Environment
European environment and health atlas goes live — check your place
How is the air quality where you live, what about noise levels or the number of green spaces and quality of the nearest bathing water sites? Now you can check…
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WFP resumes operations in Sudan, amid full-blown humanitarian ‘catastrophe’
WFP had paused its life-saving activities after three staff were killed in North Darfur on 15 April, the first day of clashes between the Sudanese army and the rival Rapid…
Human Rights
INTERVIEW – Seeking justice for sexual abuse victims
Critics have said justice takes too long, and perpetrators are not always held accountable in cases of sexual abuse and exploitation committed by UN personnel.
Europe
Asylum and migration: Parliament confirms key reform mandates
Plenary agreed on Thursday to open talks with EU member states on several asylum and migration policy files.
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Sudan envoy calls for ceasefire compliance, as concern mounts over West Darfur
Volker Perthes, who is also head of UN Transition Assistance Mission UNITAMS, welcomed the lull in fighting in some parts of the country between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and…
Environment
More action needed in the EU to reduce the impacts of chemical pesticides
[ad_1] News ItemPublished 26 Apr 2023ImagePerry Wunderlich, NATURE@work /EEADespite progress in some EU Member States to reduce their use, pesticide pollution still poses significant risks to human health and the…
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Power struggle imperils Sudan’s future, ‘lights fuse that could detonate across borders’
António Guterres was addressing an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York, and again demanded an end to the fighting between troops loyal to Sudanese Armed Forces…
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Sudan: UN aid operation continues amid dire humanitarian conditions
Ten days of fighting between rival military forces have had a devastating impact on the country’s population. The UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) warned that people are lacking food, water,…
Environment
Air pollution levels across Europe still not safe, especially for children
More needs to be done to protect the health of children and adolescents from the negative impacts of air pollution, according to European Environment Agency (EEA) air quality assessments published…
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Smart pills to help diagnose gut disorders
[ad_1] New technology improves capability to monitor exact locations in the body. The idea of journeying inside the human body to solve health problems has been around at least since…