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We'll Never Abandon Gaza, Pledges Top UN Aid Official
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 4:33 am | UN News
UN aid teams and partner organizations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans in need, despite the increasing dangers of working there, the Organization’s top aid official said on Wednesday. More >>
New Famine Alert For Gaza Where Families Go Days Without Food
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 4:00 am | UN News
Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday that more than one in five households “go entire days without eating”. More >>
World News In Brief: Guterres Condemns Terror Attacks In Dagestan, Call To End ‘War On Drugs’, Women Heads Of State
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 8:37 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has condemned Sunday’s terror attacks against several churches and synagogues in Russia’s mainly-Muslim Dagestan region, with the death toll now rising to at least 20, according to latest reports. More >>
First Person: Moving From Fear To Hope After War On Drugs In The Philippines
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 8:29 am | UN News
People who use drugs in the Philippines are being treated less as criminals and more as patients who need medical help and other interventions, as authorities there look to update the country’s former controversial policies. More >>
Officials Highlight Ongoing Terrorist Threats And Dire Humanitarian Needs In Somalia
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 8:07 am | UN News
A UN Security Council meeting on Monday detailed Somalia’s “exacerbated” humanitarian needs in the face of climate shocks and ongoing Government efforts to counter the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab. More >>
Algorithms Should Not Control What People See, UN Chief Says, Launching Global Principles For Information Integrity
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 4:44 am | UN News
The United Nations launched new Global Principles for Information Integrity on Monday, emphasizing the need for immediate action to address the harms caused by misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. More >>
Chief Of Key UN Agency In Gaza Warns ‘entire Generation’ Could Be Lost
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 3:59 am | UN News
The head of the main UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued a stark warning on Monday that it “will crumble” unless funding is found quickly, with an “entire generation” of children at risk of being condemned to “poverty…hatred, ... More >>
World News: UNHCR Rushes Support To Rohingyas, End ‘Normalisation’ Of Prostitution, Zambia’s Devastating Drought
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:22 am | UN News
Deadly monsoon landslides in southern Bangladesh have destroyed over 1,200 shelters and displaced around 2,000 ethnic Rohingya from neighbouring Myanmar who need urgent assistance, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said. More >>
‘Nowhere Is Safe’ For Civilians As Sudan War Descends Further Into Chaos
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:20 am | UN News
The UN Security Council in New York on 18 June focused on the worsening crisis in Sudan as civilians continue to suffer amidst the brutal fighting between rival militaries. More >>
Officials Highlight Massive Poverty, Humanitarian Despair In Afghanistan
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:16 am | UN News
The humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are “alarmingly high” and the international community is in “crisis management mode”, the UN Security Council heard on Friday. More >>
Systemic Gender Oppression In Afghanistan May Amount To Crimes Against Humanity
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:12 am | UN News
The systemic oppression against Afghan women and girls is “so severe and extensive that they appear to form a widespread and systematic attack” which could amount to crimes against humanity said Richard Bennett, the independent rights expert monitoring ... More >>
Systematic Terror, Brutal Atrocities Rife In Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:08 am | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official said on Tuesday that Myanmar is in “agonizing pain”, suffocated by an illegitimate military regime which uses “horrific war tactics” and commits brutal atrocity crimes. More >>
WFP Increases Response In West And Central Africa To Address Rising Hunger
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:05 am | UN News
The World Food Programme (WFP) will increase its food and nutrition assistance programme this month in West and Central Africa in hopes of reaching 7.3 million people as the June-August lean season is under way at a time when hunger levels are high and ... More >>
Libya: UN Official Highlights Need For Inclusive Talks To End Stalemate
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:03 am | UN News
Libyans overwhelmingly desire a political consensus so that credible national elections can be held that will restore legitimacy to national institutions, the deputy head of the UN Support Mission in the country (UNSMIL) said on Wednesday. More >>
World News: Women Doing ‘Inspirational’ Work In Gaza, Huge Increase In Haiti Displacement, Uyghur Rights In China
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:00 am | UN News
UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Wednesday that Gazans continue to be displaced due to active fighting and bombardment. More >>
World News In Brief: Weapons Sales Threat, More Aid For Haiti, Global Refugee And Migrant Survey
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 3:57 am | UN News
A conference focused on small arms and light weapons is taking place at a “difficult and dangerous moment for humanity,” according to the UN Chief António Guterres. More >>
Parent, Technician, Farmer, Merchant: What More Can A Teacher Be?
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 3:53 am | UN News
On World Refugee Day, marked annually on 20 June, meet some of the multi-talented teachers and principals of migrant learning centres in Thailand along the border with Myanmar, who, with UN support, are doing all they can to keep up with the influx ... More >>
Record Levels Of Displacement Amid Global Conflict And Natural Disasters
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 3:49 am | UN News
There are twice as many internally displaced people today as there were ten years ago - the largest numbers ever recorded, said Special Advisor on Solutions to Internal Displacement Robert Piper, on Friday. More >>
Global Foreign Investment Declines For Second Year As Geopolitical Tensions Rise, UN Trade Body Reports
Saturday, 22 June 2024, 5:00 am | UN News
Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by two per cent to $1.3 trillion in 2023 amid global economic slowdown and rising geopolitical tensions, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD. More >>
Global Survey Reveals ‘truly Astonishing’ Consensus For Stronger Climate Action
Saturday, 22 June 2024, 4:50 am | UN News
The Overwhelming Majority Of People Around The World Want An End To Geopolitical Differences When It Comes To Fighting Climate Change, The Results Of A Landmark Public Opinion Poll Conducted By The UN Development Programme (UNDP) Has Shown. More >>
