In today's program: UNICEF calls for more support to help alleviate the suffering of Zimbabwean children. A top UN official says peace in the Middle East faces "sizable" obstacles. And the UN calls for global action to curb rampant piracy in Somalia.
- The people of Zimbabwe are facing economic and political hardships, and this is seriously affecting the well-being of their children.
Unfortunately these days, discussions about Zimbabwe tend to focus more on the country's political problems, while ignoring the humanitarian situation. The reality is that people are really struggling to make ends meet there. UNICEF does not want the world to forget about the children of Zimbabwe, as the country's inflation has risen almost 4,000 percent. That was a report from UN Radio's—Ransford Cline-Thomas.
- Now let's take a look at other news from the developing world. The United Nations' top official in charge of political affairs, Lynn Pascoe says that the recent violence in the Middle East, which has killed more than 100 people, represents "sizable" obstacles for peace in the region.
In a briefing to the UN Security Council on Thursday, Lynn Pascoe stressed that the immediate concern must be for ending violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel.
He warned that continued violence may jeopardize the survival of the Palestinian National Unity government, and to the prospects for any fruitful Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. - The UN World Food Program has appealed for high-level international action to stamp out piracy in the waters off Somalia.
The world's largest humanitarian lifeline, warned that the flow of relief supplies to the country was under severe threat due to the increased piracy off the coast of Somalia.
The appeal came after the killing of a Somali guard who helped repulse a pirate attack on a ship that had just delivered food assistance to a Somali port. That wraps up this edition of ''Reports from Developing Countries.'' If you have any comments or suggestions, please email us at: crieng@crifm.com, or send a letter to: English Service, China Radio International, Beijing, China, postal code 100040. This is Wenjie in Beijing. Thanks for listening, and stay tuned for more on CRI.
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