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INTERVIEW: ‘Climate of division’ creating more challenging environment for UN peacekeeping
The 10-year-old mission in Mali, MINUSMA is currently winding down ahead of its end of December deadline to leave. In his speech to the UN General Assembly in September this year, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombohe, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, called for the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, to begin its withdrawal from the…
Read MoreUN migration agency to support 700,000 Ukrainians through ‘most challenging’ winter
Humanitarian funding from the European Union (EU), is enabling the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to support over 700,000 Ukrainians with multi-sectoral assistance this winter, which is set to be “the most challenging season yet for the country”. “Displaced and war-affected people will face new and growing challenges as the war drags on and winter grips Ukraine”, said Anh…
Read MoreWHO’s Tedros recaps challenging year, appeals for more information on COVID spread in China
To make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu told journalists at a regular briefing in Geneva that WHO needs more detailed information on disease severity, hospital admissions and requirements for ICU support. “WHO is supporting China to focus its efforts on vaccinating people at the highest risk across the…
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