Middle East

Commentary on “Write off Donald Trump and the dollar at your peril” by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

7 September 2017

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, who writes in The Daily Telegraph (London) published a very interesting article on 6 September 2017, “Write off Donald Trump and the dollar at your peril.” In this article he points out that American corporations have retained a large amount of their foreign [read more]

Climate change ‘could double’ the number of droughts in Jordan by 2100

6 September 2017

by Daisy Dunne The number of droughts in Jordan could double by 2100 as a result of climate change, new research suggests. However, conflict in Syria, a close neighbour of Jordan, could also play a role in future drought risk in the region, the lead author tells Carbon Brief. An end to the Syrian [read more]

Climate Change: Heat Waves as a Growing Threat to Human Health

3 September 2017

When considering the effects of climate change there are frequent references to increased temperatures, heat waves and the impact on human health. In the last few years a considerable amount of research has been undertaken, and show would uncover have suggested a human survivability threshold based [read more]

INTERVIEW: Preventing conflict key to relieving suffering, stresses outgoing UN humanitarian chie

29 August 2017

28 August 2017 – Preventing conflicts from breaking out in the first place, and holding perpetrators accountable for their actions once they do, is vital to relieving the suffering seen in many parts of the world, according to the top United Nations humanitarian official, Stephen O’Brien. [read more]

Thousands of people are fleeing Telafar for safety

22 August 2017

(Baghdad, 20 August 2017): Thousands of civilians are expected to flee from Telafar and surrounding communities during the Iraqi military operation to retake these areas from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). “Thousands of people are fleeing Telafar for safety,” said Lise Grande, [read more]

STEPHEN O’BRIEN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL ARRIA-FORMULA MEETING ON YEMEN

22 August 2017

United Nations / Nations Unies Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, STEPHEN O’BRIEN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL ARRIA-FORMULA MEETING ON YEMEN New York, 21 August 2017 As delivered Mr. President, [read more]

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen

26 July 2017

ADEN/SANA’A, 26 July 2017 – “As the heads of three United Nations agencies – UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) – we have travelled together to Yemen to see for ourselves the scale of this humanitarian crisis and to step up our combined efforts [read more]

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on the cholera outbreak in Yemen as suspected cases exceed 200,000

24 June 2017

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 24 June 2017 – The rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has exceeded 200,000 suspected cases, increasing at an average of 5,000 a day. We are now facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world. In just two months, cholera has spread to almost every governorate of this [read more]

Muzoon Almellehan: UNICEF’s Youngest Goodwill Ambassador

19 June 2017

NEW YORK, 19 June 2017 – UNICEF announced today, on the eve of World Refugee Day, the appointment of Muzoon Almellehan, a 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee, as its newest – and youngest – Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment makes Muzoon the first person with official refugee [read more]

Famine response and prevention in Northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

12 June 2017

June 2017The world faces one of the largest food crises in 70 years, with 20 million people in four countries — northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen — at risk of famine. If no action is taken, an additional 10 million will be threatened by famine. Famine has already been [read more]

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