UN supports 'monumental step' for cancer sufferers in northwest Syria

UN supports ‘monumental step’ for cancer sufferers in northwest Syria

It marks a “monumental step” for cancer treatment in the region said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing reporters in New York. Radiotherapy sessions have historically not been available in local health facilities, forcing Syrian cancer patients to become dependent on cross-border referrals to Türkiye, he added. The announcement comes on the heels of multiple advocacy…

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Ukraine: Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres

Ukraine: Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres

Water from the reservoir of the Kakhovka dam is also used to cool the nearby Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Europe’s largest, which has been under constant threat since being occupied by Russian forces early in the conflict.  The UN Office in Ukraine tweeted that “thousands of people in Ukraine are in peril” following the major…

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