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UN chief calls for safety of peacekeepers after IDF breaches UN position in Lebanon

·October 14, 2024·1 min read

The incident took place early on Sunday morning (local time), when two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate and forcibly entered the position, according to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon. About two hours later, after the tanks had left, several rounds were fired nearby, emitting smoke that affected...

Renewable energy boosts safety of UN peacekeepers

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·December 6, 2023·1 min read

Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare was speaking at the 2023 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial conference, which opened in Accra, Ghana. Delegates from more than 85 countries are attending the two-day meeting, where day one’s discussions focused on environmental management at peacekeeping operations and deploying more women to serve under the UN flag. Greener...

Gazans have ‘no options’ for safety as offensive continues

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·November 20, 2023·1 min read

A tweet by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNWRA on Monday, described the situation in shelters as “unliveable”. It said that Gazans had “no options”, echoing repeated warnings from UN humanitarians nowhere is safe for civilians in Gaza. Since Hamas’s terror attacks on Israel on 7 October that claimed...

Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President

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·August 11, 2023·1 min read

President Mohamed Bazoum and his family are believed to be living without electricity, water, food or medicine, according to media reports. Release detained leader The democratically elected leader has been detained since soldiers seized power on 26 July. “The Secretary-General reiterates his concern for the health and safety of the...

World Food Safety Day: ‘Nobody should die from eating food’

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·June 7, 2023·1 min read

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are highlighting the issue ahead of World Food Safety Day, observed annually on 7 June. This year, focus is on the role of established food safety practices and standards which ensure that what we eat, is safe to...

Road Safety Week: African nations steer towards reducing deaths

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·May 15, 2023·5 min read

Increasingly grim accident statistics provided the impetus for action, including two bus crashes in Senegal that claimed 62 lives in January. In nearby Côte d’Ivoire, the daily number of fatal road accidents has risen to 46, from just 12 in 2012. In the world’s region most affected by road crashes,...

Moldova: The long and winding road to safety

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·February 4, 2023·5 min read

Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Europe, Moldova’s winters may be drab and harsh, but the road from Ukraine’s border spools out through bare, brown hills like a ribbon of hope. To Larysa, who came from the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the silent heath means safety. It means a...

Ukraine: UN aid reaches Soledar area as IAEA boosts safety measures at nuclear sites

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·January 21, 2023·3 min read

Jens Laerke from UN aid coordinating office, OCHA, said that three trucks had been granted access to areas under Ukrainian Government control just a few kilometres from the heavily disputed city in the Donbas region, which has been an intense battleground, as Russian forces seek to advance on the strategically...

IAEA ensures nuclear safety and stability amid global crises: General Assembly President |

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·November 10, 2022·1 min read

The world is faced with risks of nuclear proliferation and nuclear catastrophe not seen in decades, he noted, adding that “IAEA strives to meet the demands of this moment with expert resolve.” Mr. Kőrösi thanked the agency’s chief, Rafael Mariano Grossi, for his leadership, as well as its experts “who...

New UN course helps cut through the noise to bolster online safety |

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·November 7, 2022·2 min read

As misleading articles or deceptive memes continue to pop up up in timelines and newsfeeds, the course helps users to sort through and separate what is real from what is not – helping everyone to stem the increasingly concerning churn of viral propaganda. Fighting disinformation Since 2020, the UN’s Verified...

Safety and security of Yemeni civilians at risk unless truce is extended, says human rights chief |

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·November 5, 2022·1 min read

Mr. Türk has echoed calls from the UN Secretary-General to extend the truce and to work towards a negotiated settlement to bring the conflict to an end once and for all. The outbreak of war over seven years ago between a pro-Government, Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels – together with...