World Humanitarian Day highlights commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat

World Humanitarian Day highlights commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat

The grim forecast comes ahead of World Humanitarian Day, commemorated annually on 19 August. Since the start of the year, 62 aid workers have been killed, 84 have been wounded and 34 kidnapped, the UN said, citing provisional data from the independent research organization Humanitarian Outcomes.  Last year, the death toll reached 116. Under attack South Sudan remains the most dangerous place to…

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On Peacebuilding Day, ambassadors discuss response to organized crime in the Sahel

‘Real challenges’ must be addressed beyond polling day, urges UN West Africa envoy

In his first briefing to the Security Council since being appointed to the position, Leonardo Santos Simaõ recalled elections in Benin, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. He said they had “marked important steps towards democratic consolidation, offering opportunities for citizens to choose their leaders and representatives at the national and subnational level”….

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