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Thank you, Madam Chair. And I especially want to thank our representative from UN Women for her inspiring words. I, on the other hand, I'm going to start with some bad news, and then come to some concrete examples. I work for DPPA, the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. We support
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. Description of the Event Date of event 13-12-2025 What happened, where and when? On 17 November 2025, hydrological monitoring in El Torno Municipality recorded a river level of 3.15 metres, classified as an “Extraordinary Rise”, indicating an increased risk of flooding in the d...
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. Highlights • Daily casualties are falling, but deaths are not. The HEOC register reached 9,072 (7,395 injured, 1,677 deaths) by 25 October, +559 in six days. Daily totals declined from 153 on 20 October to 27 on 24 October before rising again to 56 on 25 October. The period ave...
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. Description of the EventDate of event 12-04-2026 What happened, where and when? From 7 April 2026, a trough system affected the Dominican Republic, generating intense rainfall and prolonged atmospheric instability across the country. At the height of the emergency, the National...
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Countries: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan .
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. Description of the Event Date of event 15-10-2025 What happened, where and when? In the eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo, a sharp rise in suspected and confirmed cases was reported from late September 2025 onward. Epidemiological projections at the ...
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As the Chinese Communist Party publicly enforced political discipline within its ranks at its annual party gathering this week, independent religious organizations continue to experience ever-tightening restrictions on their activities. China’s 20th Central Committee concluded it...
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Father Samir Daou, a Syriac Maronite priest, was found murdered at his home in the village of Ain Jrain in Lebanon’s Jbeil District. Daou’s phone signal reportedly went undetected around 1 p.m. on Wednesday. After his reported disappearance, search operations were launched near h...
