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What is sea level rise and why does it matter to our future?
- UN News
The level of the sea globally is rising faster and higher than ever before, creating what the United Nations has described as an “urgent and escalating threat” to people around the world.
Rights experts reveal impact of Poland’s restrictive abortion laws on women
- UN News
The rights of women in Poland are currently being violated due to restrictive abortion laws that have contributed to “several preventable deaths,” according to independent rights experts on Monday.
The Geneva Conventions: ‘Rules of war’ saved me, says former child soldier
- UN News
Seventy-five years since the ratification of the Geneva Conventions, a former child soldier-turned foreign minister of Sierra Leone has urged greater international support for the key accords, highlighting their importance in rehabilitating him and tens of thousands of his fellow compatriots following the country’s bitter civil war.
Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF
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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the arrival of 1.2 million doses of vital polio vaccines in Gaza, amid urgent calls for humanitarian pauses to reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk children.
Internally displaced families in Yemen need increased aid: UNHCR
- UN News
A new update from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reveals that millions of internally displaced families across Yemen are in critical need of more humanitarian assistance.
Top UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine
- UN News
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian missile and drone strikes that began overnight and reportedly targeted 15 regions of the country.
Myanmar: UN WFP pushes to reach flood-affected communities
- UN News
In flood-hit Myanmar, UN humanitarians said on Monday that aid teams have begun distributing emergency relief to families affected by monsoon rains in the Ayeyarwady Delta. Some 500,000 people in the key rice-growing region could be affected.
‘The world needs your leadership’, Guterres tells Pacific Islands Forum
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The island nations of the Pacific are “showing the way” to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change and now the rest of the world needs to step up with more support, the UN chief said on Monday.
Middle East: ‘No time to lose’ in negotiating ceasefire and Gaza hostage release: Top UN envoy
- UN News
Against the backdrop of another major escalation across the Blue Line dividing southern Lebanon and Israel on Sunday, the UN’s top Middle East envoy said on Sunday “there is no time to lose” for a ceasefire in Gaza and release of all hostages.
Afghanistan: Meet the midwife who stayed
- UN News
Mariza Ahmadi made a difficult choice three years ago. She had been working as a midwife at the Ahangaran family health house in Bamyan province for just one year when the Taliban seized control of the country in August 2021.
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