Imogen Folks
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Mit mehr, hier ist Imogen Folks in Geneva, wo mehrere UN-Bodies sind.
Mit mehr, hier ist Imogen Folks in Geneva, wo mehrere UN-Bodies sind.
We know that the new US administration was going to take a long, hard look at its funding for humanitarian aid around the world. And just every UN agency and others, non-governmental organisations, the International Red Cross, they were all put on notice that the funding was being reviewed. And then eventually they would be told whether this funding would be continued or not.
We know that the new US administration was going to take a long, hard look at its funding for humanitarian aid around the world. And just every UN agency and others, non-governmental organisations, the International Red Cross, they were all put on notice that the funding was being reviewed. And then eventually they would be told whether this funding would be continued or not.
Now increasingly aid agencies are getting the confirmation that the funding will be stopped forever. That it appears is what the World Food Programme has got for some really critical operations it has in, for example, Afghanistan or Yemen.
Now increasingly aid agencies are getting the confirmation that the funding will be stopped forever. That it appears is what the World Food Programme has got for some really critical operations it has in, for example, Afghanistan or Yemen.
Well, we have significant proportions of children, millions of children in both countries already suffering from malnutrition. Now, these are countries that have been rocked by conflict for years and years and years. We know that Yemen not so long ago approached famine, and that was to a certain extent averted by the efforts of agencies like the World Food Programme.
Well, we have significant proportions of children, millions of children in both countries already suffering from malnutrition. Now, these are countries that have been rocked by conflict for years and years and years. We know that Yemen not so long ago approached famine, and that was to a certain extent averted by the efforts of agencies like the World Food Programme.
We know already, for example, in Afghanistan, that the UN Population Fund has had its funding cut. It has had to close maternal mother and child health clinics. Now, Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world. So, no, the short answer to your question is people will die. Imagine, folks.
We know already, for example, in Afghanistan, that the UN Population Fund has had its funding cut. It has had to close maternal mother and child health clinics. Now, Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world. So, no, the short answer to your question is people will die. Imagine, folks.
Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Finland, all fearful of the threat from Russia, say they plan to leave the landmine treaty. In the UK, former Defence Minister Ben Wallace has hinted Britain should do the same. The plans have caused outrage.
Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Finland, all fearful of the threat from Russia, say they plan to leave the landmine treaty. In the UK, former Defence Minister Ben Wallace has hinted Britain should do the same. The plans have caused outrage.
Tamar Gabelnik, director of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the international campaign to ban landmines, says using mines doesn't even make sense militarily.
Tamar Gabelnik, director of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the international campaign to ban landmines, says using mines doesn't even make sense militarily.
Since the mine ban came into force, the use of landmines has fallen dramatically and huge areas of land have been cleared, allowing people to plant crops, return to work or go to school. Even countries which didn't sign up to the treaty, among them the U.S. and Russia, stopped using them until recently. But now Russia has laid mines in Ukraine. The U.S. has supplied mines to Kiev to fight back.
Since the mine ban came into force, the use of landmines has fallen dramatically and huge areas of land have been cleared, allowing people to plant crops, return to work or go to school. Even countries which didn't sign up to the treaty, among them the U.S. and Russia, stopped using them until recently. But now Russia has laid mines in Ukraine. The U.S. has supplied mines to Kiev to fight back.
Imogen, folks.
Imogen, folks.
What UNICEF says, it estimates, as you said, some of the figures are coming from officials from the health ministry in Gaza, that around 1,000 children, 100 a day, have been killed or maimed in the last decade. Now, some of these children were reportedly already in hospital. Al Nasser Hospital was hit on March 23rd. So it's basically kind of what UNICEF has been saying for a very long time.
What UNICEF says, it estimates, as you said, some of the figures are coming from officials from the health ministry in Gaza, that around 1,000 children, 100 a day, have been killed or maimed in the last decade. Now, some of these children were reportedly already in hospital. Al Nasser Hospital was hit on March 23rd. So it's basically kind of what UNICEF has been saying for a very long time.