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Edited News | WHO
Global warming that is marked by higher average temperatures, precipitation and longer periods of drought could prompt a record number of dengue fever infections worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
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Edited News | WMO
As global temperatures reach unprecedented levels, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday warned of an increased risk of death as intense heatwaves continued to grip parts of Europe, Asia, North Africa and the United States.
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Edited News | UNHCR , UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
Resurgent violence between non-state armed groups and government forces across North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced 2.8 million people since March 2022, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday.
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Edited News , Press Conferences | UNITED NATIONS
Despite many challenges there is a path to end AIDS by 2030 if countries prove that there is a political and financial choice, said a new global report ‘The Path that ends AIDS’ launched on Thursday by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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Edited News , Press Conferences | FAO , UNICEF , WFP , WHO
Approximately 735 million people face hunger today, compared to 613 million in 2019, the UN said on Wednesday.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“The Russian Federation’s senseless war on Ukraine continues to generate severe and far-reaching violations of human rights,” said UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday, during a UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on Ukraine.
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Edited News | UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
The UN’s top rights official Volker Türk on Tuesday urged respect for religious tolerance and respect during a debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva where Member States convened in response to the recent burning of the holy Quran in the Swedish capital.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today spoke at an urgent debate at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on "the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries".
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Edited News | WFP
Chad-Sudanese border: WFP boosts support for refugees uprooted by conflict. UN humanitarians in Chad expressed concern on Tuesday at surging numbers of people fleeing conflict in Sudan and confirmed that that they have scaled up the Organization’s response to help the wounded and malnourished.
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Edited News , Press Conferences | WMO
Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May, June and July – and the warming El Niño weather pattern is only just getting started - experts at the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.