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Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder’s boost for World Braille Day

·January 5, 2024·1 min read

“Yet, out of millions of publications each year, fewer than five per cent are made available in accessible formats for visually impaired persons in developing countries,” he added. The global superstar, who lost his sight shortly after birth, was designated as a Messenger of Peace in 2009 with a focus...

UNICEF deplores deadly Christmas Day attack on family in Haiti

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·January 1, 2024·1 min read

Four people, including two girls under the age of 10, were killed in the incident, which occured in the Croix de Bouquet district. Four other family members were kidnapped. ‘Unprecedented’ escalation in crime Similar attacks occurred in the same neighbourhood a week ago, said Bruno Maes, UNICEF Representative in Haiti,...

‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day

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·December 28, 2023·1 min read

The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message on Wednesday to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness....

Over 700 a day dying from small arms fire; main ‘weapons of choice’ for criminals and terrorists

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·December 16, 2023·1 min read

That’s according to Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, who briefed the Security Council on Friday, quoting the latest figures available. “This is more than 700 people a day, or one person dying from small arms every two minutes”, she said. She added that “small arms and light weapons...

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

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·December 4, 2023·2 min read

This year’s commemoration pays tribute to the people and organizations that have been on the frontlines of the disease – from fighting stigma and discrimination, to advocating for access to affordable interventions and community-led services. They “have left an indelible mark on the world with their activism,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. ...

UN affirms solidarity with the Palestinian people on International Day

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·November 30, 2023·4 min read

The annual observation on 29 November marks the day in 1947 that the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on partitioning Palestine into two independent States, one Arab and one Jewish. The 1948 displacement of Palestinians from land that became Israel – known as the Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic) –...

Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day

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·November 27, 2023·2 min read

And as the UN emergency relief coordination office, OCHA, reported that people in the south were queuing for kilometres to obtain cooking gas and resorting to burning window frames and doors for cooking, it added that the four-day humanitarian pause agreed upon by Israel and Hamas has been “largely maintained”. Under...

UN confirms more aid entering Gaza as humanitarian pause holds for second day

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·November 26, 2023·1 min read

The freight included food, water and emergency medical supplies. Eleven ambulances, 3 coaches and a flatbed were delivered to Al Shifa hospital to be used to assist with evacuations. Also on Saturday, another 200 trucks were dispatched from Nitzana, with 187 of them successfully entering Gaza by 19:00 local time. In...

Hitching a ride to a better future: Sustainable Transport Day

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·November 26, 2023·1 min read

“This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depends on cleaner and greener transportation systems,” Antonio Guterres explained, spotlighting the relationship between transportation and global sustainability. Fuelling climate chaos “Transportation represents the world’s circulatory system, delivering people and goods across countries and around the...

UN delivers more aid into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause

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·November 25, 2023·1 min read

Gaza has a population of over two million, with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugee, UNRWA, hosting more than a million displaced people in 156 of its installations across the enclave. The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday that 200 trucks were dispatched from Nitzana, a town...

World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation

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·November 19, 2023·3 min read

In line with this year’s theme of accelerating change, innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of some of the world’s 3.5 billion people living without safe toilets. From a Nepalese woman who prompted her village to improve hygiene to a fresh game plan launched in 2022 by the...

World Habitat Day focuses on cities as drivers of growth

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·October 2, 2023·2 min read

Global economic growth is declining to about 2.5 per cent this year, the UN said. Apart from the initial COVID-19 crisis three years ago, and the global financial crisis in 2009, this represents the weakest level since 2001. Given the size of the contribution of cities to national economies, the...