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A former member of staff of the World Food Programme (WFP) has been talking about the “immense psychological injuries” he has suffered following the deadly terrorist attack on the UN offices at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003.

Khaled Mansour, now a writer and journalist, was the WFP spokesperson in Iraq at the time and narrowly missed the massive explosion which killed 22 of his UN colleagues.

Conflict and insecurity in countries such as South Sudan and its neighbour to the north are set to make 2023 another year of high death tolls and and injuries for aid workers in the field, the UN warned on Thursday. 

The grim forecast comes ahead of World Humanitarian Day, commemorated annually on 19 August.

In line with its efforts to assist local authorities in addressing current socio-economic challenges, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (MoIM) and with the generous funding from the EU, launched the implementation of financial and administrative solutions for selected municipalities and unions of municipalities in Lebanon.

Khadeja Salim and Hussein Kahwaji are now navigating the streets of the southern port city of Tyre, one of the oldest cities in the world and a UNESCO world heritage site in Lebanon, on two-wheeled rides.

Thirteen people have been killed and more than 60 injured in four days of deadly violence at the largest Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, a senior UN official in the country said on Thursday. 

The fighting between Palestinian armed groups at Ein El Helweh camp has also forced thousands to flee their homes that have been damaged.

On the third anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Port of Beirut on 4 August 2020, the members of the International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) express their solidarity with the families of the victims and with those whose lives, homes, and livelihoods were severely affected by this tragic event.

United Nations agencies on Tuesday kicked off World Breastfeeding Week, emphasizing the need for greater breastfeeding support across all workplaces.

In the last decade, the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding has increased by a remarkable 10 percentage points, to 48 per cent globally, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

More than two days of armed violence at the Ein El Hilweh Palestine Refugee camp in southern Lebanon continues to impact civilians, including children, a senior UN official in the country said on Monday.

The Government of Japan and UNOPS launched a project in support of the critical public facilities in Lebanon. The project responds to the energy crisis in Lebanon through the provision of renewable energy and energy saving solutions to public hospitals and water pumping stations in Nabatieh and Bekaa governorates.

The Ambassador of Italy to Lebanon, Nicoletta Bombardiere, together with the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Firass Abiad, visited today the Ministry of Public Health’s Central Drug Warehouse (CDW) in Karantina in the presence of WHO representative, Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar. The visit takes place within the framework of the ongoing contribution of the Italian Government in supporting access and availability to medical life-saving cancer care to vulnerable population groups and the pharmaceutical system building.