First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster — Global Issues

First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster — Global Issues

“Aid, life-saving aid, is desperately needed by civilians wherever they are irrespective of borders and boundaries,” he told journalists in Geneva. “We need it urgently, through the fastest, most direct, and most effective routes. They need more of absolutely everything.” According to UN aid coordinating office, OCHA, six trucks carrying…

First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster — Global Issues

‘We must put people first’ urges Guterres in race to save lives — Global Issues

In a heartfelt appeal based on his years of visiting the devastated area, as Secretary-General and previously as head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, Antonio Guterres said that what had been a “centre of solidarity is now an epicentre of suffering.” ‘Nightmare on top of nightmare’ “People are facing nightmare…

First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster — Global Issues

Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea — Global Issues

Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017.  Those accused include four crew members of the Iuventa, a former fishing trawler credited with saving some 14,000 migrant lives in…

UN refugee agency chief calls for more aid, new long-term strategy — Global Issues

UN refugee agency chief calls for more aid, new long-term strategy — Global Issues

“While the last few years have been incredibly difficult for many of those affected by the conflict, I was very encouraged to see the progress made towards peace in northern Ethiopia and to witness all the efforts made in getting more aid to the people who lost everything,” Filippo Grandi…

More investment in school health, nutrition, will realize childhood potential — Global Issues

More investment in school health, nutrition, will realize childhood potential — Global Issues

It is estimated that some 584 million children have limited or no access to basic drinking water services at school.    Nearly half live in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the study by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme…

First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster — Global Issues

Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP — Global Issues

The report entitled, Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement, underscores the importance of economic factors as drivers of recruitment. Desperation factor Lack of income, the lack of job opportunities and livelihoods, means that “desperation is essentially pushing people to take up opportunities, with whoever offers that”,…

First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster — Global Issues

full scale of disaster still unfolding, UN humanitarians warn — Global Issues

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…

First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster — Global Issues

Reduce pollution to combat ‘superbugs’ and other anti-microbial resistance — Global Issues

The study focuses on the environmental dimensions of AMR, which occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines.  It calls for strengthening action to reduce the emergence, transmission and spread of “superbugs” – strains of bacteria that have become resistant to every…

First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster — Global Issues

New grant gives boost to women peacekeepers — Global Issues

“My Command appreciates the recognition of female officers as a catalyst of systematic change within the Zambia Police Service,” said the Inspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba. “We take very seriously our role in driving policy reforms, ensuring gender mainstreaming and accountability for gender equality and women’s empowerment within our…