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UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Tigray, Afghanistan, and Palestinian economic decline

UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Tigray, Afghanistan, and Palestinian economic decline

FromUN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva


UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Tigray, Afghanistan, and Palestinian economic decline

FromUN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this week’s show, the UN’s top humanitarian official says that famine is likely happening in Ethiopia’s Tigray, while food waste and poor diets continue to handicap millions of children worldwide, the Food and Agriculture Organization says.
We’ll also hear from an Afghan political activist who's speaking up for women's rights after the Taliban takeover, as well as bleak prospects for recovery in the Occupied Palestinian Territories from UN economists UNCTAD...and, a global initiative to tackle meningitis, with the help of the World Health Organization. 
 
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The week’s top news stories, interviews and insight from the United Nations in a 15-minute podcast. With UN Geneva and UN News teams Available every Friday.