UN Warns
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Government
UN Warns World Has Entered Era of “Global Water Bankruptcy”
DID Press: UN has warned that the world has moved beyond “stress” and “crisis” into a persistent state of “water bankruptcy,” with chronic over-extraction and pollution driving global freshwater systems past recovery thresholds. Experts said around four billion people face…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns: 4.2M People in Afghanistan Need Urgent Aid
DID Press: UN announced that the combined impact of natural disasters and economic challenges has left millions in Afghanistan in need of immediate humanitarian support. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 4.2 million people in…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns Kabul’s Urban Infrastructure Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change
DID Press: UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) warned that Kabul — home to more than 40 percent of Afghanistan’s urban population — faces serious climate-related risks, with four out of every five residents living in informal settlements that are most…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Escalating Water Crisis in Drought-Hit Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that prolonged drought in Afghanistan is pushing the country toward a severe water crisis. OCHA highlighted that dwindling water resources threaten the lives and health of millions, especially…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Slow Rebuilding in Quake-Hit Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that weeks after the earthquake in northern Afghanistan, reconstruction in many affected areas remains slow, leaving homeless families facing serious risks as winter approaches. In its latest report,…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns against Blaming All Afghan Migrants after D.C. Shooting
DID Press: Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, urged U.S. authorities and the American public to avoid blaming all Afghan migrants after the recent shooting incident near the White House. Endorsing statements made by an Afghan…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Rising Threat from Transnational Crimes in Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representative in Afghanistan has warned of the expanding threat posed by synthetic drug trafficking and organized crime, stressing that countering these networks requires international cooperation, disruption of illicit financial flows, and…
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Afghanistan
World on Brink of Hunger Catastrophe, Warns UN
DID Press: A new report titled “Hunger Hotspots” by two UN agencies warns that food insecurity is worsening rapidly in multiple regions worldwide. Six countries — Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Mali, Haiti, and Yemen — are on the brink of…
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Health
UN Warns of Humanitarian Catastrophe in Al-Fasher, Sudan
DID Press: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned that Al-Fasher city in Sudan is facing one of the most severe humanitarian crisis in recent years. According to the agency, hundreds of civilians, including women and…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan After Earthquake
DID Press: UN migration agency warned of severe humanitarian consequences following recent deadly earthquake in Afghanistan’s eastern provinces, reporting that thousands of people have been killed and thousands of families left homeless. The agency stressed that with winter approaching, conditions…
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