Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns — Global Issues

Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns — Global Issues

The first case was reported to WHO by the Ministry of Public Health on 6 October, and there have been 381 laboratory-confirmed cases. While the outbreak was initially confined to northern districts, it has spread rapidly said WHO’s office in Lebanon, with laboratory-confirmed cases now reported from all eight governorates…

Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns — Global Issues

The UN belongs to you, deputy chief tells youth advocates in Spain — Global Issues

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, and the head of its urban development agency, UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, were in Spain in the context of World Cities Day, observed annually on 31 October, and the event took advantage of their visit.  Young people are an integral part of a growing network…

In speech to Arab League, UN chief appeals for greater regional unity — Global Issues

In speech to Arab League, UN chief appeals for greater regional unity — Global Issues

The League is among the regional organizations which have a vital role to play in advancing peace, sustainable development, and human rights, he added.  Mr. Guterres also appealed for unity across the Arab world, which he said has never been more essential.  “Division opens the door to foreign, non-Arab, interference,…

Public health risks increasing in flood-affected Pakistan, warns WHO — Global Issues

Public health risks increasing in flood-affected Pakistan, warns WHO — Global Issues

Public health risks are increasing, driven by damaged infrastructure, stagnant water and inadequate sanitation facilities, the UN health agency said. Dr. Richard Brennan, WHO Regional Emergency Director, said that the catastrophe has pushed the country to the brink and that diseases are rampant. Over 540,000 malaria cases have been reported….

Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns — Global Issues

Opium cultivation up nearly a third, warns UNODC — Global Issues

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan – latest findings and emerging threats, is the first report on the illicit opium trade since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021. The authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy and all narcotics under strict new laws, in April 2022. Opium is the essential…

Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns — Global Issues

Progress on methane emissions by energy companies, but numbers still don’t add up: UNEP — Global Issues

Slashing emissions of methane is the single fastest way to tackle climate change in the short term, says UNEP, as the greenhouse gas remains in the atmosphere for far fewer years than carbon dioxide. The report, compiled by the International Methane Emissions Observatory, an independent entity launched in 2021 to…

Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns — Global Issues

Security Council debates Russian withdrawal from crucial Ukraine grain deal — Global Issues

Russia requested the meeting following its decision to suspend participation in the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative “for an unspecified period of time”, announced this past weekend, in response to alleged Ukrainian attacks against its ships.  The UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, and the head of its trade and…

Peacekeepers turn ground-breakers in the Central African Republic — Global Issues

Peacekeepers turn ground-breakers in the Central African Republic — Global Issues

Operating an excavator, a bulldozer or a wheel loader did not come naturally to Chief Private Ryan Herdhika, an avid motorcyclist and soldier in the Indonesian Army’s 3rd Combat Engineering Battalion. But he has just passed his heavy engineering equipment test and will next month be deployed to the United…

Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns — Global Issues

UN Security Council boosts commitment to fight digital terror — Global Issues

The non-binding document, known as The Delhi Declaration on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes was adopted in the Indian capital on Saturday, following a series of panels that involved Member States representatives, UN officials, civil society entities, the private sector, and researchers.  The declaration…

Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns — Global Issues

UN chief reaffirms support for deals to ensure export food and fertilizer from Ukraine and Russia — Global Issues

The Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement brokered by the UN and Türkiye in July, which was set up to reintroduce vital food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world, is due to run out in the second half of November, but it can be extended,…