"DISASTERS"

The people of Beirut need to see accountability for the deepening crisis they have faced after the devastating port blasts in the Lebanese capital 12 months ago, the UN’s top rights official said Tuesday. UNTV CH

Press Conference by T. S. Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and President of the Security Council, on the programme of Work for the month of August.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that water-related hazards dominate the list of disasters in terms of both the human and economic toll over the past 50 years. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Heavy rainfall that has triggered deadly and catastrophic flooding in several western European countries this week is just the latest indicator that all countries need to do more to hold back climate change-induced disasters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday. UNTV CH

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned of “a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the escalating conflict brings increased human suffering and civilian displacement,” a UN spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday. UNIFEED

Experts discuss ways to scale up financing for post-pandemic recovery, climate action, sustainable development, as high-level political forum enters second week.

Experts discuss ways to scale up financing for post-pandemic recovery, climate action, sustainable development, as high-level political forum enters second week.

With an escalating violent conflict, a COVID-19 pandemic that continues to spread and a natural disaster in a recently declared drought, the humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are unfolding in the context of one of the largest and longest-standing humanitarian emergencies, the World Health Organization said. UNTV CH

UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Adam Abdelmoula said the “cost of inaction” in the country is “too high,” adding that the humanitarian crisis there has escalated in recent years “due to repeated climate shocks, protracted conflict, insecurity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the worst desert locust infestation in a generation.” UNIFEED