The number of refugees and migrants who have left Venezuela worldwide has now reached three million, the two main United Nations agencies advocating for them announced on Thursday 8 November 2018, flagging the need to increase support for the countries which are hosting large numbers of displaced Venezuelans.
08/11/2018
Poor Diets Threaten Health More than Malaria, Tuberculosis, Measles – New UN Report
With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a co-authored report on Wednesday 7 November 2018, urging policymakers to reduce food loss and waste, to improve access to nutritious and healthy food.
The report, entitled “Preventing nutrient loss and waste across the food system: Policy actions for high-quality diets”, concludes that regularly eating poor-quality food has become a greater public health threat than malaria, tuberculosis or measles.
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08/11/2018
International Crime Gangs Amass ‘Staggering’ Profits in Conflict Zones – Deputy Director, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Human Wrongs Watch
During a 7 November 2018 briefing to the Security Council, Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, described the problem as a “global and accelerating phenomenon, and a threat to international peace and security,” that, in conflict areas alone, is generating around $31.5 billion in illicit profits.
Ms. Reitano’s address was delivered as part of the annual briefing by UN Peacekeeping operations, led by Alexander Zuev, Assistant Secretary-General for the Rule of Law, at the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and included presentations from UN Police Commissioners, on the work being carried out by Missions in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Haiti.
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