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Explainer: What is famine?

Global Author
With the release of the latest food security report from the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) on war-ravaged Gaza since December, World Food Programme (WFP) chief economist Arif Husain walked UN News through the process. What is the threshold for famine? Famine is essentially a technical term, referring to a population that faces widespread malnutrition and hunger-related deaths due… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘Historic milestone’ as child mortality hits record low of 4.9 million in 2022

Global Author
Figures released by the UN Interagency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) reveal the global under-five mortality rate has declined by 51 per cent since 2000. Some countries such as Cambodia, Malawi, Mongolia and Rwanda reduced under-five mortality rate by over 75 per cent over the time period. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell praised the dedicated efforts of midwives,… Read More
Human Rights 

UPDATING LIVE: Civilians in Israel and Palestine ‘cannot be abandoned’, says top UN official on sexual violence in conflict

Village Reporter
Amid worsening humanitarian conditions in the war in Gaza, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, briefed the Security Council in New York on her sexual violence report relating to the 7 October attacks. She said while nothing can justify the “deliberate violence” perpetrated by Hamas, nothing could justify “the collective punishment of the people… Read More
Human Rights 

World News in Brief: Rights violations in Iran, Haiti chaos grows, prison reform in face of pandemic threat

Village Reporter
Violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls has led to serious human rights violations by Iran – many amounting to crimes against humanity – the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the country said in its first report issued on Friday. Source UN News Read More
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