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‘Famine Conditions Are Spreading’ As Sudan’s Crisis Worsens: Security Council
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 6:05 pm | UN News
Human suffering in Sudan has reached devastating levels, with over 11.5 million people internally displaced and 3.2 million seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. More >>
First Person: Gaza, Where Starving People Are Trapped In A Land Reduced To Rubble
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 4:47 pm | UN News
“We saw dead bodies scattered to the left and right, decomposing in the sun”, recounts Jonathan Dumont, Head of Emergency Communications at World Food Programme. A veteran of conflict zones around the world, he says that the destruction and suffering ... More >>
World News In Brief: Communal Violence In South Sudan, Syria And Gaza Updates
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 12:25 pm | UN News
Communal violence remains the primary driver of conflict in South Sudan and continues to exact a heavy toll on civilians across the country, UN peacekeepers said on Monday. More >>
Gaza War: UN World Food Programme Condemns Israeli Attack On Aid Convoy
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 8:26 am | UN News
Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its aid convoys in the war-shattered enclave was targeted by Israeli fire on Sunday. More >>
UN Continues To Call For Timely Israeli Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:40 pm | UN News
Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL. More >>
‘Hospitals Have Become Battlegrounds’: Gaza’s Health System On Brink Of Collapse
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:38 pm | UN News
With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating. More >>
Syria: UN Teams Support Cholera Vaccination In Northeastern Camps
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:36 pm | UN News
In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on Friday, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across the war-torn country, following the overthrow of the Assad ... More >>
Haiti Gangs Crisis: Top Rights Expert Decries Attacks On Hospitals
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:32 pm | UN News
The UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti on Friday condemned “intentional” attacks on hospitals, clinics and healthcare workers by armed gangs there, warning that medical facilities were already “near collapse”. More >>
Over 115,000 Syrians Have Returned Home Since End Of Assad Dictatorship
Friday, 3 January 2025, 11:05 am | UN News
More than 115,000 people have reportedly returned to Syria from countries such as Türkiye, Jordan and Lebanon since 8 December – the fall of the Assad regime - the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday. More >>
Fresh Evacuation Orders And Airstrikes Highlight Ongoing Insecurity In Gaza
Friday, 3 January 2025, 9:04 am | UN News
Civilians are not safe anywhere in the Gaza Strip, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, warned on Thursday. More >>
Gaza: ‘Every Day Without A Ceasefire Will Bring More Tragedy’
Friday, 3 January 2025, 8:30 am | UN News
The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA again underlined the need for a ceasefire in Gaza in a statement posted on the social media platform X on Thursday. More >>
WHO Continues To Urge China To Share Data Five Years After COVID-19
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 12:07 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week reflected on COVID-19, and ongoing efforts to understand the disease, five years after its emergence. More >>
Aid Trucks Deliver Food To Northwest Syria
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 12:04 pm | UN News
Humanitarians continue to respond to needs in Syria as security and logistical conditions permit, the UN said on Tuesday. More >>
Report Details Bleak Human Rights Situation In Ukraine Nearly Three Years Into Russian Invasion
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 11:59 am | UN News
A new report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) highlights persistent suffering of civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) while Russia continues to expand its control over occupied territories. More >>
Major Step Forward For Child Protection In Colombia, As Politicians Ban Underage Marriage
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 11:27 am | UN News
The decision by members of congress in Colombia to abolish a law allowing marriages from the age of 14 – with parental consent – has been applauded by UN agencies. More >>
‘Absolutely The Wrong Path,’ Türk Warns Against Afghanistan’s Ban On Women In NGOs
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 11:21 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan’s recent decision to revoke the licenses of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that continue to employ Afghan women in the country. More >>
UNHCR Urges Greater Support For People Fleeing Post-Election Violence In Mozambique
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 10:54 am | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR is deeply alarmed by the ongoing situation in Mozambique, where post-election unrest has forced thousands to flee their homes, including to seek safety in neighbouring countries. More >>
UNRWA Chief Renews Call For Probe Into Attacks On Humanitarians In Gaza
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 10:34 am | UN News
The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, issued a fresh call on Tuesday for investigations into the “systematic disregard” for humanitarian workers and humanitarian premises in Gaza. More >>
Gaza: Hospitals Closed, Aid Denied, Civilians Trapped
Tuesday, 31 December 2024, 12:16 pm | UN News
Essential services that sustain life - healthcare, emergency aid, and humanitarian access - are being systematically dismantled in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). More >>
UN Support Continues In Syria And Lebanon
Tuesday, 31 December 2024, 9:02 am | UN News
The UN Special Envoy for Syria continues to uphold the need for a Syrian-led transition in his ongoing talks on the way forward for the country. More >>
