Beirut blast
- Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela
- • August 17, 2020
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The devastating series of explosions that rocked Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on Aug. 4, killed nearly 200 people, injured thousands of others, destroyed most of the city’s port, flattened surrounding neighborhoods, damaged six hospitals and more than 20…
- Categories: Covid-19, Middle East, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Allison Lecce
- • August 15, 2020
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The tremendous fallout from the explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4 continues as the United Nations offers direct aid, including providing a mobile health clinic and vaccines for children, while a new $565 million appeal to help the Lebanese…
- Categories: SDGs, This Week @UN
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- Allison Lecce
- • August 7, 2020
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A major explosion rocks a Beirut port, killing at least 154 people, and the United Nations and others come to the rescue; and Secretary-General António Guterres calls for the reopening of schools worldwide, “once local transmission of Covid-19 is…
- Categories: This Week @UN
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