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Myanmar and UN agriculture agency agree framework to improve nutrition and food security

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“The agriculture sector has a major role to play in addressing sustained rates of food insecurity and malnutrition through agricultural diversification and rural income generation,” Kundhavi Kadiresan, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said at the launch of the accord in Nay Pyi Taw. The Country Programming… Read More
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UN and partners appeal for $920 million to meet ‘dire needs’ of Rohingya refugees

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The 2019 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis seeks to raise $920 million to assist more than 900,000 refugees from Myanmar and the more than 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis hosting them. “Our humanitarian imperative today is to stabilize the situation of stateless Rohingya refugees and their Bangladesh hosts”, said Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). “We are hoping for… Read More
Europe 

UN agencies call for action to bolster rights of Europe’s stateless children

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With more than 500,000 people in Europe estimated to be unrecognized as a citizen of any country, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored that children without a nationality have limited access to basic rights and services, like education or healthcare, and can face life-long discrimination.  “Life is stacked against a stateless child right from… Read More
Europe 

LGBT community in Chechnya faces ‘new wave of persecution’: UN human rights experts

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In a statement released by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the experts expressed alarm at information indicating a worsening situation for LGBT people in Chechnya: “Abuse inflicted on victims has allegedly become more cruel and violent compared with reports from 2017. It is no longer only gay men in Chechnya who are being targeted but… Read More
Europe 

Civilians ‘continue to pay highest price’ in Ukraine conflict, with peace prospects losing ‘momentum’

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 “More than 3,300 civilians have been killed, and up to 9,000 injured since the conflict began in 2014,” Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, told Council Members, adding that 1.5 million have been internally displaced. In 2019, she said, 3.5 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection services, “many of whom are elderly, women and children”. The impact… Read More
Pacific 

Scale of displacement across Myanmar ‘very difficult to gauge’, says UN refugee agency

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Andrej Mahecic, spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed deep concern over the humanitarian impact of the continuing violence and the “potential for both further internal displacement and the outflow of refugees”. “As part of inter-agency efforts, UNHCR stands ready to support the humanitarian response in the affected areas in Myanmar”, he stated,… Read More
Europe 

Measles in Europe: infection rates highest in a decade, says UN health agency

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In 2018, measles killed 72 children and adults in the European Region, which consists of 53 countries, including Azerbaijan, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Close to 82,600 people in 47 of those 53 countries contracted the virus, representing the highest number of annual cases in the past decade: three times the total reported in 2017, and 15… Read More
Pacific 

Parliamentary bid to democratize Myanmar constitution a ‘positive development’ says UN rights expert

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“The establishment of this committee is a positive development that I hope will aid Myanmar to truly transition to democracy,” she said. Noting that there was popular support for constitutional reform, Ms. Yanghee Lee encouraged the new joint committee to deliver accordingly. The ruling National League for Democracy party, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, pledged to amend the constitution… Read More
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