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21 Jun 2018 description
report UN News Service

Le changement climatique, les conflits, les inégalités, la persistance de la pauvreté et de la famine et l'urbanisation rapide remettent en question les efforts des pays pour atteindre les objectifs de développement durable (ODD), selon un rapport de l'ONU publié mercredi à New York.

21 Jun 2018 description

National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) Vice Chairman Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Win Myat Aye addressed the Mon State natural disaster management committee coordination meeting held in the Mon State government office meeting hall yesterday.

He said Myanmar is a country where natural disasters occur every year, and it was conducting preventive works to withstand them. Myanmar is also among the countries that are not ready to face and overcome natural disasters, said the Union Minister.

21 Jun 2018 description

La dépendance au bois combustible explique en grande partie la déforestation et la dégradation des forêts lors des déplacements de populations

20 juin 2018, Rome/Genève – L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) ont lancé aujourd’hui un nouveau manuel afin d’aider à restaurer les forêts dans les régions touchées par les déplacements massifs de populations, où une forte dépendance au bois combustible compromet la santé des forêts et des bois.

21 Jun 2018 description

Marawi City, Mindanao, Philippines

A child beneficiary from Bito Elementary School expresses gratitude for the provision of chairs and tables, as well as the repair of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene facilities, that have contributed to the school’s more conducive learning environment. These activities were implemented by CFSI through the Marawi Schools Support Project (MSSP), funded by Manulife Data Services, Inc.

The project benefitted over 3,000 learners and teachers from 12 of the re-opened schools in Marawi City.

21 Jun 2018 description
report European Commission

‘The Hotline serves as a catalyst for cooperation between conflict parties. At the same time, it defuses tensions and prevents escalations, it represents an excellent instrument for confidence building, and it contributes to improving lives of people on both sides of the Administrative Boundary Line’. – Erik Høeg, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia

21 Jun 2018 description

ECOSOC/6931
20 JUIN 2018
CONSEIL ÉCONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL
SESSION DE 2018, 37E & 38E SÉANCES PLÉNIÈRES – MATIN & APRÈS-MIDI

« Il y a un proverbe africain qui dit qu’un enfant, c’est mon enfant, que les enfants, ce sont nos enfants », a déclaré le Vice-Président de Conseil économique et social (ECOSOC), M. Jerry Matthews Matjila, à l’entame de la deuxième journée de la session 2018 de son segment humanitaire, qui a vu la tenue de deux discussions de haut niveau.

20 Jun 2018 description

New York, 20 June 2018

As delivered

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is great to be moderating today's session.

You will all have seen the 2018 Secretary-General's report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in which he wrote that the current situation of children in armed conflict "reveals a state of unrelenting horror and suffering affecting millions of women, children and men across all conflicts."

20 Jun 2018 description

ECOSOC/6931

Economic and Social Council
2018 Session, 37th & 38th Meetings (AM & PM)

Prompt and effective action was key to addressing the sweeping impact of armed conflict on children as well as the myriad effects of climate change on the most vulnerable sectors of society, speakers said today as the Economic and Social Council continued its humanitarian affairs segment.

20 Jun 2018 description

By Richard Waddington

CARTAGENA, 20 June, 2018 – Effective disaster risk management requires an “inclusive, all-of-society approach” that reflects the views of those who suffer most from such events, the head of the UNISDR told a regional conference on disaster risk reduction.

20 Jun 2018 description

By Richard Waddington

CARTEGENA, 20 June, 2018 – Colombia, one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to natural hazards, has made great progress in implementing disaster risk reduction policies, although much remains to be done, President Juan Manuel Santos said today.

20 Jun 2018 description

New York, New York 13 December 2017

As delivered

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you to this high-level panel discussion.

Our task this afternoon is to explore how the humanitarian system can better address the impact of extreme weather events and climate change on the most vulnerable people, including older people, women and children.

We are already engaged in a battle with extreme weather.

20 Jun 2018 description

High Commissioner says Niger, despite its own poverty and problems, is an example to the world.

By Don Murray

NIAMEY, Niger - “One of the poorest countries is also one of the most generous.”

UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi was speaking of Niger.

“It has security issues, economic problems and a complex neighbourhood, but it has always kept its borders open.”

20 Jun 2018 description

A fast-changing climate, conflict, inequality, persistent pockets of poverty and hunger and rapid urbanization are challenging countries’ efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a UN report launched in New York today.

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 found that conflict and climate change were major contributing factors leading to growing numbers of people facing hunger and forced displacement, as well as curtailing progress towards universal access to basic water and sanitation services.

20 Jun 2018 description
report European Commission

European Commission - Press release

Brussels, 20 June 2018

Today, on World Refugee Day, the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis has approved new projects to support refugees and local communities in Lebanon and Jordan.

The new projects include the public schooling of refugee children in Lebanon and social assistance for vulnerable refugees and local communities affected by the Syrian crisis in Lebanon and Jordan. The new aid package brings the overall value of projects under the Trust Fund to over €1.4 billion.

20 Jun 2018 description

Este documento fue publicado por OCHA con apoyo en la elaboración de UMAICy con información suministrada por Comité Municipal de Gestion del Riesgo Puerto Leguizamo.

20 Jun 2018 description
report UN News Service

Los líderes de las Naciones Unidas han expresado en los últimos días su profunda preocupación por el sufrimiento de los niños migrantes y refugiados. En las últimas semanas, se estima que cerca de 2000 niños se han visto forzados a separarse de sus familias en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Este miércoles, 20 de junio, se conmemora el Día Mundial de los Refugiados.

En los últimos días, varios representantes de las Naciones Unidas han indicado que los niños refugiados no deberían ser separados de sus padres.

20 Jun 2018 description

Son 19 jornadas en junio que iniciaron hoy en Guarne y continúan esta semana en otros municipios, con actos encabezados por la directora nacional de la Unidad para las Víctimas, Yolanda Pinto Afanador.

Con talleres de educación financiera para la inversión adecuada de los recursos, la Unidad para la Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas continúa desde hoy las jornadas para la entrega de la indemnización económica a 2.003 sobrevivientes del conflicto en Antioquia durante este mes.