The Humanly Possible joint global communication campaign aims to boost vaccination programmes around the world, with support from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Thanks to vaccinations, more children now survive and thrive past their fifth birthday than at any other point in history,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine…
3:15 PM ‘Insidious campaign’ to end UNRWA aid operation in Gaza: Lazzarini UNRWA is the backbone of the aid effort to stop Gaza slipping into famine, Mr. Lazzarini told ambassadors, and beyond that it has championed Palestinian development for decades. “Today an insidious campaign to end UNRWA’s operations is underway, with serious implications for international…
The Commissioner-General of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) briefed the Security Council in New York on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, telling ambassadors that life-saving deliveries are being blocked by Israel as part of an “insidious campaign” to push it out of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
As crises continue to unfold, there has been a lack of unity among world leaders in solving challenges for the “collective good”, the Youth Office said in a letter kickstarting the campaign. The office says it deems it important to have leaders and institutions include young people in roles where their voices can be heard,…
In a statement following a briefing last week by Bintou Keita, the head of the UN mission, MONUSCO, ambassadors condemned all armed groups operating in the country and demanded the immediate cessation of hostilities and of any further advances by the M23. They expressed concern over ongoing displacement in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu…
—File photo The special anti-polio campaign in 11 districts of Balochistan is continuing on the last day as well. EOC officials say that more than 95% of the target has been achieved in the anti-polio campaign. Officials have said that a target of 889,000 children has been set for polio vaccination. EOC officials say that…
File photo A 5-day special anti-polio campaign will begin tomorrow in 11 districts of Balochistan. According to Emergency Operation Center Balochistan, this special anti-polio campaign will be started in the districts of Balochistan including Chaman, Dera Bugti, Hub, Lasbela, Naseerabad, Sibi, Jafarabad, Kech, Khuzdar, Awsta Muhammad and Sahabpur. . Coordinator Syed Zahid Shah has said…
High Commissioner Volker Türk said, from the capital Ouagadougou, that his local office had been “engaging intensely with the authorities, civil society actors, human rights defenders, UN partners and others on many of the multifaceted human rights challenges” the country faces following a coup in January 2022 that saw Captain Ibrahim Traoré assume power. Solidarity…
—File photo A 5-day anti-polio campaign has started in North Waziristan. In this regard, the Deputy Commissioner of North Waziristan says that 145 thousand 900 children will be administered polio drops during the polio campaign. He said that vitamin A capsules will also be given to children under 5 years of age. Deputy Commissioner North…
File photo A 7-day anti-polio campaign has started across Sindh from today. Caretaker Health Minister Sindh Dr. Saad says that the anti-polio campaign will continue till March 3, 16 million children will be administered polio drops. Dr. Saad said that children aged 6 months to 5 years will be given additional doses of vitamin A….
