Delivering his latest update, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi reported that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – the largest in Europe – remains extremely fragile and dangerous. Military operations continue...
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Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts
“The practice of incommunicado detention of members of the political opposition and prominent figures sentenced to lengthy prison terms for voicing dissent increased in 2023,” the 18 Special Rapporteurs and Human Rights Council-appointed Working Group rights’...
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Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears
“Racism and xenophobia continue to spoil our communities, like scars that spoil the fabric of society. The hatred and violence they engender persist, demanding our collective efforts to eradicate racial violence in all its...
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Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war
“It is vital that the recent diplomatic moves are matched with real action,” said Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, briefing the Security Council on recent political and humanitarian developments. A...
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Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war
“It is vital that the recent diplomatic moves are matched with real action,” said Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, briefing the Security Council on recent political and humanitarian developments. A...
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Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns
The latest integrated food security phase classification (IPC) analysis, reported on Sunday that of the total number of affected people, 1.8 million are in an emergency-level phase of need. This means that households face...
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WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere
WMO warned on Tuesday that glaciers and ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica accounts for some 50 per cent of sea level rise, which is accelerating, with disastrous impacts on small island developing states (SIDS) and...
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खाद्य असुरक्षा से सर्वाधिक प्रभावित, 18 ‘हॉटस्पॉट’ में भूख संकट गहराने की आशंका
रिपोर्ट के अनुसार अफ़ग़ानिस्तान, नाइजीरिया, सोमालिया, दक्षिण सूडान और यमन में पहले से ही सबसे चिन्ताजनक हालात हैं, और अब सूडान, बुरकिना फ़ासो, हेती, माली भी इस सूची में शामिल हो गए हैं. यूएन...
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सूडान: ख़ारतूम के युद्धग्रस्त इलाक़ों में प्रथम खाद्य वितरण
सूडान में विश्व खाद्य कार्यक्रम (WFP) के निदेशक ऐडी रोव ने जिनीवा में पत्रकारों को बताया कि एजेंसी ने एक महत्वपूर्ण घटनाक्रम में, दोनों युद्धरत पक्षों के नियंत्रण वाले इलाक़ों में लगभग 15 हज़ार...
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UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 ‘hotspots’
Sudan, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Mali have been elevated to the highest alert level, joining Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Additionally, a likely El Niño – a naturally occurring climatic phenomenon that has...
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