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Nurturing Hope And Leadership Among Gaza’s Young People
Friday, 9 August 2024, 4:59 am | UN News
“My message to the world is how important it is to strengthen the role of youth in societies and to invest in their potential,” said 23-year-old Sarah Al Shamali from Gaza City, ahead of International Youth Day, marked annually on 12 August. More >>
Testing Swift Responses To Chemical Terrorism Threats
Friday, 9 August 2024, 4:27 am | UN News
As the UN Security Council meets on Thursday to discuss the threat the ISIL/Da’esh terrorist group poses, a specialised UN agency has been helping nations on the ground to prepare for chemical terrorism attacks. More >>
Gender Equality At Risk: UN Officials Highlight Danger Of Pulling Peacekeepers Out
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 11:24 am | UN News
Senior UN officials on Wednesday warned of the consequences for protection of women and their rights in conflict zones, amid recent decisions to close or shrink peacekeeping and special political missions. More >>
WHO Regional Chief Voices Grave Concern Over Middle East Escalation
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 9:41 am | UN News
Recent developments in Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Sudan, have highlighted the complexities of emergencies in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) vast Eastern Mediterranean region, officials from the UN agency said during a virtual media briefing ... More >>
Zimbabwe Faces Worsening Food Crisis Due To El Niño Droughts
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 9:15 am | UN News
A new report from the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reveals that food insecurity levels in Zimbabwe are rapidly deteriorating after it was hit with historic droughts due to the El Niño weather pattern. More >>
WHO Chief Convenes Expert Meeting On Mpox Spread
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 8:31 am | UN News
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called for an emergency meeting on mpox following its spread outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
Another Month, Another Heat Record Broken: UN Weather Agency
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 7:28 am | UN News
Last month saw another extreme weather milestone with the world’s hottest day on recent record registered on 22 July – yet another indication of the extent to which greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are changing our climate, the World ... More >>
Humanitarians Urge Security Council To Stop ‘Freight Train Of Suffering’ In Sudan
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 9:41 am | UN News
Two senior UN officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for more resources and greater humanitarian access in Sudan, where people are literally dying of hunger as the war between rival militaries rages on. More >>
UN Rights Office Reports Escalation In Strikes On Schools In Gaza
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 9:33 am | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli Defence Force (IDF) strikes on schools in Gaza, which have killed at least 163 internally displaced Palestinians, including children and women, in the past ... More >>
COVID-19 Making Worrying Comeback WHO Warns, Amid Summertime Surge
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 9:07 am | UN News
COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide - including at the Olympics - and are unlikely to decline anytime soon, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday. More >>
Bangladesh At A Crossroad, Says Senior UN Official
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 8:58 am | UN News
The resignation and departure of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister after weeks of bloody protests has been met with “euphoria” alongside some concern over the government’s transition, the UN’s top official in Bangladesh said in an interview with UN News ... More >>
Sudan Famine: Emergency Response Must Include More Than Food, Urges Top UN Aid Official
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 10:13 am | UN News
The battle to prevent lives being lost in Sudan to famine must include a comprehensive “package of assistance”, not just food, the top UN aid official in the country told UN News on Monday. More >>
UN Special Adviser Urges States To Hold Perpetrators Of Genocide Accountable
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 9:23 am | UN News
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is urging States hosting fugitives to prosecute or extradite them for international crimes in a statement released on Monday, which highlighted the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. More >>
Iran's Protest Crackdown Disproportionately Targeting Minorities: UN Experts
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 9:15 am | UN News
Government-led crackdowns on protesters in Iran have had a disproportionate impact on the country’s ethnic and religious minorities since 2022, particularly in the Kurd and Baluch communities, according to a new advocacy paper released by the International ... More >>
Nine UNRWA Staff To Be Fired For Potential Role In 7 October Attacks On Israel
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 8:34 am | UN News
The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel. More >>
Israel: Amid Reports Of Torture Inside Jails, Rights Experts Call For End To Impunity
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 8:02 am | UN News
Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of the iceberg”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Monday, calling for swift action to end impunity surrounding reports of violations against ... More >>
Bangladesh: UN Watching Crisis ‘Very Closely’ As PM Resigns And Flees The Country
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:59 am | UN News
The United Nations is following the situation in Bangladesh very closely after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday in the face of massive anti-Government protests, which claimed the lives of hundreds of demonstrators in ... More >>
Historic First Medal For Refugee Olympic Team
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:54 am | UN News
Cindy Ngamba has made history by becoming the first ever refugee athlete guaranteed to receive an Olympic medal – the colour yet to be determined – following a dominant quarter-final boxing match at the Paris Games on Sunday. More >>
Middle East: UN Rights Chief Warns Against Wider War, Appeals For Urgent De-Escalation
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:24 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in the Middle East as tensions mount in the wake of recent deadly attacks linked to the war in Gaza, which is about to enter its 10th month. More >>
Shocking Violence In Bangladesh Must Stop: UN Rights Chief
Monday, 5 August 2024, 9:39 am | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the violence in Bangladesh, which claimed scores of lives, including those of police officers, over the weekend. More >>
