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As, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), more than half its population is under the age of 18.However, almost half of these children, the UN agency said in a 2022 report, live under extreme conditions caused by child abuse, inadequate healthcare, lack of access to education, and so on.As Children's Day is being celebrated today, this episode of Nigeria Daily will look at how protected the rights of Nigerian children are and what needs to be done to secure a brighter future for them.

James Elder, Spokesperson for the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF), responds to Israel's plan to expand its operations in Gaza.

As the war in Sudan nears its third devastating year the situation for children has reached a critical point, with an estimated 825,000 children trapped in and around the besieged Darfuri city of Al-Fasher alone, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).The ongoing conflict between rival militaries continues to displace thousands, while the collapse of essential services has left children vulnerable to death, disease, and malnutrition.Speaking to UN News's Abdelmonem Makki from Port Sudan, Eva Hinds, advocacy and communications chief for UNICEF Sudan, delivered a stark assessment of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding.

Child marriage remains a significant challenge in Nepal, impacting the lives of tens of thousands of young girls. While its prevalence has dropped from a staggering 60 per cent in 2006 to about 35 per cent in 2022, one in three girls is still married off before turning 18.Economic hardship, lack of access to education, cultural norms and gender inequality continue to drive the practice, with devastating consequences for young girls. Boys are also affected, with one in 10 forced into early marriage.UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has been working alongside the Government and partners in Nepal to combat the scourge. UN News' Vibhu Mishra spoke to UNICEF Representative in Nepal, Alice Akunga.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says worsening insecurity in the DRC's rebel-controlled cities of Goma and Bukavu is making it extremely difficult to feed and care for thousands of children and women. John James is a communications specialist for UNICEF. He tells VOA's Chinedu Offor that with the airport out of use, warehouses looted, and infections soaring, time is running out to save thousands of lives.

In Syria, unexploded ordinance is the deadliest threat faced by children today – a legacy of the country's 14-year war – the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.Speaking from Damascus, the UN agency's Communication Manager for Emergencies, Ricardo Pires, said more than 300,000 mines are still spread across the country, according to estimates. “The threat is very real for children,” he told UN News's Daniel Johnson. Some parts of country are “fully contaminated with these deadly devices,” while kids are simply unaware of the dangers – which can “end in tragedy.”Here's Mr. Pires now, explaining why it is so important for the international community to take urgent action to prevent more deaths and life-changing injuries. 

A UN-led mass vaccination campaign in underway in northeast Syria's notorious Al Hol camp complex to protect the nearly 40,000 people being detained there from a cholera outbreak.For years, Al Hol has housed Syrians, Iraqis and other third country nationals linked to – or impacted by – the country's long civil war, which ended with the ousting of President Bashar al Assad in late November.Among those being held are hundreds of family members of alleged terrorist fighters from ISIL and other groups.With more on the campaign, which has been happening with the blessing of Damascus's caretaker authorities and local administrators in northeast Syria, Khourchid Hassan – a health and nutrition officer with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) – has been speaking to UN News's Daniel Johnson.

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has not solved the country's massive humanitarian emergency, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) insisted on Thursday, with some two million sheltering in the northwest unable to go back to villages and cities shattered by 14 years of war.In an interview with UN News's Daniel Johnson, the agency's regional chief of communications and advocacy in the Middle East, Ammar Ammar, has been describing the dramatic scenes he saw, while on mission this week to Damascus, Aleppo, Hama and Homs.He began with an update on Tishreen Dam in northern Syria, scene of clashes between Kurdish groups of the Syrian Democratic Forces and pro-Turkish elements of the Free Syrian Army.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it is collaborating with the Democratic Republic of Congo to prevent violence against women and children by going after perpetrators of sex crimes. UNICEF's Child Protection chief for the DRC, Ramatou Toure, tells VOA's Chinedu Offor that time is running out as fighting intensifies.

Around 890 children have been injured in the past year in Lebanon, according to the country's Ministry of Public Health, with 75 per cent of those injuries occurring in the last month. As the conflict escalates, the number of child casualties has risen rapidly.The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working to assist children across various affected areas, including Tyre, Rmaich, Marjaaoun, Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley. Their efforts include providing shelter, medical supplies, mental health support, and access to education and essential goods.Tess Ingram, Communications Manager for UNICEF Middle East and North Africa, told Nancy Sarkis of UN News: “Above everything else, the children of Lebanon need peace.”

UN agencies and partners have launched the second phase of a mass campaign to vaccinate some 540,000 young children in Gaza against polio.Teams have all the necessary supplies to carry out the campaign, including cold chain storage for the vaccine doses and finger markers to indicate a child has been inoculated, said Hamish Young, Senior Emergency Coordinator for Gaza with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). However, what they need most is access, he said, particularly when the campaign heads to northern Gaza next week, given the new evacuation orders issued by Israel and the escalation in hostilities. Mr. Young spoke to UN News's Khaled Mohammed about some of the surprises from the first day, the challenges that lie ahead, and why Israel must adhere to its commitment to ensure teams can safely vaccinate all children amid the ongoing war. 

The brutal war in Sudan continues to affect children across the country, including in North Darfur where there has been a sharp escalation in fighting. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reports that at least 150 boys and girls have been killed in Darfur since April, and many more injured, in ferocious fighting between the Sudanese Army and rival paramilitary Rapid Security Forces (RSF) who have been locked in conflict for nearly 18 months. The war has put Sudan's children at risk of diseases such as cholera and malaria, as well as famine and malnutrition, while also preventing a staggering 80 per cent from attending school – possibly the world's largest education emergency. UN News's Ezzat El-Ferri asked UNICEF Representative to Sudan Sheldon Yett about the agency's efforts to combat these crises.  

More than 215 people, including 35 children, have lost their lives, with dozens still missing after heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Nepal.The capital Kathmandu has been hardest hit, experiencing its heaviest rains in over 50 years. Hundreds of homes, schools and hospitals have been damaged, and parts of the city remain underwater.The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Nepal has dispatched emergency teams to the affected regions, providing vital humanitarian aid, as UN News' Vibhu Mishra has been hearing from Florine Bos, Chief of Communications at UNICEF Nepal.Click here for the accompanying text story.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it is facing a fresh wave of Internally Displaced Persons, or IDPs, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, complicating efforts to provide aid and mitigate the spread of the mpox disease. Grant Leity, a Country Representative who just returned from Goma and Ituri provinces, told VOA's Chinedu Offor that it is s a race against time.

The recent confirmation of famine at the Zamzam camp in Sudan is “also a canary in a coal mine”, the new Representative of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the country has warned.Sheldon Yett said the situation is an indication that “terrible things” are happening there. He also recalled that food security experts report conditions are “equally bad” at more than a dozen other locations across the country, where rival militaries have been battling for more than a year.Speaking from Port Sudan, Mr. Yett told UN News's Abdelmonem Makki that despite access constraints, insecurity and other challenges, UNICEF and partners are bringing supplies to Zamzam camp “every day”, but not enough food is getting in.

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners are preparing to launch a campaign this month to vaccinate thousands of children in Gaza against polio after the disease was detected in sewage samples in two locations.Boys and girls caught in the war wonder when the fighting will end, said UNICEF communications officer Salim Owais, who spent eight days in the enclave.Mr. Owais visited several hospitals where he met children suffering from various diseases and war injuries amid the ongoing lack of doctors, medicines and equipment. Speaking from Deir Al-Balah, he told UN News's Abdelmonem Makki that “the picture is really grim in Gaza in general, but in a different way in hospitals.” 

Rotary Hearts fundraise for childhood cancer and youth mental health issues.  Rotary Hearts fundraise for childhood cancer and youth mental health issues. My guests this week are: Anne Goeres, Director Luxembourg Foundation for Children with cancer, Fondatioun Kriibskrank Kanner Vinciane Grevesse – Governor-Elect of Rotary Club's District 2160 for 2024-2025 Anastasia Vanden Berghe - President of Rotary Club Luxembourg Hearts for 2024-2025 Pol Bertems - Project Manager at Arcus asbl. Rotary Club Ambitions The vision of the Rotary Club was born in 1905 with Paul Harris, an attorney in Chicago, to bring together professionals from diverse backgrounds in order to exchange ideas and form lifelong friendships. Over time, Rotary expanded its scope to engage in humanitarian service, locally and globally. Rotary members volunteer their time and skills across various focus areas, and with a global network of 1.4 million, the leverage potential to undertake impactful projects is substantial. For instance, Rotary is a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a public-private partnership led by national governments and consisting of six core partners: the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Rotary Clubs in Luxembourg Vinciane Grevesse has been a member of a Rotary Club since 2012 and is now Governor-Elect of Rotary Club's District 2160 for 2024-2025. Rotary District 2160, covers both Belgium and Luxembourg, comprising 68 Rotary Clubs and 5 Rotaract clubs (for young adults aged 18 to 30). Luxembourg has 14 Rotary Clubs and 1 Rotaract Club. Vinciane tells us about the Zesummen Ennerwee (travelling together) project which takes place on the last Sunday of September. The idea is to offer people with disabilities a day filled with joyful experiences of movement. From boat and horseback rides to journeys in vintage cars, tractors, and even airplanes, the day is dedicated to sharing moments across land, air and sea. English Speaking Rotary Hearts Club Anastasia Vanden Berghe is President of Rotary Club Luxembourg-Hearts 2024-2025. Luxembourg-Hearts is the only English-speaking club in Luxembourg. With the priority this year on children's well-being and mental health related to children, Rotary Hearts are working with Fondatioun Kriibskrank Kanner for their Masquerade Charity Gala, on October 19th at Hotel Le Royale. Website: https://luxembourg-hearts.rotary2160.org/en/ Event Website : https://rotary-hearts-2160.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/98062402/admin/feed/posts/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rotaryhearts Anne GOERES, Managing Director at the Fondatioun Kriibskrank Kanner, talks about their three core missions: To help improve the physical and psychological condition of the child and their family Raise awareness of childhood cancer and defend the children's rights Support actively onco-paediatric research by funding specific projects with one main goal: cure more children and cure them better. One of Anne's significant achievements is developing FIGHT KIDS CANCER, an annual European call for projects dedicated to accelerating paediatric oncology research. In 4 years, Fight Kids Cancer funded 30 research projects for more than 18 million euros and in 11 different childhood cancer types. Childhood cancer is an umbrella term for more than 60 types of cancer that affect children and adolescents. Unlike adult cancers, which are often linked to lifestyle or environmental factors, the causes of childhood cancers are largely unknown. The most common types of childhood cancer include leukemia, brain tumours, and lymphomas. Children with cancer face unique challenges due to their developing bodies and minds. Treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery can significantly impact their growth and development. Additionally, the psychological and emotional toll on both the children and their families can be profound. The Foundation supports the daily life of families in need : every child with cancer living in Luxembourg or of which at least one parent works in Luxembourg can benefit from their services, from the very first day of diagnosis on. This includes information and help for financial and social matters, therapeutic support and also educational and recreational programmes. Fondatioun Kriibskrank Kanner is fully financed by donations. You can help by participating in the charity run Letz Go Gold at the end of September and / or join the Rotary Club Luxembourg Hearts 10th Anniversary Masquerade Gala This year, all funds raised from the gala will be dedicated to selected research programs on children's brain tumours. www.fondatioun.lu www.letzgogold.lu  Rotary Hearts Club also works with Arcus, as one of their aims is to help children's mental health. Pol Bertems, Arcus Project Manager, tells us more about the association. Arcus is a non-profit organisation in social, educational, and therapeutic work, primarily focusing on children, youth and their families. The "Kannerhaiser," operated by Arcus, are Children's Reception Centres that offer care and support to children and youth from challenging family backgrounds, often needing temporary separation from their parents. These centres create a safe, nurturing environment that focuses on health, academic growth, social and family bonds, autonomy, and structured daily routines. They also support children recovering from traumatic events and involve biological parents actively to strengthen family ties and provide educational guidance. Arcus also provides specialized accommodation for children and youth with psychological and physical issues stemming from abuse or neglect, collaborating with child psychiatry experts for personalised therapies. A primary objective is to foster independence, particularly for youth aged 12 and older. The centres, spread across 18 living groups with over 136 spots, are located in various areas like Grevenmacher, Olingen, and Echternach, catering to children and teenagers aged 3 to 20 years. The Animal Assisted Pedagogy and Therapy project at Kannerhaiser allows children to be surrounded by a range of animals, including horses, donkeys, sheep, alpacas, dogs, cats, chickens, and rabbits. These animals do not judge or hold prejudices, offering a unique, unbiased interaction for the youngsters, who often face judgment and bias in human interactions. Working with animals can significantly boost children's self-confidence and trust in themselves and others. It also aids in their integration into group settings. www.fondatioun.lu www.letzgogold.lu https://www.facebook.com/Arcus.asbl https://www.instagram.com/Arcus_asbl/ https://www.Arcus.lu/ Website: https://luxembourg-hearts.rotary2160.org/en/ Event Website : https://rotary-hearts-2160.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/98062402/admin/feed/posts/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rotaryhearts

Thousands of families in Gaza were once again on the move on Monday after Israel issued new evacuation orders in Khan Younis.The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA continues to assist people across the embattled enclave where “no place is safe” after 10 months of war, according to Communications Director Juliette Touma.She spoke to UN News's Abdelmonem Makki about UNRWA's work in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported a shocking rise in the number of youngsters killed since October.Ms. Touma began by speaking about how a UN convoy was hit by heavy shooting while heading to Gaza City on Sunday. 

Sierra Leone has banned child marriage. According to the French News Agency (AFP), the new law, passed by parliament makes it a crime to marry a girl under 18 years of age. It also mandates jail time of up to 15 years. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says one-third of all girls in Sierra Leone are married before their 18th birthday. Sierra Leone Information Minister Chernor Bah tells VOA's James Butty, the ban marks a significant milestone for his country's journey to defending the welfare of its children.

Africa commemorated the Day of the African Child Sunday. The day had its beginning on June 16, 1971, when thousands of South African students in Soweto Township marched and demanded to be taught in their own language, not the Afrikaans language of apartheid South Africa. Police responded and killed hundreds of students. The theme of this year's celebration is: “Education for All Children in Africa: The Time is Now. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has released a report which shows that most African countries are not meeting their commitment to allocate 20 percent of their national budgets on education. Sacha Westerbeek, UNICEF's chief communication officer, tells VOA's James Butty, African governments should recommit to making education a budgetary priority.

How can the art of writing be kept alive in an era when all communication is done digitally? Once indispensable for distance communication, letter writing used to serve as an important educational tool that developed children's cognitive and creative capacities, teaching them how to organize and articulate their thoughts. As a more humane and empathetic means of exchange, letters also used to facilitate international connections in spite of differences – something the world increasingly needs today and which is harder to attain through digital messaging only. Ahead of the UN Summit of the Future in September 2024, the UPU partnered with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to ask children from around the world about their vision of and hopes for the future through the UPU's flagship International Letter-Writing Competition. Just a few weeks ahead of the deadline for submissions, the UPU sat with June Kunugi, Director of Public Partnerships at UNICEF, a professional journalist, and one of the competition's jury members, to discuss how the initiative supports UNICEF's mission to advocate for children's rights. In this latest episode of Voice Mail, Kunugi highlights how UNICEF's engagement in the competition will help increase opportunities for children in the most disadvantaged and remote communities, how to turn the risks of technology into new opportunities for youth's engagement and empowerment, and how we should all work together to ensure that the voice of every child is pronounced and listened to.

UN agencies and their partners are providing support to thousands of people from the Kharkiv region in Ukraine who have been evacuated from frontline areas where intensive Russian air strikes continue.The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said vulnerable boys and girls are among those arriving at a humanitarian hub in the main city, Kharkiv.They include children with disabilities and those who had been living with foster families and will now need to be placed in new homes.UN News's Nargiz Shekinskaya asked Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Head in Ukraine, about the challenges displaced families face. 

In conversation with Elsabe Boshoff, Samrawit Getaneh and Nastasia Thebaud-Bouillon-Njenga This is a podcast series brought to you by the HRDA Alumni Task Force on Climate Justice and Rights of Future Generations in Africa, hosted under the Africa Rights Talk – Centre for Human Rights podcast. The initial aim is to produce a limited series of six podcasts that form a coherent whole, introducing some of the main challenges related to climate change and human rights in Africa. We take this opportunity to acknowledge the financial support of the European Union through the Global Campus for Human Rights. In this podcast episode, the two speakers, Elsabe Boshoff and Samrawit Getaneh, discuss on how climate change disproportionately affects children in Africa, and the interlinkages between multiple systematic inequalities affecting girls and boys in their diversity. They also touch on the responsibilities of African states as duty bearers with regard to ensuring the whole range of children's human rights in the context of a changing climate. Samrawit elaborates on the negative impacts of climate change due to their physical and cognitive levels of development. She highlights how children bear the brunt of the impact of anthropogenic GHC emissions. Samrawit further stresses that girls are particularly impacted by the effects of climate change, given the gender norms that affect their roles, such as helping with household chores. Elsabe reflects on the urgency to tackle climate-related challenges in Africa based on the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) that has projected that around 125 million children could be subjected to the consequences of climate change by 2030, through displacement, water scarcity and malnutrition, which all impact on the health of the child. In addition, Elsabe points out the impacts of heatwaves on pregnant women and their fetuses, which include delayed brain development in unborn children, resulting in educational attainment and work outcomes later in life. Finally, both speakers zoom in on some recommendations such as children empowerment and more engagement from state members. Children can be empowered to share their views on climate-related issues that directly affect them. These are through child parliaments where children get the opportunity to debate on important issues on the national agenda. It is also important that African state parties engage more with the Working Group on Children's Rights and Climate Change under the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (African Committee). In this podcast episode, the two speakers, Elsabe Boshoff and Samrawit Getaneh, discuss on how climate change disproportionately affects children in Africa, and the interlinkages between multiple systematic inequalities affecting girls and boys in their diversity. They also touch on the responsibilities of African states as duty bearers with regard to ensuring the whole range of children's human rights in the context of a changing climate. Samrawit elaborates on the negative impacts of climate change due to their physical and cognitive levels of development. She highlights how children bear the brunt of the impact of anthropogenic GHC emissions. Samrawit further stresses that girls are particularly impacted by the effects of climate change, given the gender norms that affect their roles, such as helping with household chores. Elsabe reflects on the urgency to tackle climate-related challenges in Africa based on the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) that has projected that around 125 million children could be subjected to the consequences of climate change by 2030, through displacement, waterscarcity and malnutrition, which all impact on the health of the child. In addition, Elsabe points out the impacts of heatwaves on pregnant women and their fetuses, which include delayed brain development in unborn children, resulting in educational attainment and work outcomes later in life. Finally, both speakers zoom in on some recommendations such as children empowerment and more engagement from state members. Children can be empowered to share their views on climate-related issues that directly affect them. These are through child parliaments where children get the opportunity to debate on important issues on the national agenda. It is also important that African state parties engage more with the Working Group on Children's Rights and Climate Change under the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (African Committee).   Elsabe Boshoff (HRDA Class of 2017, South Africa) is a Doctoral Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR). Her PhD research focuses on the right to development in the African human rights system, particularly in the context of the extractive industries. Prior to joining the NCHR, Elsabe has worked with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights between 2017 to 2020.   Samrawit Getaneh (HRDA Class of 2016, Ethiopia) is a Senior Child Rights Protection Officer at the African Committee. She is particularly interested in mechanisms of human rights protection, the protection of the rights of vulnerable groups and minority groups, the nexus between human rights and development as well as climate change and human rights. She is also a current PhD researcher at the University of the Western Cape.   Nastasia Thebaud-Bouillon-Njenga (HRDA Class of 2015, France/Kenya) is a human rights attorney and a consultant in climate justice, gender equality, the right to food and children's rights. She is the founder of Ujasiri Human Rights consultancy, an NGO providing advocacy, training and research consultancy services to civil society actors.   This conversation was recorded on 22 March 2024.      

Speaking at an UN Security Council emergency meeting on Monday, the UN's Children's Fund (UNICEF) executive director said that two thirds of all people killed in Gaza since Israel declared war on Hamas, have been women and children. Joining us on Perspective, UNICEF spokesperson Toby Fricker says that the number translates to “420 children being killed or injured every day” and that an immediate humanitarian ceasefire is needed to provide access to life-saving supplies.

[This show is produced in Somali only; English caption of the show context is down below] Todobaadkan #TubtaNabadda, ka hor Maalinta Bani'aadamnimada Aduunka waxaan ku falanqeyneynaa xaalada Bani'aadamnimada ee Soomaaliya iyo dadaallada ay wadaan hay'adaha samafalka iyo dowladduba si wax looga qabto baahiyaha ka jira wadanka. Waxaan wareysanay Maxamuud Xuseen oo ka socda Hay'adda Qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsan daryeelka carruurta ee UNICEF, oo nala wadaagaya safarkiisa gaarka ah ee ku aaddan ka mid noqoshada shaqaalaha samafalka iyo saameynta ay shaqadiisu ku leedahay nolosha carruurta iyo qoysaska Soomaaliyeed, wuxuuna sidoo kale nala wadaagaya sheekooyin cajiib ah oo ku saabsan u adkeysiga dhibaatada. Waxaa kaloo barnaamijka marti noogu ah Maxamed Macallin oo ka socda Hay'adda Maareynta Masiibooyinka Soomaaliyeed (SODMA) oo sharraxaad ka bixinaya doorka SODMA ee isku xirka arrimaha Bani'aadamnimada iyo muhiimadda ay leedahay in ay is kaashadan hay'adaha kala duwan ee wax ka qabta xaaladda Bani'aadamnimada ee Soomaaliya. Barnaamijka waxaa soo jeedinaya Cali Guutaale iyo Fatxi Maxamed. Nala wadaag aragtidaada ku saabsan baahiyaha Bani'aadamnimada ee degdega ah ee ka jira Soomaaliya iyo sida shaqaalaha Bani'aadamnimada ay u dabooli karaan baahiyahaas adigoo wacaya raadiyaha aad ugu jeceshahay inta uu socdo barnaamijka maanta: Radio Mogadishu (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Kulmiye (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Baidoa (1.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) SBC Radio (1.20 p.m., 7.30 p.m.) Radio Garowe (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Cadaado (1.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Risala (2.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) Radio Dalsan (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Hiranweyn (1.15 p.m., 8.15 p.m.) Radio Galgaduud (2.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) Radio Kismaayo (2.30 p.m., 7.00 p.m.) Waamo Radio (8.00 p.m.) Isnaay Radio (7.00 p.m.) Sanguuni Radio (8.00 p.m. Axad) Beerlula Radio (8.30 p.m. Axad) Arlaadi Radio (8.00 p.m. Axad) Radio Daar-Dheer (8.30 p.m. Talaado) Radio Jowhar (2:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m.) Waxaad sidoo kale ka helikartaa Podcast qaybtaan iyo qaybaha kaleba: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../tubta-nabaada.../id1373615264 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/tubta-nabaada-path-to-peace TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/Tubta-Nabaada-Path-to-Peace-p1120872/ -------- Si aad wax badan uga ogaato wararka iyo warbixinada Howlgalka Kaalmaynta QM ee Soomaaliya, booqo: Website: https://unsom.unmissions.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNSomalia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNSOMALIA Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/unsom/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/unsom-somalia/... Vimeo: https://www.vimeo.com/unsom ----- ----- This week on #TubtaNabadda, ahead of World Humanitarian Day, we discuss the humanitarian situation in Somalia and efforts by both the humanitarian community and the government to address needs in this area. We speak with Mohamud Hussein from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), who shares his personal journey of becoming a humanitarian worker and the impact of his work on the lives of Somali children and families, and he also shares remarkable stories of resilience in the face of adversity. Our second guest, Mohamed Moalim from the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SODMA), explains the role of SODMA in coordinating humanitarian affairs and the importance of collaboration among different actors in addressing the humanitarian situation in Somalia. The programme is presented in Somali by Ali Gutale and Fathi Mohamed. Share your views on the most urgent humanitarian needs in Somalia and how humanitarian workers can meet these needs by calling your favourite radio station during the show today.

BMW will invest R4.2-billion over the next five years in its Rosslyn plant in South Africa to build the new-generation X3 sports-activity vehicle, including a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). South Africa will be the exclusive global supplier of the X3 PHEV, with internal combustion engine production to only be added to the fold later in the product's lifecycle. Production of the PHEV will start in the second half of next year, with the first prototype vehicles already rolling off the assembly line in Pretoria. The PHEV will also be on sale in South Africa. The Rosslyn plant this year celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. It was the European premium car maker's first wholly owned plant outside Germany. BMW management board member for production and BMW Group South Africa (BMW SA) chairperson Dr Milan Nedeljković says the next step for the South African plant will be battery electric vehicles (BEVs). “By preparing for PHEVs we are setting the path for electrification.” Nedeljković says PHEV production will require some structural preparation within the plant, as well as skills training. He adds that flexibility is key to BMW's global success, especially the ability to assemble different derivatives on a single assembly line, as is currently the case with Rosslyn producing the current X3, as well as the initial prototypes of the fourth-generation X3. “We are committed to transformation and our associates' skills development with the implementation of a plant-wide training programme for the new model,” says Rosslyn plant director Dr Niklas Fichtmüller. “More than 300 BMW Plant Rosslyn associates will receive specialised training to support the production of the next-generation BMW X3 PHEV.” Around 20 000 people are directly and indirectly employed at BMW SA's facilities and within its supply chain. More than 1.6-million vehicles have been manufactured at the Rosslyn plant, to date, and exported to more than 40 countries worldwide, including 14 African countries. The production portfolio in Rosslyn has included the BMW 1800 SA and BMW 2000 SA, as well as BMW 5 Series and BMW 7 Series vehicles. Rosslyn had been an important pillar for the production of the BMW 3 Series from 1983 until 2018, when the BMW X3, the best-selling BMW vehicle in South Africa, started rolling off the assembly line. PHEV production at Rosslyn will make the X3 the second PHEV model to be produced locally among South Africa's seven vehicle manufacturers, with one mild hybrid also in production. No BEVs are produced in South Africa. Unicef BMW has also announced a donation of R30-million to support a United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) programme. The BMW Group and Unicef will embark on a joint effort targeted at thousands of South African primary and secondary school learners to extend and deepen their knowledge in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.

On Daybreak Africa: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has called for urgent scale-up of interventions and funding to respond to rising sexual violence against children and women in the DRC's North Kivu Province. Plus, Zambia launches a DNA lab to investigate sexual offenses. Rights groups say Sudan's warring sides show a reckless disregard for civilians in Western Darfur, and Malawi Uses Force to Relocate Refugees. African countries work to reduce road accident deaths as the world marks Road Safety Week. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

A new report from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) shows that immunization rates are in crisis, with 67 million children missing out on life-saving vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic.Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are now on the rise, and it's getting harder to play catch-up, as a surge in misinformation has dented the public's confidence in the importance and efficacy of childhood shots.UNICEF's Global Head of Advocacy, Lily Caprani, has been talking to Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer about restoring vaccine confidence, and what needs to be done to accelerate immunization efforts now.

In this episode of the "Social Protection for Prevention of and Response to Gender-based Violence" series, our guests talk about how social protection schemes can provide assistance to people fleeing gender-based violence. These people are vulnerable and may need many kinds of support. We look at examples of programmes providing cash support for survivors of domestic violence, as well as those that facilitate access to other services, such as referral pathways, healthcare, housing, etc. Guests for this episode include: Tara Patricia Cookson, Assistant Professor of Gender, Development and Global Public Policy at the University of British Columbia and co-founder of Ladysmith; Merike Blofield, Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies and Professor of Political Science at the University of Hamburg; and Gerson Nombora, Child Protection Specialist at UNICEF Mozambique.   In the “Quick Wins” segment, Mayra Cardozo, a Brazilian lawyer and gender researcher, member of the National Human Rights Commission of the Federal Council of the National Bar Association of Brazil and Professor of Criminal Law at EPD, shares some of the findings of her research on the programmes in place in Brazil that help women and children who are survivors of domestic violence.   The joint webinar and podcast series "Social Protection for Prevention of and Response to Gender-Based Violence" is produced by socialprotection.org and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), with support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Tune in for the first webinar of the series, Girls Deserve Better: Countering Violence Against Adolescents through Social Protection, taking place on 28 March at 8.30 AM EDT.   Episode links:   Webinar: Harnessing Social Protection the Address Violence against Women and Girls Book: Unjust Conditions: Women's Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs Publication: A diagonal and social protection plus approach to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 syndemic: cash transfers and intimate partner violence interventions in Latin America Article: UNICEF Mozambique shows how 'cash and care' accelerate child well-being   Quick Wins link:   Article: Financial Support for Victims of Domestic Violence in Brazil

In this episode of the "Social Protection for Prevention of and Response to Gender-Based Violence" series, our guests discuss how economic factors can drive gender-based violence at the community level, and why this is important for social protection programming. The focus is on designing social protection programmes that can prevent gender-based violence against women and people with diverse gender identities, expressions, and sexual orientations (SOGIESC). The guests draw on available evidence and practical experience to discuss various aspects of the social protection delivery chain, including targeting, registration, payment, and the unique risks and issues related to people with diverse SOGIESC. Guests for this episode include Shalini Roy, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and Emily Dwyer, Founder and Co-Director of Edge Effect. In the "Quick Wins" segment, two guests from the World Bank—Alessandra Heinemann, Social Protection Specialist, and Gender Lead, and Palak Rawal, Gender and Social Protection Consultant—offer practical advice on designing social protection programmes that can safeguard and prevent gender-based violence. They also share additional resources for further reading on the topic. The joint webinar and podcast series "Social Protection for Prevention of and Response to Gender-Based Violence" is produced by socialprotection.org and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), with support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Tune in for the first webinar of the series, Girls Deserve Better: Countering Violence Against Adolescents through Social Protection, taking place on 28 March at 8.30 AM EDT.   Episode links: Publication: Cash transfers and intimate partner violence: A research view on design and implementation for risk mitigation and prevention Publication: We don't do a lot for them specifically: A scoping report on gaps and opportunities for improving diverse SOGIESC inclusion in cash transfer and social protection programs, during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond Podcast: How can social protection impact gender-based violence?   Quick Wins links Publication: Safety first: How to leverage social safety nets to prevent gender-based violence Online course: How to leverage social safety nets to prevent gender-based violence Publication: Invisible women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men

Kicking off the three-part series ‘'Social Protection for Prevention of and Response to Gender-Based Violence'', this episode presents a deep dive into what we know about the impacts of social protection on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and some of the remaining knowledge gaps. We look at economic empowerment programmes and how they can help reduce economic stress and challenge gender norms that often drive violence in community settings.  Drawing from the available evidence, our guests were also invited to reflect on both the positive pathways through which social protection can contribute to reducing intimate partner violence (IPV) and the possibility of it introducing risks of increased violence. Finally, as some food for thought, what would a feminist social protection policy look like?   Our guests for this episode:  Ana Maria Buller, Associate Professor in Social Sciences and Director of the Gender Violence and Health Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine  Lusajo Kajula, Principal Investigator, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti  Amber Peterman, Research Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  For our ‘Quick Wins' segment, Wessel van den Berg (MenCare Officer at Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice) talks about ways to engage men in the dialogue around gender norms and roles as part of a gender transformative approach. What does this entail for social protection?  The ‘'Social Protection for Prevention of and Response to Gender-Based Violence'' series is produced by socialprotection.org and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), with the support from UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).    Episode links: A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries Effects of Government-Implemented Cash Plus Model on Violence Experiences and Perpetration Among Adolescents in Tanzania Government of Ethiopia's public works and complementary programmes: A mixed-methods study on pathways to reduce intimate partner violence Public Work Programs and Gender-Based Violence : Evidence from Lao PDR Domestic violence and workfare: An evaluation of India's MGNREGS Can transfers and behavior change communication reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh Public Work and Private Violence Cash Transfer and IPV Research Collaborative Transfer Project   Quick Wins links: Applying a Masculinities Lens to the Gendered Impacts of Social Safety Nets MenCare: A Global Fatherhood Campaign State of South Africa's Fathers 2021 Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples' intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda: Findings from a randomized controlled trial A cluster randomized-controlled trial of a community mobilization intervention to change gender norms and reduce HIV risk in rural South Africa

**UkraineGood afternoon and Happy New Year, everyone. From Ukraine, our humanitarian colleagues tell us that attacks intensified during the New Year holiday, causing multiple civilian casualties, including among children and journalists, in several parts of the country. Ukrainian authorities reported more than 50 civilian casualties on 31 December 2022 alone. In the capital, Kyiv, a hotel, residential homes and several education facilities, including a university, were damaged in the latest attacks. Furthermore, two children were injured due to hostilities in Khersonska oblast on 31 December 2022. One of them — a 13-year-old boy — was evacuated to the children's hospital in Kherson, which itself was shelled in the early hours of 1 January, according to the Governor.Intensive fighting also continues in eastern Donetska and Luhanska oblasts, with civilian casualties and civilian infrastructure damage reported on both sides of the front line. Despite continued attacks we, along with our humanitarian partners, continue to deliver support to the people in need in the most impacted communities. On 28 December 2022, an inter-agency convoy delivered food, water, blankets, emergency shelter kits and other supplies from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) to the front-line towns of Lyman and Sviatohirsk in Donetska oblast. Both communities have been exposed to heavy fighting, which destroyed houses and critical infrastructure and decimated access to basic services. The people who still live in these areas are mostly the elderly and people with limited mobility.**IsraelWe've been asked recently about the new Government in Israel, and we can say the following: The Secretary-General looks forward to continuing to work closely with the new Government of Israel to advance the work of the United Nations. He reiterates the United Nations' commitment to supporting Israelis and Palestinians to achieve a sustainable peace and return to the path towards a negotiated two-State solution, based on relevant United Nations resolutions, international law and prior agreements.**MyanmarWe've been asked for a comment on the sentencing of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and I can say that the Secretary-General expresses his deep concern over the final verdicts and sentencing of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and reiterates his calls for her immediate release and that of President Win Myint and of all arbitrarily detained prisoners in Myanmar. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrines the principles of equality before the law, the presumption of innocence, and the right to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, with all the guarantees necessary for a person's defence.**SyriaIn a statement issued yesterday, UN humanitarian leaders urged Security Council members to preserve the cross-border aid lifeline to north-west Syria, warning that without it, millions of people, especially those displaced for years and multiple times, will not have access to food and shelter. UN Security Council resolution 2642 (2022), which allows for aid to be delivered to north-west Syria from across the Turkish border, is set to expire next week. In 2022, UN agencies and partners delivered aid from across the Turkish border, reaching an average of 2.7 million people every month.**LebanonIn response to questions we have been receiving, we can confirm that on 31 December (2022), the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force assisted the Lebanese Armed Forces-Navy with a search-and-rescue operation relating to a boat in distress off the northern coast, between Beirut and Tripoli. Despite the challenging conditions, the Maritime Task Force and the Lebanese Navy were able to rescue 232 people although, sadly, one child and a woman died.**ColombiaOver the weekend, we issued a statement in which the Secretary-General welcomed the announcement by the President of Colombia of the six-month ceasefire with armed groups, a development that brings renewed hope for comprehensive peace to the Colombian people as the New Year dawns. The Secretary-General said he trusts that adherence to these commitments will reduce violence and the suffering of conflict-affected communities, while helping to build confidence in ongoing dialogues. We also issued statements on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and the gas tanker explosion in Bokburg, South Africa.

Patrick Sciarratta, President of the Global NGO Executive Committee, discusses how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) interface with the United Nations Department of Global Communication regarding issues to eliminate the devastation of war, promote economic and social development and enhance human rights. Many NGOs have Consultative Status at the United Nations with organs such as the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). One NGO that has been a major UN partner is Rotary International (RI). In 1987, Rotary invited some UN agencies, namely the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), along with the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), to form a unique public-private partnership to combat the scourge of polio. Other NGOs such as Kiwanis International and Lions International have collaborated with UN agencies on a wide-range of health and legal problems. Nearly 2,000 NGOs representing faith-based, businesses, environmentalists, labor, human rights, etc. groups are networking with the UN.

**Secretary-General's TravelGood afternoon and happy Friday to everyone. The Secretary-General has recently arrived in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, where he is set to meet the President of Moldova, Maia Sandru. Earlier today, the Secretary-General traveled to Odesa, Ukraine's main Black Sea port, where he was greeted by Oleksandr Kubrakov, the country's infrastructure minister. The Secretary-General boarded the M/V Kubrosli Y, a bulk carrier loading up some 10,000 metric tons of wheat. Touring the ship, he was able to witness grain filling up the ship's holding tanks.In speaking to reporters afterwards, Mr. [António] Guterres expressed his emotion at being able to witness the loading operation. He said that in less than a month, 25 ships have departed from Odesa and other Ukrainian ports, carrying well over 600,000 metric tons of food products. As he toured the port, the Secretary-General made a special appeal to the wealthier world for those bearing the brunt of the global food crisis. He said that it is time for massive and generous support so developing countries can purchase the food from Odesa and other ports — and people can buy it.Tomorrow, the Secretary-General will fly to Istanbul to visit the Joint Coordination Centre for the Black Sea Grain Initiative. He will return to New York late tomorrow night.**AfghanistanIn a statement issued yesterday evening, the Secretary-General expressed his deep concern over a series of explosions in Afghanistan that have killed and injured more than 250 people this month, including children. He strongly condemned the Wednesday attack at the Abu Bakar Mosque in Kabul city. The Secretary-General extends his deepest condolences to the victims' families and wishes a swift recovery to those injured. Any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed. All Afghans have the right to live in peace and exercise their freedom of religion.**Occupied Palestinian TerritoryIn a statement yesterday, United Nations agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said that they and their partners take seriously allegations of funding terrorism and the Israeli designations of seven Palestinian organizations as “terror organizations” and/or “unlawful”. However, they add, despite offers to review the allegations to determine if funds have been diverted, Israeli authorities have not given any compelling evidence to the United Nations Agencies nor its NGO (non-governmental organization) partners working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to support these designations. The attempted closures of these organizations' offices represent the latest in a series of actions by Israel that are further limiting the ability of human rights, humanitarian and development work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which affect all institutions working to promote human rights, development and delivering assistance. The UN agencies urge the Government of Israel to refrain from any action that would prevent these organizations from continuing their critical human rights, humanitarian and development work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.**Horn of AfricaIn the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding its assistance as levels of hunger soar after back-to-back droughts. Since the start of the year, 9 million more people have slipped into severe food insecurity across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, leaving 22 million people struggling to find enough food to eat. Across the Horn of Africa, the drought is expected to continue in the coming months, with a fifth poor rainy season forecast for later this year. Across the three drought-affected countries, WFP is targeting 8.5 million people across the Horn of Africa, up from 6.3 million at the start of the year. WFP is providing food and cash assistance to families and distributing fortified foods to women and young children to treat spiralling rates of malnutrition and prevent more people from slipping closer towards famine. WFP cash grants and insurance schemes are also helping families to buy food to keep livestock alive or to compensate them when their animals die. More information is available online.**SomaliaStaying in the Horn of Africa, in Somalia, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has released $10 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to ramp up emergency aid in the country, which is looking into the abyss after its worst drought in 40 years. Catastrophic levels of food insecurity have been declared for the first time since 2017, with 213,000 people in famine-like conditions and half the population — 7.8 million people — being acutely food insecure. The drought has displaced over one million people in Somalia since 2021, and an estimated 1.5 million children under age 5 face acute malnutrition. Humanitarians reached over 4 million people with assistance in the first half of this year, and they continue to scale up to avert the worst, supported by the additional CERF funds. With this latest funding, the Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated a total of $41 million to the drought response in Somalia this year.**ZambiaIn Zambia, our United Nations team, led by Resident Coordinator Beatrice Mutali, is bolstering efforts to support authorities to tackle multiple shocks, including the spike in costs of living, climate change and the pandemic impacts. On the health front, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has purchased 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, nearly a quarter million test kits, 1 million sets of personal protective equipment and 500 cold chains and solar fridges, boosting the national vaccination campaign, alongside the team's communications efforts. Over half of the population is fully vaccinated. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also trained over 260 health workers to manage cases in isolation centres. For its part, the World Food Programme has helped 110,000 smallholder farmers recover from droughts, with training to protect degraded soil and diversify crops. We are also investing in entrepreneurship, with the International Labour Organization (ILO) training over 400 small and medium companies on safety and improved operations, while the UN Development Programme (UNDP) helped establish a fund to boost women's access to credit and further support businesses.**HaitiAnd in Haiti, Martin Griffiths has allocated $5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to help meet humanitarian needs caused by gang violence in Haiti. Since July, hundreds of people have been killed in clashes between gangs in Haiti's Cité Soleil. Many others have been trapped in the fighting, cutting off their access to drinking water, food and health care. Overall, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that nearly 280,000 people are affected by this situation. Funding through UNICEF and WFP will provide food, drinking water, health care and education support to more than 100,000 people. The high level of insecurity is compromising humanitarians' access to impacted people, for food or cash distributions, as well as access to basic services such as health and education for at least 1 to 1.5 million people who are trapped in gang-controlled neighbourhoods. The Haiti Humanitarian Response Plan, asking for $373 million, is currently 14 per cent funded.**EbolaWHO has published today its first guideline for Ebola virus disease therapeutics, with new strong recommendations for the use of two monoclonal antibodies. WHO calls on the global community to increase access to these lifesaving medicines. The WHO guidelines will support health care providers caring for patients with Ebola, and policymakers involved in outbreak preparedness and response. The new guidance complements clinical care guidance that outlines the optimized supportive care Ebola patients should receive, from the relevant tests to administer, to managing pain, nutrition and co-infections, and other approaches that put the patient on the best path to recovery. More information is online.**NicaraguaOscar had asked me recently about Nicaragua, and I can say that the Secretary-General is very concerned by the severe closure of democratic and civic space in Nicaragua and recent actions against civil society organizations, including those of the Catholic Church. Reports of a raid against the residence of the Catholic bishop of Matagalpa only heightens these concerns. The Secretary-General reiterates his call to the Government of Nicaragua to ensure the protection of human rights of all citizens, particularly the universal rights of peaceful assembly, and to freedoms of association, thought, conscience, and religion, and to release all people arbitrarily detained.**World Humanitarian DayToday is World Humanitarian Day. In a message, the Secretary-General notes that far from the spotlight and out of the headlines, humanitarians work around the clock to make our world a better place. Against incredible odds, and often at great personal risk, he says, they ease suffering in some of the most dangerous circumstances imaginable. The Secretary-General notes that today, the number of people who need humanitarian assistance has never been higher, because of conflicts, climate change, COVID-19, poverty, hunger and unprecedented levels of displacement. On this year's World Humanitarian Day, he says, we celebrate humanitarians everywhere. We salute their dedication and courage and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in pursuit of this noble cause. They represent the best of humanity, the Secretary-General adds. As part of the day, we just had a wreath-laying ceremony to remember our colleagues and friends killed and injured in the attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad 19 years ago. Under-Secretary-Gen

**Secretary-General's TravelThe Secretary-General is in Lviv, where he has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two were later joined by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for a trilateral meeting. In his remarks to the press just now, the Secretary-General reiterated that the United Nations will go on working in full solidarity with the Ukrainian people to mobilize all of our capacities and resources — alongside our national partners — to continue to provide humanitarian support to people in need, wherever it is required. He also underscored that the positive momentum on the food front reflects a victory for diplomacy and for multilateralism. Getting food and fertilizer out of Ukraine and Russia in larger quantities is crucial to further calm commodity markets and lower prices, Mr. [António] Guterres said. “It is essential to provide relief to the most vulnerable people and countries,” he added.The Secretary-General said he had discussed the investigation of the tragic incident in a detention facility in Olenivka on 29 July. In relation to that, he announced that he intends to appoint General Carlos dos Santos Cruz of Brazil to lead a fact-finding mission. In order for the mission to work, he told the press, it needs to have the necessary assurances to guarantee secure access to the site and any other relevant locations. To put it simply, the Secretary-General said, a fact-finding mission must be free to find the facts. And we just put out the transcript of his press remarks.The Secretary-General arrived in Lviv yesterday evening, and, earlier today, he briefly visited the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. In speaking to reporters afterwards, the Secretary-General noted the links between the United Nations and the university, adding that today, the contributions of civil society and of academia are increasingly essential in the development of modern democracies.**UkraineStaying in Ukraine: We, along with our humanitarian partners, yesterday delivered 60 tons of critical supplies in Zaporizka oblast to help meet the most immediate needs of nearly 6,000 people who remain in the Orikhiv settlement, only 6 kilometres from the front line. The nine-truck humanitarian convoy brought food, water, hygiene kits, health supplies, shelter kits and relief items to help people stay warm in the cold season ahead. Our humanitarian colleagues note that this is the first convoy to reach this severely affected area since the war began. Across Ukraine, aid workers have provided life-saving assistance to nearly 12 million people affected by the war since February. However, assistance remains limited in areas beyond the control of the Ukrainian Government.**AfghanistanThe United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today said that it deplores yesterday's attack on a Kabul Mosque, the latest in a disturbing series of bombings which have killed and injured more than 250 people in recent weeks, the highest monthly number of civilian casualties over the last year. The United Nations Mission noted that scores of civilians were killed and injured in Wednesday's attack. UNAMA extended its deepest sympathies to the families of the killed and a speedy recovery to the injured. With security deteriorating, the UN calls on the de facto Taliban authorities to take concrete steps to prevent all forms of terrorism in Afghanistan. The United Nations Mission stressed that vulnerable communities should be provided additional support and perpetrators brought to justice.**ArmeniaThe Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the loss of life and injuries caused by the explosion in a warehouse in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Sunday, 14 August. He extends his sincere condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government and people of Armenia. He wishes the injured a speedy recovery. The United Nations stands by the people of Armenia during this period of mourning.**SyriaTurning to Syria, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator there, Imran Riza, yesterday concluded a four-day mission to the north-eastern Al Hasakeh and Ar-Raqqa Governorates. Mr. Riza warned in a statement today that north-east Syria is facing a severe water crisis - from drinking water to water for irrigation, food production, and power generation – impacting people's health and livelihoods. He said that the UN, working with all parties concerned, is committed to address this crisis. Mr. Riza also visited several camps for internally displaced persons and called for sustained access to services to help affected families in and out of camps break the cycles of poverty and crisis so they can live their lives in dignity. He expressed concern about the increasing levels of violence in Al Hol camp. This year alone, at least 26 people, including three this week, have been murdered in the camp. Twenty of those murdered were women.**HaitiIn Haiti, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says that one year after the devastating earthquake that struck the south-western part of the country, more than 250,000 children do not have access to adequate schools. Reconstruction has been delayed by insecurity and lack of funds and may take years to complete. Despite a challenging environment and limited funding, UNICEF has rebuilt or rehabilitated 234 classrooms. The agency has also provided school kits to 74,000 students. Additionally, almost 100 high performance tents were installed in damaged schools. UNICEF has also repaired 22 drinking water systems reaching 440,000 people. It also provided 23,000 hygiene kits to 121,000 people. At the end of last year, UNICEF requested $97 million through the 2022 Humanitarian Appeal for Children to reach 950,000 people, including 520,000 children in Haiti. To date, UNICEF has only received 30 per cent of the funding needed. The agency is asking for $64.6 million in urgent funding to continue helping the most vulnerable.**ComorosIn Comoros, our team, led by Resident Coordinator François Batalingaya, says there has been progress on COVID-19 vaccinations. Now, over 70 per cent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 have been fully vaccinated, following a month-long national campaign, led by health authorities with the support of the UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, our joint efforts helped the authorities vaccinate nearly half of the entire population. As a result, Comoros is now among the top ten African countries with a high percentage of fully vaccinated people. This success is also attributed to a gender-based community engagement co-led by WHO and UNICEF to involve training nearly 200 women and 140 young journalists in vaccination promotion for youth and early screening.**MadagascarAnd the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that three consecutive years of severe drought in the Grand Sud of Madagascar have led to the country's worst food crisis in the last 20 years, exacerbating the vulnerabilities of already poor populations. Despite humanitarian interventions, FAO said that the outcome of the main agricultural season in 2021 was low due to reduced cultivated areas linked to limited access to agricultural inputs and the delayed onset of rains. FAO notes that the situation was worsened by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.**Financial ContributionAnd last, I am happy to report a fresh contribution to the regular budget. Today it comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and we thank our friends in Kinshasa. DRC's payment takes us to 117 fully paid-up Member States. And with that, I'm open to your questions.

Highlights:- Secretary-General - Yemen- Lebanon- Sri Lanka Papua New Guinea - Climate/Sustainable Development Goals - World Food Programme Transport Training Centre SECRETARY-GENERAL The Secretary-General, António Guterres, will travel to Istanbul, Türkiye, this evening as part of his efforts to ensure full global access to Ukraine's food products and Russian food and fertilizer.YEMEN The Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, has intensified his engagements with the parties to support the implementation of all elements of the truce and to explore possibilities for an expanded and extended truce beyond 2 August. He said that an extended and expanded truce will increase the benefits to the Yemeni people. It will also provide a platform to build more confidence between the parties and start serious discussions on economic priorities, particularly on revenues and salaries, as well as security priorities, including a ceasefire. Ultimately, he added, the aim is to move toward a political settlement that comprehensively ends the conflict. He said that the truce has largely held for almost four months, marking the longest period of relative calm in more than seven years and a significant decrease in the number of civilian casualties. Both sides have nevertheless raised concerns about alleged violations and incidents across multiple frontlines.LEBANON Joanna Wronecka, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, briefed the Security Council in person this morning in closed consultations on the Secretary-General's latest report on that country. Meanwhile, a new report from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warns that, although Lebanon has managed to stave off a total collapse of its water infrastructure, water supply systems remain on the brink, putting the health of millions of people, particularly children, at risk. In the report, UNICEF says that prospects for a solution will remain bleak while the power crisis continues, as electricity shortages make it impossible to pump sufficient water, and in some cases cause pumping operations to shut down completely.SRI LANKA In Sri Lanka, the UN team, led by Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer-Hamdy, is responding to the needs of millions of people impacted by the ongoing economic crisis. Ms. Singer-Hamdy also acknowledged the constitutional transfer of power to a new President. She called on all stakeholders to engage in broad and inclusive consultations to resolve the current economic crisis and the grievances of the people. She noted that a peaceful and stable Sri Lanka will require dialogue, full respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law, including respect for the freedom of assembly and expression. The situation in the country continues to deteriorate, with over 70 per cent of households either losing their source of income or having their income reduced. In June, food inflation stood at 80 per cent. The Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Plan (HNP) launched in June, has reached 57,400 people – or 3.4 per cent of the targeted 1.7 million people. However, fuel shortages in Sri Lanka are a major operational constraint for the humanitarian response. Also, an estimated 960,000 people are in need of protection services. To meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and girls, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) distributed 1,500 dignity and maternity kits to bridge the gap in commodities that are currently out of stock, and to ensure continued protection of survivors of gender-based violence

“Swimming the Volga” is a distinctly personal account written by Brigadier General Peter B. Zwack {Ret.} that begins in 1989 (in the waning years of the Cold War) when as a young army Captain, he received both a Soviet visa and US approval to study Russian at a regional university in Kalinin. This occurred in Russia over the turbulent 1990s just before the rise of Vladimir Putin. General Zwack also highlights how the Russian “state of mind” has changed from 1989 to today, whether the US and Russia are moving to a new Cold War, unexpected consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, revitalization of NATO, red lines to avoid World War 3, and how—even with the UN Security Council being semi-paralyzed-- several United Nations agencies are playing a vital role in Ukraine, such as the UN World Food Program (WFP) , UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Children's' Fund (UNICEF), as well as his suggestions for ending the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.

First families lose their land, then their livestock and then their children; that's the stark reality of life right now in the Horn of Africa, where millions of people have been hit by successive failed rainy seasons. According to UN Children's Fund UNICEF, hundreds of thousands of Somali children are in desperate need of treatment for life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, more even than during the brutal 2011 famine. With more details, here's Rania Dagash, UNICEF Deputy Director for eastern and southern Africa, speaking to UN News's Daniel Johnson.

First families lose their land, then their livestock and then their children; that's the stark reality of life right now in the Horn of Africa, where millions of people have been hit by successive failed rainy seasons. According to UN Children's Fund UNICEF, hundreds of thousands of Somali children are in desperate need of treatment for life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, more even than during the brutal 2011 famine. With more details, here's Rania Dagash, UNICEF Deputy Director for eastern and southern Africa, speaking to UN News's Daniel Johnson.

Legal identity is universal, transcending national and socioeconomic borders. It is a central tenet of the UN's 2030 SDGs and cuts across over 70 development indicators, including birth registration. Evidentiary proof of citizenship is now a necessary tool to ensure access to health, education, and welfare services. As Laurence Chandy, director of Data, Research and Policy at the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), recently stated: the prioritization of documentation within global policy, including the transition from paper to digital identity systems, is ‘one of the most under-appreciated revolutions in international development'. During a period of intense global political-economic reconfiguration, inter-governmental organizations, multi-lateral and national aid agencies have problematized under-documentation. They have contributed significant levels of financial and technical assistance to governments to improve civil registries and ensure that all citizens everywhere have their paperwork. Over this time, formal identification has come to be considered a ‘prerequisite for development in the modern world' (Gelb and Clark, 2013). It is now essential to development strategy planning and assumed in both policy and practice to constitute a common good for all beneficiaries. With a focus on the Caribbean, this book highlights how identification practices as promulgated by the World Bank, United Nations (UN) and the Inter-American Development Bank can force the thorny question of nationality, unsettling long-established identities, and entitlements. Notably, the book is the first to identify tensions in social policy over the use of social protection mechanisms promoting legal identity measures with disputes over race, national identity, and belonging. The book illustrates how, while keen to follow the World Bank's lead in promoting a legal identity for all – not least to continue benefiting from external funding and support – the Dominican Republic balked at pressure to recognize the national status of persons of Haitian ancestry. It used social policy programs and international donor funding to trace and register the national origins of persons of non-Dominican ancestry. This culminated in the now notorious 2013 Constitutional Tribunal ruling that retroactively stripped tens of thousands of persons of Haitian descent of their Dominican citizenship. Significantly, these measures not only affected undocumented or stateless populations – persons living at the fringes of citizenship – but also had a major impact on documented citizens already in possession of a state-issued birth certificate, national identity card, and/or passport as Dominicans. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/negmawonpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/negmawonpodcast/support

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: EA and the United Nations, published by Lisa G on March 30, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Call to action for the EA community Take the role of the UN more into consideration in EA activities incl. discussions, workshops and other type of EA-events as well as impact research Seek positions in and around the UN and affiliated organizations and improve institutional decision-making at the UN and its partners Seek a seat at the table at multi-stakeholder discussions and processes to engage with the UN and its member states. Advocate for high impact policies at relevant UN events and processes for instance in the run up to the 2023 Summit of the Future. EA research into funding of the UN and affiliated organizations as well as how EA recommended charities (can) work with the UN given the clear distinguished mandate, reputation and footprint the UN has in global human rights, peace and security and development issues. The EA community seems to largely neglect an enormous system that has had significant impact in the past and present in preventing and solving worldwide issues in the areas of human rights, peace and security and development. These are the three pillars of the United Nations, the one and only intergovernmental organization where 193 member states come together to discuss common problems and find shared solutions to benefit all of humanity. It was founded in 1945 after the Second World War with the main purpose at the time to prevent another World War in the future. It has been successful in this manner, as the data on deaths in conflict where state governments are a participant of has tremendously declined since 1946. Over the years it has developed into an organization with many specialized agencies, funds and programmes. They do not all start with the UN in their names like United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) or United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The World Bank, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are also all part of the UN system. As a unique system with organizations that head global responses to global issues, it is remarkable that there is so little attention to this system in the EA community. If you look at where EA started from, looking into very focused, measurable impactful interventions it makes sense that this system was overlooked. It is big, slow and bureaucratic and for sure the UN has not always delivered sustainable and impactful results. In some cases it may have also caused harm in their interventions despite good intentions. However, it is too big and too important to neglect. Moreover, there is only one UN, where all member states come together to negotiate global solutions to global problems. It has a unique mandate and reputation and a scale and reach that no other non-profit organization could come close to. Bill knows Bill Gates and Melinda French, who in the EA community have a certain level of respect due to comprehensive approaches and research for interventions in achieving global development goals through the Gates foundation, acknowledge the importance of the UN system. Did you know the Gates Foundation is the second-largest contributor to the WHO? As of September 2021, it had invested nearly $780 million in its programs. Germany, the biggest contributor, had contributed more than $1.2 billion, while the United States donated $730 million. Bill also realized there is an opportunity for his company in engaging with the UN. In 2021 Microsoft opened a UN Affairs Office in New York. The first private company to do so and it has been widely engaged in collaborations with different UN organizations specifically focused on delivering international digital transformation (e.g. providing accessible, equitable, safe internet for all). The Secretary-General of the United Nations develop...

As war rages in Ukraine, leaders from global humanitarian agencies join a World Economic Forum Agenda Dialogue to say what they need from governments and business to tackle the crisis, and explain what the knock-on impacts will be around the world. Moderated by: Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum, Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Panelists: David Beasley, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP); Kelly Clements, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Catherine Russell, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); Inger Ashing, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International

As war rages in Ukraine, leaders from global humanitarian agencies join a World Economic Forum Agenda Dialogue to say what they need from governments and business to tackle the crisis, and explain what the knock-on impacts will be around the world. Moderated by: Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum, Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Panelists: David Beasley, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP); Kelly Clements, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Catherine Russell, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); Inger Ashing, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that about five out of every 10 women in Nigeria do not have access to the internet. Research shows that about half of women that are online are less likely to use the internet to increase their income or participate in public life.How true is this, and why?

In this week's show, an appeal for Afghanistan's neighbours to keep their borders open after the Taliban takeover; an interview with a migration expert from UN Children's Fund UNICEF, on the Afghan boys and girls risking everything to flee the country, and an alert over far-too-low COVID-19 vaccination rates across Africa.

In this week's show, an appeal for Afghanistan's neighbours to keep their borders open after the Taliban takeover; an interview with a migration expert from UN Children's Fund UNICEF, on the Afghan boys and girls risking everything to flee the country, and an alert over far-too-low COVID-19 vaccination rates across Africa.

In this week's UN Catch-Up, first-hand information on the continuing humanitarian and security crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray – from the UN Children's Fund UNICEF; an alert from the Central African Republic where fighting between Government forces and rebels in the north of the country has forced thousands to flee.And, a warning from UN Secretary-General that the world is on the edge of an abyss from climate change, at the White House's Climate Leaders' Summit – as UNHCR unveils new data showing that climate shocks has displaced twice as many people as conflict in the last decade.As ever, we have closing comments from regular guest Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, thanks for listening.

In this week's UN Catch-Up, first-hand information on the continuing humanitarian and security crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray – from the UN Children's Fund UNICEF; an alert from the Central African Republic where fighting between Government forces and rebels in the north of the country has forced thousands to flee. And, a warning from UN Secretary-General that the world is on the edge of an abyss from climate change, at the White House's Climate Leaders' Summit – as UNHCR unveils new data showing that climate shocks has displaced twice as many people as conflict in the last decade. As ever, we have closing comments from regular guest Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, thanks for listening.

In this episode Jonathan talks with Jeyashree Nadarajah. Jeyashree has had an incredible career in the realm of civilian protection in armed conflict that has taken her from her home in Malaysia around the world and back again. Jeyashree has worked for various United Nations agencies and offices – including the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict, the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict, the UN Children's Fund – UNICEF, and the UN Development Programme – UNDP. In those roles she's worked on protecting women and children, and civilians more generally, in conflict-affected areas and conflict zones themselves. She has done so – in the field – working with reintegrating children in the Philippines after the signing of the Bangsomoro Peace Agreement on the island of Mindanao.Jeyashree has undergraduate degrees from Middlesex University in the UK, an MBA from Bremen University in Germany and an MA (focused on peace and conflict studies) from University of California Berkeley. She attended UC Berkeley as recipient of a Rotary World Peace Fellowship. Relevant websites: Office of Special Rep of UN Sec-Gen on Children and Armed Conflict - https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/ Office of Special Rep of UN Sec-Gen on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict - https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/ UNDP - https://undp.org UNICEF - https://www.unicef.org/

We're joined by Robert Jenkins, Chief of Education at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and Leslee Udwin, Founder and CEO of Think Equal, to discuss how we can support students' mental well-being and nurture social emotional development during this global pandemic.   Students around the world are facing increased mental health challenges as they continue to deal with isolation related to the lack of structure, routine and connection to community, as well as the stress of the economic fallout of COVID-19 felt by households everywhere. While many educators are focusing on getting the academics right with online learning, equally important is social-emotional learning across all age groups.