02/03/2018
With 4.4 million people in Ukraine soon to enter a fifth year of conflict, the international community has an important role to play in supporting conflict resolution and bringing about lasting peace – the only durable humanitarian solution for the affected population, a senior United Nations official has said.
Photo: Volodymyr Shuvayev | People crossing the ‘contact line’ at Stanytsia Luhanska which is the only one operational entry/exit checkpoint in Luhansk province, Ukraine. Source: UN News Centre.
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“This crisis is happening in
Europe’s backyard, yet it is largely forgotten by the world,” UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller told a European conference on the humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine and the way forward, held on 28 February 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.
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02/03/2018
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) kick-offed on 1 March 2018 a “historic” new effort to collect comprehensive global data on disaster losses.
U.S. Department of Defense | Texas National Guard soldiers assist residents affected by flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston (August 27th 2017). | Source: UN News Centre.
“It is impossible to prevent disasters and to manage risk if a country is not measuring its disaster losses, particularly at the local level, for both small-scale and large-scale events,” said the Secretary-General’s newly appointed Special Representative of the for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori.
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01/03/2018
The United Nations and its partners in Libya have called for the voluntary, safe and dignified return of the population displaced from the northern town of Tawergha without a delay, expressing deep concern about the situation faced by these people living in makeshift-tented settlements in nearby areas.
UNHCR/L. Dobbs | A group of Tawerghan men displaced after the fighting in Libya in 2011. UNHCR is concerned about the situation of some 2,500 Tawerghans who fled their camp in Benghazi in mid-October 2014 to escape fighting.
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01/03/2018
Nearly 19 million babies born globally every year – 14 per cent – are at risk of permanent yet preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine in the earliest years of life, according to a United Nations-backed report released on 1 March 2018.
Photo: FAO/Ubirajara Machado |Children eat a meal at their school which is taking part in a school feeding programme in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partner, the Global Alliance of Improved Nutrition (GAIN), notes that insufficient iodine during pregnancy and infancy results in neurological and psychological deficits, reducing a child’s IQ by 8 to 10 points.
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