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Sunamganj is a district in the Wetland ecosystem in northeastern Bangladesh, which is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Floods arrive quickly and suddenly and can last for weeks. They disrupt life, move families and reduce access to services. For the more than 670,000 women of the reproductive age who live in the area, extreme weather […]
Held under the theme Encourage progress through partnershipsThe Four Days Marches known as LLDC3brought together the heads of state, senior UN officials, development partners and leaders of the private sector to take in persistent challenges that LLDCs are confronted, including high trading costs, insufficient infrastructure and vulnerability for climate change. Anchored by the Book program […]
“The real challenge is still for us,” Stephanie Loose, program manager in Afghanistan, told journalists in Geneva on Friday. ‘We are talking about the reintegration of people who have lost their houses, who have lost their possessions and also their hope. ” Millions in motion Afghanistan is currently confronted with an unprecedented return crisis. Since […]
‘A complete military acquisition of the occupied Gaza Strip must be stopped immediately,” insist Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after the Israeli Security Cabinet has approved a plan for a fully Israeli military acquisition in the battered enclave. The development lasts contrary to international law, continued Mr. Türk, referring to one Judicial […]
“People told me several times when they were fleeing Zamzam [displacement camp]armed people would threaten them while they were in the flight and certainly say, sure, ‘Flee, go to that place, run here, run there, we will follow you, we will find you’Said Jocelyn Elizabeth Knight, a protection officer for the UN refugee office, UNHCR. […]
In the meantime, UN agencies confirmed the death of three Palestinians of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare autoimmune disease that can cause sudden muscle weakness and even paralysis. Before the war broke out in Gaza in October 2023, only a handful of things popped up every year. Mass victims now the norm “Hospitals are […]
The relocation is the last result of a cascade of overlapping emergency situations in the country – including armed violence, climate shocks, outbreaks of diseases and a serious financing deficit. Since January, more than 95,000 people have been fleeing uncertainty in Cabo Delgado and humanitarian access are becoming increasingly vulnerable. According to the UN office […]
Earning the cost has become a daily battle and hundreds of men, women and children are in endless queues, under the burning sun, outside the few community kitchens who serve nothing but lentil soup. A community kitchen in western Gaza reveals a panorama of painful scenes in the midst of displaced persons, their cries for […]
Mandates – requests or guidelines for action issued by the general meeting, the Security council and the Economic and Social Council – have multiplied considerably since 1945. Today there are more than 40,000 active mandates, maintained by around 400 intergovernmental bodies. Together they require more than 27,000 meetings per year and generate around 2,300 pages […]
The development points A milestone for a region that bears almost 65 percent of the global HIV and has long been dependent on the entry of life -saving anti -turviral medicines and test kits. But that can begin to change. The Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) weakens the body’s immune system, which reduces the ability […]
