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3 Ways 5G Will Change the World

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– – Are you interested in the various ways in which 5G is predicted to change the world as we know it? Continue reading to find out everything you need to know. In the past decade, telecommunications technology has continued to evolve at a dramatic pace with the latest and greatest trends and developments rendered obsolete in record-breaking time. In… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across contact line

Village Reporter
“Winter is coming,… all we want to do provide insulin to the hospitals, provide blankets, provide mattresses…it’s not complicated”, said Denise Brown, the Resident Coordinator for the UN in Ukraine.  Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown is starting today a three-day mission to eastern & central Ukraine to see first-hand the humanitarian impact of the war and the response. This is… Read More
Pacific 

Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia 

Village Reporter
The alert from the UN Children’s Fund, comes as Sri Lanka continues to suffer its worst financial slump since independence in 1948.  Mr. Laryea-Adjei reports that, “families are skipping regular meals as staple foods become unaffordable. Children are going to bed hungry, unsure of where their next meal will come from.” “As the economic crisis continues to rattle Sri Lanka,… Read More
Pacific 

UN independent expert proposes action plan to boost human rights in Cambodia

Village Reporter
UN Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn announced the plan on Friday at the conclusion of an 11-day mission to the country.  Although Cambodia has achieved much internationally-recognised progress, and ratified most core human rights treaties, he noted that a “pervasive paradox” persists.  “Since 2017, when the main opposition party was disbanded unjustly by judicial order, the country has effectively been under… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety

Village Reporter
Cluster bombs are weapons designed to be scattered over large areas, containing several hundred “mini-bombs” called sub-munitions. As they make no distinction between civilians, civilian property and military targets, cluster bombs violate the rules of international humanitarian law.  Cluster munitions are not only dangerous in the short-term, but pose severe long term risks to local communities.  It is reported that… Read More
Pacific 

‘Comprehensive’ solution needed to end mass displacement of Rohingya

Village Reporter
Some one million refugees remain in the vast camps of Cox’s Bazar, without any immediate prospect of being able to return home, which more than 150,000 mostly-Muslim Rohingya are still “confined in camps” in their native Rakhine state, said a statement issued on behalf of UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Today marks five years since the start of the forced mass… Read More
Pacific 

Afghanistan: UNHCR alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan

Village Reporter
In the latest incident, some five Afghans, including a family comprising three children and their mother, were returned home to Afghanistan, despite UNHCR’s protests. “Tajikistan must stop detaining and deporting refugees, an action that clearly puts lives at risk,” said Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection. “Forced return of refugees is against the law and runs contrary to the… Read More
Europe 

Guterres underlines need for peace as Ukraine marks six months of ‘senseless war’

Village Reporter
The “sad and tragic milestone” coincided with Ukraine’s 31st anniversary of independence, and Mr. Guterres congratulated the country’s people. Today marks a sad and tragic milestone – six months since Russia’s 24 February invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of civilians have been killed. Millions have been displaced. The people of Ukraine and beyond need peace and they need peace now. —… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: UN agencies deliver food, health and other support amid fighting

Village Reporter
Matilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, called for greater efforts to spare and protect civilians.  The Mission has been in the country since 2014, when it began work documenting violations in the east stemming from the fighting between Government forces and pro-Russian separatists. Ms. Bogner said the resulting escalation of the eight-year long armed… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: Urgent agreement needed to end fighting around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Village Reporter
Recent weeks have seen an escalation in shelling in and around Europe’s largest nuclear facility.  The Council meeting was requested by Russia, whose forces have occupied the plant since March, or shortly after the start of the war, while Ukrainian personnel continue to carry out their on-site operations.  ‘Suicidal’ threat  Ms. DiCarlo reiterated the UN’s ongoing grave concern over the… Read More
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