UN Roundup - Humanitarian Heroes and an urgent oil tanker issue in Yemen
World Radio Switzerland
English - August 17, 2020 09:33 - 8 minutes - 7.75 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
17 August 2020.
Today Rhéal LeBlanc tells us about:
1 - World Humanitarian Day - 19 Aug. The UN are celebrating real-life heroes. A small ceremony in Geneva at the Palais des Nations can be followed virtually at webtv.un.org/
#RealLifeHeroes
www.un.org/en/observances/humanitarian-day
In Yemen, the UN chief is urging the removal of obstacles to reach the Safer tanker without delay. The ageing tanker has had almost no maintenance since 2015 and risks causing a major oil spill, explosion or fire that would have catastrophic environmental and humanitarian consequences for Yemen and the region.
3 - Those around Genevans have two weeks left to see various artwork from the Palais des Nations exhibited in a local gallery in Geneva.
Entry is free.
More episodes of the UN Roundup can be found at worldradio.ch/unroundup