Catch up on information you might have missed during the week.
This week's programme features:

1.	Jus ‘Ah Conversation Podcast 

This week In Case You Missed It Opportunities – (July 2 - 8):

- Vacancies at the Challenor Creative Arts and Training Centre 
- Vacancies in the public school system 
- Teaching vacancies at Lester Vaughan School
- Tender for the National Housing Corporation – visit https://gov-bb.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities for the requirements. 
- A reminder to security guards, investigators, and agencies:  Make sure your licenses are up to date before accepting work! For more information on licensing information, email paul.morris@barbados.gov.bb or call 535-5467.
- Sign up with CooperaNet, the OAS' online platform for development support. Visit oas.org/cooperanet. Applications are open all year!

To download a copy of these opportunities, go to https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/download/in-case-you-missed-it-july-2-8-2025/



IN CASE YOU MISSED IT JULY 2 - 8 (2025)

• UN chief calls for ‘new era of cooperation with Africa’ at Tokyo summit   
• Israeli plan to take full control of Gaza city will lead to further killings and displacement, warns UN human rights office 
• Corporal punishment remains widespread: WHO 

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 20 August 2025 - cooperation with Africa, Gaza update, violence against children

• UN chief calls for ceasefire in Gaza  
• Pakistan suffers deadly flooding
• In Ukraine, war is less stressful than exams, UNICEF says

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 21 August 2025 - Gaza, Pakistan flooding, Ukraine

Catch up on information you might have missed during the week.

This week's programme features:

1.	WorldSkills
2.	Get ready for back-to-school

This week In Case You Missed It Opportunities – (August 20 - 26):
-	Teaching/school vacancies 
-	Rotary Club Scholarship - Apply by September 5 at www.mes.gov.bb
-	Tenders for storage servers and Treasury Bills 

To download a copy of these opportunities, go to https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/download/in-case-you-missed-it-august-20-26-2025/


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | AUGUST 20 - 26 (2025)

- Food security experts confirm famine in Gaza 
- Sudan: UN rights office horrified by recent killings in El Fasher 
- End impunity for violence against Rohingya in Myanmar: OHCHR 

Audio credit: Dianne Penn, UN News
Audio duration: 5'40"

#unitednations

UN News Today 22 August 2025 - Gaza famine, Sudan attacks, Rohingya in Myanmar

- Gaza: UN condemns Israeli strike on hospital
- Eight years on from forced exodus, conditions keep worsening for Rohingya
- Pakistan: Over 20,000 still displaced by deadly flash floods

Audio Credit: Matt Wells
Audio Duration: 3'42"

UN News Today 25 August 2025 –UN condemns strike on Gaza hospital, Rohingya crisis, Pakistan floods

• UN human rights office calls for justice for journalists killed in Gaza
• Egypt urged to end ‘rotation’ detention practice
• 1 in 4 people still lacks access to drinking water

Audio credit: Dianne Penn, UN News

UN News Today 26 August 2025 - Journalists killed in Gaza, Egypt, access to drinking water

Gaza community kitchen feeds 5,000 people a day but it's not enough, says UN aid veteran Olga Cherevko.

CLIP - Gaza City latest from Olga Cherevko, UN OCHA

• Viet Nam: Typhoon’s deadly destruction is not over, warns IOM
• Gazans face even more hunger and disease unless aid is allowed in at scale: UN agencies
• Peacekeepers in Lebanon still needed to push for regional stability: UNIFIL

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 27 August 2025 - Typhoon Kajiki, hunger in Gaza, Peacekeeping in Lebanon

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, has operated since the late 1970s, tasked with monitoring the demilitarisation of the south of the country, supporting the Lebanese army, and ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches civilians in need.
Every year, the mandate has to be renewed by the Security Council, but powerful voices have been raised against extending it, which could spell either its closure, or lead to budget cuts that reduce its ability to operate effectively.
With the Security Council deadline just a few days away, Nancy Sarkis from UN News spoke to Andrea Tenenti, UNIFIL’s long-time spokesperson, and began by asking him to explain why it’s still needed.
Audio: Nancy Sarkis
Photo: UNIFIL

Closing down UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon ‘would create a vacuum for stability in the region’

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, speaks from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on the fate of refugees there.

For decades, violence and instability in the DR Congo have forced millions of families to flee their homes, often multiple times, stripping them of safety and any hopes for the future. 

Ms. Grandi was in the country in search of fair and lasting solutions for the refugees hosted in Rwanda and DR Congo. 

Audio credit: UN News/Radio Okapi, MONUSCO

CLIP - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on refugees in DR Congo

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