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Midwife lifts one of the very first babies born in Mali in 2020 at a Health Center in Segou, central Mali, in this courtesy file picture.
Make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’, UNICEF chief urges
NEW YORK — The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that more than 371,500 children would be born on the first day of 2021. “The children born today enter a world far different than even a year ago, and a New Year brings a new opportunity to reimagine it”, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said.As always, the Pacific island nation of Fiji will welcome the first baby of the new year and the United States the last one. Over half of these global births are estimated to take place in the 10 countries of India – 59,995; China – 35,615; Nigeria – 21,439; Pakistan – 14,161; Indonesia –12,336; Ethiopia – 12,006 – US (10,312), Egypt – 9,455; Bangladesh – 9,236; and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – 8,640. In total, UNICEF estimates an 84-year...
January 02, 2021

Make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’, UNICEF chief urges

Headquarters of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea Bissau, Uniogbis, in this file courtesy photo.
UN chief commits to continued support as peacebuilding office closes in Guinea-Bissau
NEW YORK — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to the people of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, the final day of operations for the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the West African country (UNIOGBIS). In a statement, Guterres noted the closure of the Office, which has completed its mandate in keeping with Security Council resolution 2512 and extended his appreciation to the Government and the people of Guinea-Bissau for their strong partnership with UNIOGBIS and the broader United Nations system. The UN chief went on to commend all regional and international partners for their unwavering commitment and contribution to peace and stability in Guinea-Bissau, as well as for their solid partnership with UNIOGBIS. He also expressed...
January 01, 2021

UN chief commits to continued support as peacebuilding office closes in Guinea-Bissau

A UNAMID police officer interacts with women at a water point in Nifasha camp for internally displaced persons, north Darfur, in this file picture. — Courtesy photo
UN, AU reiterate commitment to Sudan as joint mission ends
NEW YORK — The United Nations secretary-general and the chairperson of the African Union Commission have reiterated their commitment to continue to support Sudan consolidate peace as the AU-UN hybrid peacekeeping mission in the country’s Darfur region ends its operations on Thursday. In a joint statement on Thursday, Secretary-General António Guterres and Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat also called on all Sudanese actors to ensure the safe and orderly drawdown of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) over the next six months and the ensuing period of liquidation. “The establishment of this unique hybrid mission was a historic undertaking, through which both organizations and a number of troop and police-contributing countries and donors have been engaged...
December 31, 2020

UN, AU reiterate commitment to Sudan as joint mission ends

A seven-month-old child, in Yemen, has their upper arm measured to check for malnutrition. Ongoing conflict has triggered widespread food insecurity across the country, leaving thousands of children severely and acutely malnourished. — courtesy UNICEF/Motaz Fuad
Millions of children in crisis hotspots ‘on the brink of famine’: UNICEF
GENEVA — More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday, warning that without urgent action, the numbers could rise further.All of these countries and regions are experiencing “dire humanitarian crises” while also grappling with intensifying food insecurity, the coronavirus pandemic and, with the exception of the Central Sahel, “a looming famine”, according to the UN agency.“For countries reeling from the consequences of conflicts, disasters and climate change, COVID-19 has turned a nutrition crisis into an imminent catastrophe,” Henrietta Fore, UNICEF executive director,...
December 30, 2020

Millions of children in crisis hotspots ‘on the brink of famine’: UNICEF

UN News' Abdelmonem Makki and his nephews in the village where he was raised in South Darfur, Sudan. — courtesy UN News/Abdelmonem Makki
Family tragedy and the UN as ‘savior’ in Darfur
GENEVA — The people of the restive region of Darfur in Sudan have seen the joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) as a "savior" according to a writer for UN News who grew up in Darfur.UNAMID is due to begin the process of closing at the end of 2020 after almost 13 years. Conflict has led to the death of some 300,000 people in the region, while millions were displaced.Abdelmonem Makki from the UN News Arabic team reflects on his life in Darfur and the impact of the United Nations."I was born and raised in a small village called Al-Malam in South Darfur and as a child I understood the benefits of living peacefully in a safe society.My father was the mayor and judge of the village. He was a wise man and was able to solve all sorts of problems...
December 30, 2020

Family tragedy and the UN as ‘savior’ in Darfur

File photo shows Chinese UNAMID peacekeepers. — courtesy UNAMID/Albert Gonzalez Farran
UN confirms closure of Darfur peacekeeping mission
GENEVA — The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations on Thursday, when the government of Sudan will take over responsibility for the protection of civilians in the area.In a statement released on Wednesday, UNAMID confirmed the decision to close the mission, which followed the unanimous adoption of a Security Council resolution on Dec. 22, and progress made by the transitional government of Sudan in addressing the conflict in Darfur.In October, a milestone peace agreement was reached between the Sudanese authorities and two armed groups in Darfur, some two years after the Sudanese Revolution, which led to the overthrow of longstanding leader, Omar Al-Bashir, in April 2019.Drawing downThe last UNAMID patrols and...
December 30, 2020

UN confirms closure of Darfur peacekeeping mission

File photo shows Ana Patricia Graça (2nd from right), UN Resident Coordinator in Cape Verde meets young activists on Human Rights Day. — courtesy UN Cape Verde
COVID-19 threatening development gains in Cape Verde
GENEVA — Progress made towards sustainable development by the Atlantic Ocean nation, Cape Verde, is under serious threat due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the United Nations’ most senior official in the country.In this blog, UN Resident Coordinator Ana Patricia Graça, explains how the UN is supporting the small island country to rebound from the impact of the virus.A poet and composer named Jotamont wrote that the islands of Cape Verde are “ten little grains of land” in the middle of the Atlantic — a small archipelago nation, 500 kilometers off the west coast of Africa.From the coast of any island looking away from any of the others — it is ocean as far as the eye can see.Just over 550,000 people who live on the islands call Cape Verde home, as do another million who...
December 30, 2020

COVID-19 threatening development gains in Cape Verde



A Boda Boda rider and passenger wait at a junction in Kampala, Uganda. — courtesy World Bank/Sarah Farhat
End arrests of political opponents in Uganda: UN experts
GENEVA — A group of independent UN human rights experts called on Ugandan authorities to end the arrest, detention and judicial harassment of political opponents, civil society leaders and human rights defenders.The concerns, raised by the experts on Tuesday, come amid an uptick in violence ahead of Uganda’s Jan. 14 presidential election and includes reports of the death of an opposition politician’s bodyguard along with injuries sustained by three journalists hit by tear gas canisters on Sunday."We are gravely concerned by the election-related violence, the excessive use of force by security personnel, as well as the increasing crackdown on peaceful protesters, political and civil society leaders and human rights defenders," said the experts.The group have also reiterated...
December 30, 2020

End arrests of political opponents in Uganda: UN experts

File photo shows the Tigray region facing some of the toughest development challenges in Ethiopia. — courtesy UNICEF/Zerihun Sewunet
25,000 refugees in Tigray region receive urgent UN food supplies
GENEVA — Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October."Families, women, men, children — even new-borns — have been cut off from supplies and essential services for many weeks, so this distribution was urgently needed," said Ann Encontre, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative in Ethiopia.In coordination with federal Ethiopian authorities, a convoy of 18 trucks delivered nearly 250 metric tons of corn soya blend, grains, pulses and vegetable oil to local humanitarian partners for distribution to 13,000 Eritrean refugees in Mai Ayni camp.Another nearly 240 metric tons of food were delivered to Adi Harush refugee camp to support...
December 28, 2020

25,000 refugees in Tigray region receive urgent UN food supplies

An official processes voter ID cards, ahead of the 27 December general elections in the Central African Republic. — courtesy MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio
UN chief urges peaceful, credible elections in CAR
NEW YORK — On the eve of general elections in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Secretary-General had called on all stakeholders to ensure that the polls are held in a peaceful, inclusive and credible manner.In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres urged all actors “to refrain from any action, including violence, hate speech and incitement to violence, that could threaten human lives and undermine the electoral process and national stability.”Guterres also called on all political stakeholders and their supporters “to resolve their differences peacefully, including through dialogue and appropriate institutional mechanisms, in accordance with national laws.”Surge in violence The Central African Republic goes to polls on...
December 27, 2020

UN chief urges peaceful, credible elections in CAR

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