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Media advisory – General Affairs Council of 28 January 2025
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Lebanon: Food insecurity deepens following conflict, new report reveals
Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Agriculture, the report reveals that the impact of hostilities on agriculture and the economy…
United Nations
World News in Brief: Gaza aid surge, El Fasher update, aid to Somalia, justice in Belarus
Aid coordination office OCHA said the UN and our partners are dispatching supplies to designated emergency shelters and distribution centres across the Strip. “We are distributing food parcels and flour…
Human Rights
Saints and liars: The story of American aid workers who helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust
A new book on their work underlines the chaos of the time, and the difficult decisions they had to make, knowing that for every person they saved, many more would…
Europe
Statement by the High Representative / Vice President Kaja Kallas and Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos on the sham presidential election in Belarus
Statement by the High Representative / Vice President Kaja Kallas and Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos on the sham presidential election in Belarus Source link
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Surviving Hell: The Story of Shaul Spielmann, a Holocaust Survivor Who Defied Death at Auschwitz
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, survivors like Shaul Spielmann, now 94, share their harrowing tales of resilience and survival. His story is a…
Human Rights
Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
The Executive Grant of Clemency, signed on Sunday just hours before Mr. Biden left office, commutes Mr. Peltier’s life sentences to home confinement, allowing him to receive proper medical care…
Europe
Yemen: Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest Houthi arbitrary detentions of UN personnel in Yemen
Yemen: Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest Houthi arbitrary detentions of UN personnel in Yemen Source link
Human Rights
DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack
“We are deeply alarmed at the heightened risk of an attack by the M23 armed group on Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…Any…
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Fentanyl, fibromyalgia and other chronic diseases
Spain has become one of the countries with the highest opioid consumption in the world. The medications are prescribed without order or concert by doctors without assessing the repercussions that…