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Twenty Years On: Indonesia ‘Better Prepared’ Following Tsunami
Monday, 14 October 2024, 10:24 am | UN News
When Ahmadi, a local storyteller on the Indonesian island of Simeulue, sings a lullaby to his one-year-old grandson, the song is not one about fairies and angels but rather about the precautions to take in a potential tsunami. More >>
UN Human Rights Office Condemns Worsening Violence
Monday, 14 October 2024, 10:07 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday condemned recent attacks against peacekeeping personnel and premises in southern Lebanon. More >>
Sudan: Refugee Numbers Swell As War Continues To Drive Displacement
Sunday, 13 October 2024, 10:34 pm | UN News
The number of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan has surpassed half a million, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, announced on Friday, as ongoing conflict in neighbouring Sudan continues to drive massive displacement. More >>
UN, INGOs Call For Immediate Release Of Detained Personnel In Yemen
Sunday, 13 October 2024, 10:02 pm | UN News
Heads of UN entities and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) on Saturday renewed urgent calls for the immediate release of their staff arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, amid reports that some of them ... More >>
1 In 7 Children And Teens Impacted By Mental Health Conditions
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 10:49 am | UN News
Around one in seven children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 are affected by mental health conditions – with anxiety, depression and behavioural disorders among the most common, according to a new World Health Organization and UN Children’s Fund ... More >>
Trailblazing Women Win Top UNHCR Award For Life-changing Work
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 8:41 am | UN News
Five trailblazing women – a nun, an activist, a social entrepreneur, a volunteer aid worker, and an advocate for ending statelessness – have been named the winners of this year’s UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. More >>
Water Is ‘Canary In The Coalmine’ Of Climate Change: WMO
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 6:41 pm | UN News
The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO). More >>
Gazans In The North Trapped With Nowhere To Go, As Fighting Intensifies
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 11:31 am | UN News
UN humanitarians have warned that conditions in northern Gaza are deteriorating rapidly, with over 400,000 people facing Israeli evacuation orders amid ongoing airstrikes and ground operations. More >>
WHO Calls For Action To Halt Rise In Hearing Loss In Africa
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 11:04 am | UN News
The number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, up from 40 million today, unless urgent measures are taken, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Monday. More >>
Sudan: ‘Children Should Be Safe Everywhere’, Says UNICEF, As Fears Grow For El Fasher
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 10:28 am | UN News
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, voiced deep concern on Monday over the siege of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur, where continued clashes are putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the region at risk. More >>
UN Officials Remember Brutal 7 October Attacks, Reiterate Need For Peace
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 9:01 am | UN News
Senior officials from across the UN system underscored the need for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and across the wider region, in statements marking one year since the brutal 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel. More >>
WHO Highlights Mental Health Crisis Facing Israel’s Frontline Workers A Year After 7 October Attack
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 8:54 am | UN News
As the world remembers the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel exactly one year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting how the tragedy triggered a mental health crisis among frontline workers. More >>
Gang Attack In Haiti's Pont Sondé Leaves 70 Dead
Monday, 7 October 2024, 8:58 pm | UN News
An attack by a notorious gang in the town of Pont Sondé, Haiti, left at least 70 people dead on Thursday, after gunmen armed with automatic rifles opened fire, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday. More >>
A Letter From A Mother In Gaza: Hardships, Heartbreak And Hope
Monday, 7 October 2024, 8:56 pm | UN News
‘‘This story doesn’t start from day one. It starts from nine months ago – the day I learned I was going to be a mother.” More >>
UN Condemns Deadly West Bank Airstrike, Attacks On Gaza Schools
Monday, 7 October 2024, 8:55 pm | UN News
The UN chief has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, who died when a residential building in Tulkarem camp in the West Bank was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday night. More >>
Rights Expert Urges Universities To Respect Pro-Palestinian Protests
Monday, 7 October 2024, 8:53 pm | UN News
Universities must respect peaceful activism and revise repressive policies targeting the pro-Palestinian solidarity movement on their campuses, a UN independent human rights expert said on Friday. More >>
‘Orphanage City’ Helps Children In Gaza As The War Grinds On
Monday, 7 October 2024, 8:49 pm | UN News
Some Palestinian orphans in Gaza have gotten a glimmer of hope as the tragedies triggered by the grinding nearly year-long war continue to deplete the Strip. More >>
WHO Approves First Mpox Diagnostic Test For Emergency Use
Monday, 7 October 2024, 8:47 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease. More >>
Lebanon: UNHCR Chief Issues Urgent Aid Appeal To Stem Humanitarian Catastrophe
Monday, 7 October 2024, 10:56 am | UN News
© WHO A flight with medical supplies arrives in Beirut, Lebanon. According to the Lebanese health ministry over 2,000 Lebanese have been killed and nearly 10,000 wounded since the start of Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza a year ago. Israel ... More >>
Guterres Urges Global Community To Repeat ‘Utter Condemnation’ Of 7 October Hamas Terror Attack
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 3:23 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has called on the international community to loudly condemn those “abhorrent acts” which have triggered a shocking wave of violence across the region. More >>
