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In Call To Iranian Foreign Minister, Guterres Underlines Need For De-Escalation In The Middle East
Friday, 2 August 2024, 11:55 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his appeal for de-escalation in the Middle East in a phone call with a senior official in Iran, his Spokesperson reported on Thursday. More >>
US-Russia Prisoner Swap ‘An Unprecedented Diplomatic Act’, Rights Experts Says
Friday, 2 August 2024, 11:09 am | UN News
A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday between the United States and Russia, which involved several other countries. More >>
Famine Now Prevalent In Parts Of War-Torn Sudan
Friday, 2 August 2024, 10:52 am | UN News
Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next two months, according to a new global food insecurity report released on Thursday. More >>
Gaza: UNRWA Programme Aims To Get Children ‘Back To Learning’
Friday, 2 August 2024, 10:17 am | UN News
The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls in the Gaza Strip back to learning – and to just being children – amid the ongoing conflict. More >>
Guinea: Senior UN Officials Welcome Verdict In 2009 Stadium Massacre Trial
Friday, 2 August 2024, 10:13 am | UN News
The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday, welcoming the long-awaited verdict in the trial into the 2009 massacre at a stadium in the capital, Conakry. More >>
World News In Brief: Gaza Update, Venezuela Election Violence, Executions In South Sudan
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 10:03 am | UN News
Thousands of people have returned to parts of Khan Younis in Gaza following the announced completion of Israeli ground operations in these areas earlier in the week, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Wednesday. More >>
UN Ramps Up Assistance To Survivors Of Papua New Guinea Massacre
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 8:44 am | UN News
UN agencies have stepped up emergency support to survivors of a massacre in a remote region of Papua New Guinea that occurred earlier this month. More >>
Middle East: Beirut And Tehran Attacks ‘Represent A Dangerous Escalation’, Guterres Warns
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 7:39 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to prevent escalation in the Middle East, following an Israeli strike on Lebanon’s capital and the reported killing of a top Hamas leader in Iran. More >>
Skyrocketing Violence Against Children In Sudan Demands Urgent Protection Measures: UN Report
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 7:10 am | UN News
The conflict in Sudan has led to a horrifying surge in violence against children, a new UN report has revealed, underscoring the need for urgent and tangible protection measures. More >>
UN Appeals For ‘maximum Restraint’ Following Israeli Strikes In Beirut
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:28 am | UN News
The United Nations has voiced grave concern over Israeli strikes in the densely populated southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Tuesday, which resulted in scores of civilian casualties. More >>
Israeli Military In Spotlight Over ‘incommunicado’ Detention Of Palestinians
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:16 am | UN News
A new UN report published Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained by the Israeli authorities since war erupted in Gaza last October has documented a range of serious violations that may amount to torture. More >>
Independent Rights Experts Urge States To Comply With ICJ Ruling On Israel
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:00 am | UN News
UN Member States must immediately comply with the recent “landmark ruling” by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a group of 38 UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday. More >>
War-Weary Sudanese Face New Hardships As Floods Strike
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 10:34 am | UN News
Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting further misery on communities already vulnerable due to ongoing conflict, UN agencies ... More >>
Venezuela: UN Rights Chief Concerned About Post-Election Tension And Violence
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 10:09 am | UN News
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern over the situation in Venezuela following the recent presidential election. More >>
UAE Urged To Free Activists, Mass School Closures In Haiti, Aid For Sudanese Refugees In Libya
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 10:04 am | UN News
The United Arab Emirates must immediately release 43 activists who have been sentenced to life imprisonment for terror offences, independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday. More >>
UN Rights Office Condemns Forced Evictions Of Palestinian Families In East Jerusalem
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 9:59 am | UN News
The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed concern on Tuesday over the forced evictions of over 80 Palestinian families in the Silwan area of occupied East Jerusalem. More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Pope Francis’s Message To The World
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:42 am | UN News
In 2015, His Holiness Pope Francis paid an historic visit to UN Headquarters, calling the United Nations “necessary”. More >>
Kazakhstan Tightens Laws To Combat Trafficking Of Newborns
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:38 am | UN News
Babies are being sold for up to $4,500 in Kazakhstan, but the government is cracking down on traffickers with a new law adopted earlier this month. More >>
Gazans Need Polio Vaccines Amid ‘deathly Cycle’ Of Hunger, Heat And Disease, Say UN Aid Agencies
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:31 am | UN News
In a bid to prevent a polio epidemic in Gaza, UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated continuing international calls for a ceasefire to allow a mass vaccination campaign to get underway. More >>
Torrential Rains And Floods In South Asia Endanger Millions Of Children, Warns UNICEF
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 10:05 am | UN News
More than six million children in South Asia are at risk following severe torrential rains, flash floods, and landslides that have devastated the region, leaving many homeless, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday. More >>
