UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

More than 170 people were killed and over 200 more injured, many with grievous burns and in a critical condition, in an explosion at a crowded fuel depot along the route taken by those entering Armenia last Monday. ‘Heart-breaking’ scenes WHO Special Envoy Robb Butler, who visited a burns treatment…

UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

How Costa Rica drafted Latin America’s first ever anti-hate strategy — Global Issues

“Costa Rican society does not teach us that there are indigenous people in this country,” she said. “It is a form of discrimination, making the existence of indigenous peoples invisible.” Amid an alarming trend of spiraling hate speech and discrimination online platforms, Costa Rica, with UN support, has been designing…

UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

UN condemns ‘abhorrent’ terrorist attacks in Pakistan — Global Issues

A further 70 people were injured in Friday’s attacks at the Hangu mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and at a religious procession in Mastung, Balochistan. “It is particularly abhorrent that the attacks occurred at a place of worship and during the celebration of Prophet Muhammad’s birthday,” Mr. Guterres said in a…

UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

New UN framework to protect environment from harmful chemicals — Global Issues

Agreed at the fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), in Bonn, Germany, the Global Framework on Chemicals sets concrete targets and guidelines across the lifecycle of chemicals. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), welcomed the new framework. “Everyone on this planet should be able to…

UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

From Afghan refugee to Ukraine aid worker — Global Issues

Having previously endured conflict in Afghanistan, Ali comprehended the far-reaching implications of large-scale military actions on the lives of civilians. Immediately after the start of the Ukraine war, Ali and his wife, the owners of a small clothing store in Odessa, began to engage in relief work and donate clothes…

UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

WHO supports battle against cholera in the east — Global Issues

The UN agency said on Friday that 264 suspected cholera cases, four confirmed cases and 16 associated deaths werereportedin the eastern state as of 25 September. Investigations are taking place to determine whether the disease has spread to Khartoum and South Kordofan states, which have seen increased cases of acute…

UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists — Global Issues

On Thursday, Hoang Thi Minh Hong, an acclaimed climate activist and former World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) employee, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $4,100 after being convicted for tax evasion. Her trial lasted only three hours, and access to family and defence counsel were limited…

UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis — Global Issues

Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods — Global Issues

OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva that out of 71 aid worker deaths recorded so far this year, 22 had been working in South Sudan and 19 in Sudan. The victims are overwhelmingly local humanitarians working on the front lines of the response, Mr. Laerke said. He stressed…