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Conflict and hunger ‘two faces of the same crisis’, UN deputy chief tells Security Council
- UN News
For millions of people worldwide caught up in conflict, “war and hunger are often two faces of the same crisis,” UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the Security Council on Monday, as it met to examine how food insecurity fuels fighting.
Security Council to vote on new Gaza force: Here’s what you need to know
- UN News
The UN Security Council is expected to vote at 5pm in New York today on a US-sponsored draft resolution that would authorise the creation of an international stabilisation force in the Gaza Strip.
On Brazil’s Combu Island, chocolate makers hold clues to climate action
- UN News
Combu Island – Ilha do Combu in Portuguese – rises like a wall of living green from Brazil’s Guamá River. It is a testament to centuries of shared existence between the forest and its riverside communities. Here, cupuaçu, taperebá, pupunha, araçá and cacao are more than fruits; they are threads in the fabric of local culture, livelihoods and identity.
Lebanon: UN peacekeeping patrol targeted by Israeli tank, IDF blames ‘misidentification’
- UN News
On Sunday, a foot patrol of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was targeted by an Israeli army Merkava tank from a position established by Israel in Lebanese territory.
Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’
- UN News
Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half years after the full-scale invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia.
‘This People’s March for Climate is For My Son’s Future’
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 15 (IPS) - In the scorching heat and humidity, Canru Pataxo marched with his one-year-old son firmly held in his arms.
Restoring dignity to Gaza: the cleanup begins
- UN News
A large-scale campaign under the slogan “We Will Rebuild Gaza” was launched on Saturday in Gaza City, with the participation of local organisations and United Nations agencies, in an effort to begin cleaning operations and removing debris left by the war.
“When finance flows, ambition grows”: COP30’s call for action
- UN News
In Belém, Brazil, as the world turns its eyes to the Amazon where COP30 has been underway for the past week, one question looms large: can climate finance move from pledge to lifeline?
Healing the hidden wounds of childbirth
- UN News
In Somalia, where six out of ten births take place without a doctor, childbirth is often a matter of survival.
Shepherded by Anxious Security in Humidity-fueled Heat, Activists Plead for Climate Justice
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 14 (IPS) - Farmer and climate activist from Nigeria, Melody Areola, is beating the heat in Belém and voicing farmers’ rights in climate discussions. As the UN Climate Conference, COP30, in Brazil approaches the end of its first week, activists like Melody are making their voices louder.
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