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Investing in midwives is crucial to saving lives, as they help make pregnancy and childbirth safer for mothers and their babies.
@UNFPA works to address the global shortage of midwives, ensuring more mothers have access to the skilled care they need, wherever they are.
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Head of @UNMIKosovo, Peter Due, briefed the Security Council on growing divisions in Kosovo, concerns over minority rights and the challenges of building trust between communities.
For more than eight decades, the UN emblem has served as a symbol of hope, peace and unity for people all around the world.
Learn more about our work ahead of Saturday's #UNDay: un.org/en/essential-un
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WMO SG Celeste Saulo & @UNOCHA @UNReliefChief call for urgent humanitarian action as El Niño is set to hit fragile communities hard.
New WMO update indicates that the current El Niño event could be unprecedented in strength.
Read SG Saulo's statement: bit.ly/4BnMaO0
The latest #EmissionsGap Report from @UNEP warns current climate plans fall dangerously short, putting the world on track for worsening impacts.
@antonioguterres calls for urgent #ClimateAction to cut emissions & accelerate clean energy.
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Extreme heat can endanger lives before birth—and put pregnant women, newborns and young children at increasing health risk. This means higher odds of preterm birth, still birth, low birth weight, and cardiovascular complications during labour.
For 1.5 billion children, heatwaves are becoming more frequent, lasting longer and growing more severe.
WHO, WMO, UNICEF and UNFPA are helping countries make health impacts visible - so they can take action.
Learn more: bit.ly/4zLTLEh
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Renewed fighting in northern #Ethiopia is compounding an already dire humanitarian situation.
Here's what's happening, and why scaled-up and sustained humanitarian and recovery support is critical.
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Every fraction of a degree of global warming matters.
Yet greenhouse gas emissions remain at record levels.
The new @UNEP #EmissionsGap Report shows what it will take to change course & pull back from the brink of a climate catastrophe.
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Kenya provides more than 400 military and police officers to six @UNPeacekeeping missions around the world.
They are #ServingForPeace at great personal risk and under harsh conditions to help others.
We thank them for their service and sacrifice.
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Amid the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, the role of UNICEF-supported community health workers like Thomas can be life-saving.
Hear from him and UNICEF’s @LelmiU how timely and accurate information about the disease and its prevention measures is helping keep children and their families safe.
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900 million people. Over 2,260 UNESCO-designated sites. 🌍
At #COP17Armenia, @UNESCO highlights the role of local communities and their knowledge in biodiversity conservation.
Discover the People and Nature report: unesco.org/en/articles/peopl…
#ForThePeople #ForNature #COP17
.@UNPeacekeeping mission in Central African Republic has helped protect civilians & restore State authority, @UN_CAR chief tells Security Council, stressing need to protect recent gains & maintain focus on long-term peace & stability.
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The chance to keep global warming below 1.5°C with no overshoot is gone.
But urgent action can still limit the overshoot and bring warming back to 1.5°C by 2100.
Current policies, however, put the 🌎 on course for up to 2.8°C this century.
New #EmissionsGap Report: unep.org/en/news-and-stories…
Children in conflict zones must be protected, online and offline.
The Security Council has unanimously adopted a new resolution to protect children from digital harms and ensure they can safely benefit from technology.
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Across Sudan, children continue to face deadly violence after more than three years of conflict.
UNICEF calls on all parties to the conflict to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law and protect civilians and civilian infrastructure. Children must be protected wherever they are, at all times.
Details: unicef.link/4yulKaA
ALT At least 12 children, some as young as two, were reportedly killed in two separate incidents in Sudan's West Kordofan and Khartoum states in recent days.
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Coral reefs provide vital habitat for a quarter of the world’s known marine species.
From bees & earthworms to coral reefs & rainforests, biodiversity helps to keep our agrifood systems healthy, productive & resilient.
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#COP17Armenia
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UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk says the mass protests across Albania, Belgium, France, Italy and Portugal are raising human rights concerns.
"I condemn all acts of violence, and call on all of those involved to reduce tensions and prevent further violence. The best and only way forward is inclusive and safe dialogue."
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Yemen: More than 250,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.
Displaced families remain in dire need of shelter & protection.
Humanitarian access must be allowed.
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Nature underpins everything we need to survive.
The world agreed to conserve 30% of land and seas and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030. But these targets are off track.
#COP17Armenia is a chance to take stock and speed up action.
What’s on the agenda: unep.org/en/news-and-stories…
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#Yemen: @volker_turk calls for immediate access for humanitarian relief to #Taiz to avert a human rights catastrophe following the encirclement of the city by de facto authorities.
Humanitarian aid must be immediately allowed to enter the city and its passage must be facilitated. Civilians wishing to leave must be allowed to do so freely and safely.
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