About 50 people, including members of the UN, international and domestic NGOs, civil society, and diplomatic missions, are detained. in fact Houthi rebel authorities in the capital Sanaa.
Additionally, four UN staff have been detained since 2021 and 2023.
Protect Aid Workers
“Attacks on humanitarian workers, including detentions and false accusations, violate international law, threaten their security, and seriously impede the support we provide to the Yemeni people and mediation efforts that are critical to advancing Yemen’s peace process,” the official said. said in a statement. A solemn milestone.
They stressed that all their detained colleagues must be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law and human rights, including access to their families, legal representatives and organizations.
“We also call for protecting humanitarian workers and ensuring access to safe humanitarian spaces and the communities we serve,” they added.
The statement was issued by regional directors of CARE, Oxfam, Save the Children and the regional director of the UN human rights office OHCHR. United Nations Development Program (UNDP), UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR; United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), World Food Program (WFP).
A young Vietnamese man clears debris from his home after Typhoon Yagi swept through Quang Ninh province.
Typhoon Yagi affects millions in Southeast Asia: UNICEF
About 6 million children were affected by floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, U.N. humanitarian groups said Wednesday.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in an update that the emergency had disrupted access to clean water, education, healthcare, food and shelter, and was “plunging deeper into crisis” for already marginalized communities.
June Kunugi, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific, said restoring the essential services children and families rely on is a top priority.
Extreme weather surge
She highlighted the “surge” in extreme weather events in Southeast Asia, which has been made worse by climate change. She noted that when disaster strikes, vulnerable children “often pay the highest price.”
Typhoon Yagi is the strongest storm to hit Asia this year.
Heavy rain, adding to existing seasonal rainfall, caused damage to more than 850 schools and at least 550 health centers, the majority in Vietnam.
The humanitarian assessment of the area is still ongoing.
Refugee organization calls for end to arbitrary detention of asylum seekers
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday that the detention of asylum seekers around the world is harmful and contrary to their fundamental right to seek protection and the practice must end.
In a new policy brief for border authorities highlighting best practice in some countries, the UN agency noted that in many other countries, “asylum seekers and refugees are often arrested and detained, unable to challenge their circumstances.”
UNHCR cited the experience of one Iraqi asylum seeker who spent two years in a Hungarian transit zone, where his movements were “severely restricted” and he and others were under constant surveillance.
His detention was deemed arbitrary by the United Nations’ meeting of top independent human rights experts in Geneva, the agency said.
UNHCR also cited a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that four Tunisian nationals who were rescued at sea and taken to a holding facility on the Italian island of Lampedusa “had no opportunity to apply for asylum before the brief was issued.” “Removed from Italy”.
The agency described conditions at the center as “inhumane and degrading,” according to the court.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said some countries, such as South Korea, impose limits on the length of time asylum seekers can be detained.
The report noted that a South Korean court ruled in March 2023 that indefinite detention of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants was unconstitutional, while also providing guidance on how long people should be detained and alternatives to detention.
A man in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has his blood drawn as part of M-Fox treatment.
Global Fund provides approximately $10 million to respond to DR Congo’s M Fox
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) is supporting the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a cash injection of $9.5 million to strengthen its emergency response to the recent deadly Mpox outbreak.
The funding will strengthen the government’s response in the six provinces with the highest infection rates (Equateur, Sud-Ubangui, Sankuru, Tshopo, Sud-Kivu and Nord-Kivu) and the region surrounding the capital Kinshasa, home to 17 million people.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently battling the world’s largest Mpox epidemic, with 5,160 confirmed cases and 25 deaths since the start of the year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said testing capacity in Congo remains low due to limited capacity and availability, and the number of suspected cases is around five times the number of laboratory-confirmed cases.
The Global Fund’s contribution will help strengthen disease surveillance systems, with a particular focus on strengthening early warning capabilities. Strengthen laboratory systems and diagnostics. Assists with community mobilization and communication. strengthening primary care; Implement infection prevention and control measures.
‘Proven performance’
“Our partnerships with the Global Fund and other health partners have a proven track record in reducing infectious diseases,” said Dr. Roger Kamba, Minister of Health and Social Care of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“People living in areas of conflict and crisis often face serious barriers to accessing health care due to damaged infrastructure, insecurity, and a lack of trained health workers and supplies,” said Peter Sands, the fund’s executive director.
“When disease breaks out in places like this, the problem becomes more complicated. “A strong system of trusted community health workers, health educators and other local responders is essential to stop the spread of disease.”
