Informes

GENEVA ( 31 October 2022) – UN Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally will assess the human rights issue of trafficking in persons during an official visit to Bangladesh from 31 October to 9 November 2022. “I will pay…

UN special envoy on Myanmar visits Rohingya camps On 23 August 2022, Noeleen Heyzer, the UN SecretaryGeneral’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, met with Rohingya women leaders during her mission to Cox’s Bazar. Women leaders shared their appreciation…

GiHA WG in Action GiHA Brief: a Gender Brief was produced on cyclone ‘SITRANG’ on 24 October night. SITRANG made the landfall near Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali district on 25 October 2022. The most impacted districts include…

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Heavy monsoon rains and water flowing downstream from India's northeast have inundated large parts of the Sylhet division, leaving millions of people marooned and triggering a humanitarian crisis. The flash floods that started on the…

Wind speed during landfall 62-88 kmph, during landfall. Source: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), bulletin -12. Landfall location Barishal-Chattogram coast near Bhola (Source BMD) Landfall time Midnight of 24 October 2022 (Source BMD) Current Scenario: The front part of Cyclone “Sitrang” lashed Bangladesh on 24 October 2022…

SITUATION IN NUMBERS 2.3 million people affected including 800,000 refugees 1.1 million Children affected 6 Districts Cyclone-affected districts located in Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions 1 million People in cyclone shelters Highlights • The Cyclone Sitrang crossed the coastal areas of Bangladesh…

THE CONTEXT The United Nations has come up with multifaceted charters to comprehensively address the crisis of climate change. The Sendai Framework has given high priority to the issue of easy access to warning systems and its…

Highlights Over 320 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were shipped into Bangladesh, with over 90 million delivered through UNICEF in 2022. By September 2022, a total of 1,252,469 children aged 5-11 years (5.6 per cent of the…

About The Cyclone Sitrang: The deep depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining was being formed last around 2 October 2022. It had intensified into a cyclonic storm “Sitrang” (pronunciation: si-trang), over the east-central…