Edited News , Press Conferences | WMO
Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Wednesday.
Edited News , Press Conferences | UNICEF , UNHCR , OCHA
"Presentation of the Regional Refugee Preparedness and Response Plan for Afghanistan"
Edited News | UNICEF
Launch of the UNICEF Gender and Migration Report UNICEF
Edited News , Press Conferences | UNICEF , WHO
Low and middle-income countries now carrying the burden of hypertension, new report finds
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UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet led calls on Tuesday for Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders to respect the rights of all Afghans, with the treatment of women and girls “a fundamental red line” that should not be crossed.
Edited News | UNHCR , WHO
UN humanitarian agencies and their partners still have access to people in need across Afghanistan, they indicated on Friday, despite the prevailing “sense of fear” felt by many.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNICEF , UNHCR , WHO , UNOG
UN agencies urge Taliban to make good on promises to protect vulnerable Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of the Taliban takeover in the country where humanitarian needs remain critical and widespread among existing and newly displaced populations, UN agencies said on Tuesday.
Edited News | UNHCR , OCHA , WFP
Afghanistan is on course to witness its highest number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since records began, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Edited News | OHCHR
UN rights chief warns of likely war crimes in Afghanistan as Taliban reclaims control.
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
The latest data on climate change from the world’s leading experts in the field indicates that the existential phenomenon is widespread, rapid and intensifying, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said on Monday, while also noting that its worst impacts could be slowed if emissions...