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When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa
Antibiotics, malaria treatments, painkillers, opioids. More than 250 tonnes of medical products were seized over six years in Central Africa. Behind those numbers is an illicit market that thrives not simply despite the region’s fragile health systems, but in part because of them.
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‘Ebola takes the people children depend on’: UNICEF
The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is robbing children of their loved ones – with some succumbing to the deadly disease themselves, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday.
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New Permanent Representative of Albania Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Dastid Koreshi, the new Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Koreshi served as the Permanent Representative…
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Ninety-Third Session in Geneva
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its ninety-third session, hearing a statement from a representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and adopting its agenda for the session. During the session, the Committee will review the…
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Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Kazakhstan, the Cook Islands, Kenya and the Republic of Moldova
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was today briefed by representatives of civil society organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Kazakhstan, the Cook Islands, Kenya and the Republic of Moldova, the reports of which the Committee will review this week.…
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Security, sacrifice or opportunity: Visions differ over effective climate action
Should the world move away sharply from fossil fuels, or manage a slower, more careful retreat?
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Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis
Pregnancy and childbirth have become a «new fault line in the global climate crisis» as extreme heat worsens, the head of the UN climate action body (UNFCCC) warned on Monday, calling for maternal and newborn health to be built into countries’ climate plans.
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ICC unseals four arrest warrants over Taliban persecution of women and girls
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has made public four arrest warrants against senior Taliban figures, accusing them of persecuting women and girls in Afghanistan, which amounts to a crime against humanity.
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Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on aid trucks in South Kordofan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned a deadly airstrike on two clearly marked aid trucks in South Kordofan, Sudan, this past weekend.
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UN upholds housing as a human right on World Habitat Day
Representatives from governments, civil society and academia meeting in Muscat, Oman on Monday called for urgent action to address a global housing crisis affecting nearly 3.4 billion people.
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One day behind bars: Students and incarcerated women break prison stigma in Thailand
«Your mind follows the thread, one by one, row by row. You know? It’s like meditation. I don’t like machines.»
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‘Money alone won’t get us there’: UN steps up aid for 12 forgotten crises
Getting aid to people in the world’s most neglected emergencies takes more than money. It takes open roads, open borders and leaders willing to help it reach those in dire need.
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Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions
The package originated in Entebbe, Uganda, bound for Cairo, containing 10 kilograms of thumb-sized pieces that could have been either bone or elephant ivory.
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Rotting food waste emits 5 times more greenhouse gases than planes
Rotting food waste is causing up to 10 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – five times more than the entire aviation sector, the UN’s environment agency warned this week.
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‘He felt heard’: How a film brought a UN report to life in Xochimilco
A documentary drawn from United Nations University research was screened at the COP30 climate conference and film festivals across Europe. Its most important journey, though, was the one back to the Mexico City canals where it was filmed.
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Beyond the Moon: Space Week around the world
Right after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, UNOOSA, the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, was established and has since been monitoring developments across more than 77 successful lunar missions and other journeys while also taking a lead role in the annual World Space Week, which runs from 4 to 10 October.
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