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Shortage of water supplies pushes 15 million Yemenis towards deadly diseases: Oxfam
A severe shortage of water supplies due to the fuel crisis in Yemen has put 15 million people at risk of deadly disease, according to Oxfam statement on Tuesday.
The statement said,” The people depend on water supplied by local networks…
Millions of young lives at risk due to humanitarian funding shortfall: UNICEF
“Substantial” shortfalls in humanitarian funding are placing the lives of millions of children in areas affected by conflict and disaster at risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
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UN health agency launches week of action to ban lead paint
Although exposure to lead remains a key global health concern, particularly as it impacts childhood development, only 73 countries have legally binding controls for lead paint, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported.…
Nearly 180,000 displaced by northeast Syria fighting as needs multiply: UN refugee agency
After nearly two weeks of fighting in northeast Syria, the UN’s humanitarian wing has estimated that around 180,000 have been forced to leave their homes or shelters, including 80,000 children, all in desperate need of…
Companies ‘failing’ to address offline harm incited by online hate: UN expert
States and companies are “failing” when it comes to combating online hate, the UN independent rights expert, or Special Rapporteur, on freedom of speech and expression said on Monday, ahead of the launch of a landmark report to…
Kors and Nyong’o: Food, fashion and film join forces at UN, for the world’s hungry
For the seventh year in a row, fashion mogul and UN Goodwill Ambassador Michael Kors, launched his Watch Hunger Stop campaign on Monday - an initiative that supports the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) in its work to feed…
UN rights chief urges ‘immediate dialogue’ to end Chile unrest
The top UN human rights official is calling for politicians and civil society in Chile to engage in “immediate dialogue” to resolve the deadly crisis which has gripped the nation in recent days.
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More than 90 per cent of Africa migrants would make perilous Europe journey again, despite the risks
A landmark UN migration study published on Monday shows that 93 per cent of Africans making the journey to European countries along irregular routes, would do it again, despite facing often life-threatening danger.…
Prisoners’ murder in Marib prisons is war crime: “Humanity Eye” Center
The “Humanity Eye” Center for Rights and Development on Saturday said that the killing of prisoners under torture in prisons of Saudi-led aggression coalition forces in Marib province amounts to a war crime.
The Center affirmed, in a…
Global economy: ‘we must do everything possible’ to avoid global ‘fracture’ caused by US-China…
Tensions around global trade and technology continue to rise and the international community needs to “do everything possible” to prevent the world being split into two competing spheres, led by the United States and China.…