29/04/2018
Students from around the world joined United Nations and Government officials in New York on 27 April 2018 to celebrate the contributions made by the people of African descent, beginning from the time they were taken from their countries and forced into generations of servitude.
UN News/María Morera | A student speaks at the commemorative event at the UN General Assembly.
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Speaking to UN News prior to the event, Missouri Sherman-Peter, the Permanent Observer for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to the UN, highlighted the importance of recognizing the heritage of those compelled into slavery, and informing the younger generation of what happened centuries ago.
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27/04/2018
With over 40 Palestinians killed and more than 5,500 injured during protests in Gaza over the past month – many by live ammunition – the top United Nations human rights official on 27 April 2018 called on Israel to ensure that its security forces do not resort to use of excessive force amid the ongoing demonstrations.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
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27/04/2018
Rome, 26 April 2018, (FAO)* — A new study has found that food products linked to their place of origin are economically and socially beneficial to rural areas and promote sustainable development.
FAO/Alessia Pierdomenico | A customer buys cheese at a food stall at the Esquilino market in Rome.
In nine cases analysed in a recent FAO study, origin-linked registration substantially increased the price of the final product.
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27/04/2018
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is continuing with no prospects for a political resolution and “Gaza is about to explode,” a senior United Nations official on 26 April 2018 said, urging both sides to avoid further clashes along the enclave’s border.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe | Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
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“Old wounds continue to bleed and deepen as we speak,
risking the outbreak of another war,” Nikolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, told the Security Council during an open debate on the crises affecting the region.
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26/04/2018
26 April 2018 — Sitting for green tea with Habiba Gulustani and her fellow activists provides a lesson in peace, conflict and patience. With her anxious six-year-old daughter spinning on her lap, she has the added disquiet of knowing that her city – Kunduz – was overrun in 2015 and again briefly in 2016 by insurgents, who still encircle the city.
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UNAMA/PS | Young activists in Kunduz – Habiba Gulustani, Zabihulla Majidi and Wahidullah Rahmani – discuss the prospects for peace in Afghanistan.
The few small airplanes that land here make a classic “corkscrew” landing – from a high altitude and quickly looping down – as a special precaution against potential ground fire.
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26/04/2018
25 April 2018 — A quarter of all thyroid cancer cases among patients who were children at the time of the Chernobyl accident 32 years ago, are “probably” due to high doses of radiation received during and after the event, the United Nations body reviewing the effects of atomic radiation on human health and the environment has said.
IAEA/Petr Pavlicek ” The ill-fated 4th block of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
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About 20,000 thyroid cancer cases were registered from 1991 to 2015 among people who were under 18 in 1986 and lived in the affected areas of the former Soviet Union, according to the
latest study by the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), which was released ahead of
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day.
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25/04/2018
25 April 2018 (UN Reliefweb)* –– Since 30 March 2018, the Gaza Strip has witnessed a significant increase in Palestinian casualties in the context of mass demonstrations taking place along Israel’s perimeter fence with Gaza.
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The demonstrations have occurred as part of the ‘Great March of Return’, a series of mass protests, expected to continue up to 15 May.
The large number of casualties among unarmed Palestinian demonstrators, including a high percentage of demonstrators hit by live ammunition, has raised concerns about excessive use of force.
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25/04/2018
25 April 2018, Cairo (WHO)* – On World Malaria Day 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are calling on all concerned parties to be ready to end malaria – a disease which can be fatal and which affects millions of people, claiming many lives annually.
This year’s World Malaria Day coincides with activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of WHO. Over the last 7 decades, WHO has been providing support to countries to fight malaria.
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25/04/2018
Calling for more diplomacy, dialogue and mediation to head off conflicts before they break out, United Nations officials urged a gathering of world leaders on 24 April 2018 to help strengthen a new approach to sustaining peace, which aims to put prevention at the heart of the UN’s work.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider | General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák (centre) chairs high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. He is flanked by Secretary-General Guterres (left) and Catherine Pollard, USG for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management.
“The first line of the United Nations Charter commits us to saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war,” UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák said in his opening remarks to the
High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, which runs through tomorrow at UN Headquarters in New York.
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25/04/2018
A newly-launched action plan that encourages employers to expand job opportunities for refugees aims to be a “win-win situation” for both sides, as well as host communities, according to a senior United Nations official.
UNHCR/Gordon Welters | Nastaran Fekri (left) and Rita Butmann (striped shirt) teach a workshop class at the ReDI school in Berlin. Set up for refugees without computer access at home, the school’s three-month course in coding takes students with basic skills to the point where they can build their own online store
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Launched on 24 April 2018 by the UN refugee agency and the 35-member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the plan identifies challenges to integrating refugees into the labour market, but also lists concrete actions to boost their participation.
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