After months of the post being vacant, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Batili as special envoy to Libya, where two rival governments are fighting for power. The Senegalese former minister has served as UN representative in central Africa, special adviser to the secretary-general for Madagascar and deputy special representative of […]
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World food prices continued to decline in August
Global food prices continued to fall for the fifth consecutive month, with vegetable oil prices even falling below their August 2021 level, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. . The FAO’s food index, which tracks the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food staples, has steadily declined from […]
Yemen: UN condemns Houthi attack near Taiz
The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grudberg, on Wednesday condemned an attack by Shiite Houthi rebels on army positions near Taiz, in the southwestern part of the country, that killed ten soldiers on Monday. “I condemn the attack (…) from a zone controlled by Ansar Allah (s.b.: the Houthi rebel movement), which threatens to […]
UN: Allegations of torture in China’s Xinjiang ‘credible’
Crimes against humanity may have been committed in China’s Xinjiang autonomous region, the United Nations said in a report released Wednesday night. “The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detentions of members of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities (…) may mean that international crimes, particularly crimes against humanity, have been committed,” the report concludes. The […]
UN: China’s allegations of crimes against humanity in Xinjiang ‘credible’
LAST UPDATE: 09:46 The United Nations spoke of possible “crimes against humanity” for which there is “credible evidence”, particularly of torture and sexual violence, against members of the Uyghur Muslim minority, calling on the international community to take “urgent action”. , in his much-anticipated report on the Xinjiang autonomous region that he released Wednesday night […]
UN: Half of health care facilities around the world lack basic sanitation services
Half of health care facilities around the world lack basic sanitation services, exposing the nearly four billion people who use these facilities to an increased risk of infection, the United Nations announced today. These facilities do not have water, soap or hand sanitizer in the areas where patients receive their treatment or in the toilets, […]
Pakistan: UN emergency appeal to raise $160 million
The UN and the government of Pakistan today launched an emergency appeal to raise $160 million to help more than 5 million people affected by the devastating floods in the Asian country. This amount will fund an emergency plan for the next six months, which initially aims to provide basic services (health, food, drinking water […]
The UN is calling for the resumption of development aid in Afghanistan
The international community should start providing development aid to Afghanistan again as the country faces a worsening humanitarian and economic crisis, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Monday. After the Taliban seized power, development aid to Afghanistan, on which the country relied heavily, was suspended, with the international community demanding that the Islamists first […]
Russia blocked the adoption of a text on nuclear disarmament at the UN
Russia on Friday blocked the adoption of a joint declaration after four weeks of UN review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), labeling its “political” terms. The 191 countries that have signed the NPT, a 1970 treaty aimed at preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, promoting complete disarmament and cooperation in the peaceful uses of […]
UN: Fifth consecutive year of reduced rainfall is forecast for the Horn of Africa
The worst drought in 40 years to hit the Horn of Africa is expected to continue as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced today that forecasts for the October-December period show drier than normal conditions. The latest forecasts confirm the fears of humanitarian organizations, which have been warning for months about the effects of drought […]