Archive for January 31st, 2023

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31/01/2023

As the Pace of Urbanization Quickens in Asia-Pacific, So Too Does the Threat of Urban Food Insecurity

Human Wrongs Watch

In 2021, 396 million people in the region were undernourished and an estimated 1.05 billion people suffered from moderate or severe food insecurity.

©Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos for FAO

Increasingly, food security and nutrition in the urban context will determine progress, or lack thereof, towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 2 to eliminate hunger and the World Health Assembly targets on food security and nutrition. ©Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos for FAO

Bangkok, 14 Januray 2023 (FAO)* – Asia’s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region’s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030, and that will have equally enormous consequences for urban food security and nutrition, according to the main findings of a new report by four United Nations agencies.

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31/01/2023

Israel-Palestine: UNICEF Warns that Children Are Paying ‘the Highest Price’ as Violence Escalates

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Alarmed by the recent killing and injury of many children in Israel and Palestine, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) voiced an appeal to parties on Monday [] to de-escalate tensions and refrain from violence.

A Palestinian boy inspects his home which was targeted by the Israeli warplanes in Gaza City. (May 2021)
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba | A Palestinian boy inspects his home which was targeted by the Israeli warplanes in Gaza City. (May 2021)

“Children continue to pay the highest price of violence,” the statement declared.
“As the situation remains very volatile, UNICEF fears that an increasing number of children will suffer.”
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Just a few weeks into the new year, seven Palestinian children and one Israeli child had been killed and many more injured.
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Since 26 January alone, the terrorist attack outside a Jerusalem synagogue left at least seven Israelis dead and three injured, and the raid of a West Bank refugee camp resulted in the killing of nine Palestinians.

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