Calls for safety of Beirut airport under threat of Israel strikes
As Israeli strikes devastate Lebanon, calls to safeguard the country’s only airport — a lifeline for aid and travel located precariously…
Tag: United Nations
Humanity hits the eight billion mark
The UN attributes the growth to human development, with people living longer thanks to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine
Joe and Jill Biden En Route to London to attend Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral
The State funeral will be attended by almost 100 presidents and heads of government
Wahamiaji wa Melilla huenda walikufa kwa ‘kukosa hewa’: uchunguzi wa Morocco
Takriban wahamiaji 23 ambao walikufa mwezi uliopita katika jaribio la kuingia katika eneo la Uhispania la Melilla kutoka Morocco huenda “walikosa hewa,’ shirika la kutetea haki za binadamu la CNDH lilisema.
UN: At least 2.5 million flee Ukraine since invasion
“The number of refugees from Ukraine, tragically, has reached today 2.5 million,” UN Refugee Agency’s chief Filippo Grandi.
At least 750 civilians killed in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said at least 403 civilians died in air raids, drone strikes and heavy artillery fire.
UN to create world-first global treaty on plastic pollution
The amount of plastic trash entering the oceans is forecast to triple by 2040.
Russia’s Lavrov cancels trip to UN in Geneva: official
The announcement came as Moscow was lambasted on the opening day of the rights council’s main annual session, with presidents, ministers and other dignitaries from around the world voicing alarm at its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
UN: World must vaccinate everyone against COVID-19 to ensure way out
WHO unveiled a strategy last autumn to vaccinate 40% of the planet’s population by the end of 2021.
Ethiopia accuses WHO chief of backing rebels in Tigray
Tedros this week described conditions in the Ethiopian region as “hell” and said the government was preventing medicines and other life-saving aid from reaching locals.
