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NEW YORK — “When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.Some 60 percent of the world’s undernourished people live in areas affected by conflict he said, adding that “no country is immune”.Conflict means hungerLast year, most of the 140 million people suffering acute hunger around the world lived in just ten countries: Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Haiti, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — eight of which are on the Council’s agenda.“Let there be no doubt: when this Council debates conflict, you debate hunger. When you make decisions about peacekeeping and...
May 21, 2022
Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts and ‘no country is immune’
May 20, 2022
First Person: Sweet taste of modern beekeeping
May 20, 2022
Argentina found guilty of massacre of indigenous people
GENEVA — COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have been steadily increasing over the past four weeks, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.More than 918,000 cases were recorded last week, a 27.2 percent increase over the previous week, and over 3,500 deaths, the latest information from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has revealed.Eighteen nations saw spikes in hospitalizations, while admissions to intensive care rose in 13 countries and territories.“The rise in cases should serve as a wake-up call. When people get sick, hospitals get overwhelmed, health systems are challenged, and the number of deaths rise,” said Dr. Carissa Etienne, the PAHO Director, speaking during her weekly media...
May 19, 2022
Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’
May 18, 2022
Pennsylvania primary: Trump-backed 'Dr Oz' in cliffhanger vote count
GENEVA — A surge in violence fuelled by heavily armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prompted the UN rights chief on Tuesday to express her deep concern over its severe impact on human rights across the Caribbean nation.“Armed violence has reached unimaginable and intolerable levels in Haiti,” High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said, urging the Haitian authorities, with the support of the international community, to promptly restore the rule of law and protect people from the fighting.Between 24 April and 16 May, at least 92 people unaffiliated with gangs and some 96 alleged gang members, were reportedly killed during coordinated armed attacks in the sprawling Haitian capital.Another 113 were injured, 12 reported missing, and 49 kidnapped for ransom, according to figures...
May 18, 2022
Haiti: Armed violence reaches ‘unimaginable and intolerable levels’
May 18, 2022
Rescuing global goals, world’s highest common priority – UN chief
May 17, 2022
US agrees to ease Trump-era sanctions on Cuba
May 17, 2022
Buffalo shooting: Black Americans describe grief and fear
May 16, 2022
Return of commercial flights from Yemeni capital after 6 years, an ‘important’ step
