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Guterres ‘Personally Devastated’ Over Inability Of UN To Safeguard Staff In Gaza, Despite Best Efforts
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 7:20 am | UN News
In a sombre ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, the Organization remembered and honoured the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2023. More >>
Pakistan, Somalia, Panama, Denmark And Greece Elected To UN Security Council
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 7:16 am | UN News
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January next year. They will replace Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique ... More >>
Michael Bloomberg Spotlights Best Steps Now For Urgent Climate Action
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 4:48 am | UN News
Michael Bloomberg is a business leader, the former three-time mayor of New York City and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for climate ambition and solutions. He is also an undisputed leader in combatting climate change. More >>
UN Investigative Team Hands Over Key ISIL Crime Data To Iraq
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 4:24 am | UN News
As the UN team charged with investigating crimes committed by the Da’esh terrorist group in Iraq prepares to conclude its mandate in September, significant strides have been made in transferring crucial evidence to the authorities, its acting head More >>
There Is An Exit Off ‘The Highway To Climate Hell’, Guterres Insists
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 4:16 am | UN News
“It’s climate crunch time” when it comes to tackling rising carbon emissions, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, stressing that while the need for global action is unprecedented, so too are the opportunities for prosperity and sustainable ... More >>
Amid Gaza War, Children Now Work So Families Can Survive: ILO
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 3:57 am | UN News
Eight months to the day since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, the UN labour agency, ILO, warned on Friday that families there now send their children to work just to survive, as unemployment nears a staggering 80 per cent. More >>
New UNICEF Report Reveals Severe Child Food Poverty Amid World Crises
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 1:04 pm | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a new report on Thursday that highlights alarming levels of child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises. More >>
World News In Brief: Mass Floggings In Afghanistan, Refugee Resettlement Crisis, ‘Greening Education’
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 11:03 am | UN News
A spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Wednesday said he was “deeply disturbed” over the widespread and continued use of corporal punishment in Afghanistan. More >>
Keep Global Spotlight On Haiti As Millions Go Hungry, WFP Official Says
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 9:55 am | UN News
The number of people going hungry in Haiti has reached record levels amid ongoing gang violence, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) there said on Wednesday in the capital, Port-au-Prince. More >>
Orlando Bloom Describes ‘devastating Impact’ Of DR Congo Violence On Women And Children
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 9:48 am | UN News
As violence escalates and millions of people continue to be displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), grave violations against children are reaching an all-time high, said UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Wednesday. More >>
World Leaders Demand ‘surge In Action’ For Sustainable Development
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 9:32 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres convened Heads of State and Government in New York on Wednesday to advance efforts to get countries back on course to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline. More >>
Break Free From Pollution, Climate Chaos And ‘biodiversity Decimation’, UN Chief Urges
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 4:04 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has called for safeguarding Earth’s vital ecosystems from rampant pollution, worsening climate impacts and “biodiversity decimation”. More >>
Ongoing War Destroying Social Fabric In Gaza: Aid Official
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 3:59 am | UN News
The narrowing space left for civilians in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly limited and crowded, while dire living conditions are eroding the social fabric there, a senior official with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Monday. More >>
Iran’s Uranium Stockpile Grows Following Three Years Of Denied Access
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 3:56 am | UN News
Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium continues to increase, the head of the UN atomic watchdog agency said on Monday, adding that it has been three years since the agency was able to access the country. More >>
World News In Brief: Aid Breakthrough For Haiti, Police Violence In Chicago, Celebrating ‘pedal Power’
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:59 am | UN News
UN humanitarians said on Monday that they have finally been able to deliver truckloads of food to highly vulnerable people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, after gang violence prevented access for more than two months. More >>
UN Experts Concerned About Migrant Labour Exploitation In UK
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:46 am | UN News
Independent UN human rights experts have expressed concern about the protection risks faced by migrant workers in the United Kingdom (UK), including “deception, exorbitant recruitment fees, debt bondage, undignified living conditions, and potential deportation.” More >>
More Than 500 Palestinians Killed In Occupied West Bank: UN Rights Chief
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:16 am | UN News
Violence in the occupied West Bank linked to the war in Gaza passed a deadly milestone with more than 500 Palestinians killed since 7 October, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday. More >>
War Must Never Be Normalized For Child Victims: Humanitarian Coordinator In Ukraine
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:07 am | UN News
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is inflicting immense physical, psychological, and emotional harm on children there, the Head of the UN Office in the country said on Tuesday. More >>
UN Project Empower Refugees In Angola
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:38 am | UN News
In the lush fields of Angola’s northeastern Lunda Norte province, a transformative project initiated by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme, is not only about cultivating rice, maize, and vegetables - but also nurturing self-reliance ... More >>
Gaza: Conditions ‘unspeakable’ As One Million People Flee Rafah: UNRWA
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:26 am | UN News
A staggering one million people have now fled Rafah in southern Gaza, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday, amid fresh reports of overnight attacks in southern, central and northern locations by Israeli forces. More >>
