffickers – continues to extract a terrible cost”,...

More lifesaving grain shipments authorized to leave Ukraine |

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·August 5, 2022·3 min read

The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) which is managing the Black Sea Grain Initiative, agreed between the UN, Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye, has authorized the departure of three vessels – two from the port of Chornomorsk and one from Odesa, carrying a total of 58,041 tons of corn through the designated...

Record inflation and skyrocketing prices leave over 6 million Sri Lankans food insecure |

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·July 11, 2022·3 min read

As prices keep healthy meals out of reach, some 61 per cent of households are regularly using coping strategies to cut down on costs, such as reducing the amount they eat and consuming increasingly less nutritious meals. And with opportunities to make enough income in the medium to long-term decreasing...