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1.5 million now homeless in Türkiye after quake disaster, warn UN development experts

·February 21, 2023·3 min read

“This makes this clearly the largest earthquake disaster in Türkiye’s history and perhaps the largest natural disaster the country has ever faced,” said Louisa Vinton, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Türkiye Resident Representative. Two further earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.8 on the Richter Scale killed six more on the Türkiye-Syria border...

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...

Türkiye, Syria quake latest: full scale of disaster still unfolding, UN humanitarians warn

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·February 7, 2023·4 min read

According to the Government of Türkiye, at least 3,381 people died and more than 20,000 were injured after a 7.8 magnitude quake struck close to the southern city of Gaziantep early on Monday, followed by another 7.5 magnitude earthquake several hours later. Almost 6,000 buildings have reportedly collapsed in the...

Global growth forecast to slow to 1.9% in 2023, warn UN economists

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·January 25, 2023·4 min read

This will be one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades, apart from during the 2007-8 financial crisis and the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “In most countries we expect that private consumption and investment will weaken due to incomes and higher income rates”, said Ingo Pitterle, Senior Economist...

Somalia: Famine narrowly averted – so far, warn UN humanitarians

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·December 13, 2022·3 min read

In an update on food insecurity in Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that famine had been avoided because host communities and relief teams had helped those in most need. Despite their efforts, food insecurity remains “catastrophic”, OCHA said, based on the latest IPC...

UN agencies warn again of record hunger next year in West and Central Africa

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·December 9, 2022·3 min read

More than 35 million people, including 6.7 million children, are currently unable to meet their basic food and nutrition needs, according to latest analysis from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP). Numbers could rise unless urgent and long-lasting solutions...

‘Immensely bleak’ future for Afghanistan unless massive human rights reversal, experts warn |

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·August 13, 2022·5 min read

“The future is immensely bleak for Afghans if more is not done by the international community to ensure the Taliban changes its modus operandi and complies with its human rights obligations,” they said in a statement. The experts recalled that following the Taliban takeover last August, they had appealed for...

South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’, UN experts warn |

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·July 15, 2022·3 min read

In a statement released on Friday, the rights experts cited “Operation Dudula” as an example of hate speech. Originally a social media campaign, Operation Dudula has become an umbrella for the mobilization of violent protests, vigilante violence, arson targeting migrant-owned homes and businesses, and even the murder of foreign nationals....

Sanctions having negative impact on scientific research, rights experts warn |

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·July 8, 2022·2 min read

Scientific research and academic freedom are under threat, they warned, following reports that research submitted by scholars from sanctioned countries were being disqualified from publication. Expanding the application of unilateral sanctions into areas of scientific and academic research adversely affects scholars from sanctioned countries and threatens academic freedom, say UN...