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Stories From The UN Archive: UN’s First Peacekeeping Force
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:41 am | UN News
UN deployed its first ever peacekeeping force to the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula to help bring an end to the Suez Canal crisis in the 1950's. The crisis began when Egypt nationalised the Suez Canal Company in July 1956, and France and the United More >>
UN Envoy Outlines Iraq’s Growth And Ongoing Struggles
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:20 am | UN News
Iraq is a nation brimming with potential but still haunted by legacies of past turmoil, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the country, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Food Aid Reaches Haiti, UN SG Condemns Attack On Slovakian Leader, Russian Strikes Drive Influx Of Evacuees In Ukraine
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:16 am | UN News
UN agencies are reaching Haitians in the besieged capital and other areas amid ongoing gang violence that continues to ravage the Caribbean nation, UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told journalists on Wednesday. More >>
Global Economic Growth Improves But ‘downsides’ Lurk
Friday, 17 May 2024, 10:14 am | UN News
The global economic picture has improved since January, but vulnerabilities remain, the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report published on Thursday has revealed. More >>
Rights Expert Condemns Death Of Palestinian Doctor In Israeli Custody, Urges Independent Inquiry
Friday, 17 May 2024, 9:40 am | UN News
A renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon’s death in Israeli detention has been labelled “horrifying’ by a UN human rights expert, prompting calls for an independent international investigation. More >>
Guterres Repeats Call To Israel To Halt Rafah Assault As Aid Stocks Dwindle
Friday, 17 May 2024, 4:44 am | UN News
UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as aid teams issued increasingly urgent appeals for safe passage throughout Gaza, to replenish dangerously low stocks of lifesaving supplies. More >>
Surge In Child Migrants Crossing The Dangerous Darién Gap: UNICEF
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 7:59 pm | UN News
The number of child migrants crossing the perilous Darién Gap has surged by 40 per cent so far this year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Wednesday, putting the route on track for a fifth consecutive year of record child migration levels. More >>
‘Time Is Running Out’ To Address Crisis In Sudan
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 7:57 pm | UN News
The international community must give greater attention and resources to war-ravaged Sudan, where millions are “trapped in an inferno of brutal violence”, the top UN aid official in the country said on Wednesday. More >>
‘Time Is Running Out’ To Address Crisis In Sudan
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 10:57 am | UN News
The international community must give greater attention and resources to war-ravaged Sudan, where millions are “trapped in an inferno of brutal violence”, the top UN aid official in the country said on Wednesday. More >>
Gaza: 600,000 Displaced From Rafah
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 10:45 am | UN News
Amid some of the fiercest reported fighting in Gaza yet, UN humanitarians on Wednesday repeated warnings that famine is still an imminent threat because of aid restrictions and a lack of safe access. More >>
Ukraine: UNICEF Supports Kharkiv Families Evacuating From Areas Near Russia
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 10:35 am | UN News
Amidst the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, UN agencies are helping local authorities to evacuate thousands of people from border areas with Russia. More >>
UN Rights Chief, Independent Experts Denounce Georgia’s New ‘foreign Agents’ Law
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 10:25 am | UN News
The adoption of the controversial “foreign agents” law in Georgia seriously undermines the freedoms of expression and association, the UN’s top human rights official said on Wednesday. More >>
Security Council Hears Of Relentless Attacks Against Civilians And Infrastructure In Ukraine
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 10:14 am | UN News
Escalating Russian attacks in northeast Ukraine have killed civilians, sparked further displacement and caused massive destruction to railways and other infrastructure, a senior official with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, told the Security More >>
Guterres Deplores Rafah Escalation
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 11:48 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the escalation of Israeli military activity in and around Rafah in southern Gaza, his spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday. More >>
ICC Prosecutor Outlines Roadmap To Complete Libya War Crimes Probe
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 11:20 am | UN News
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced at the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the investigative stage of the legal proceedings into alleged war crimes in Libya is expected to conclude by the end of 2025, transitioning into ... More >>
UN Envoy Decries Continued Political Stalemate In Libya
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 10:52 am | UN News
The outgoing head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) urged leaders to end their stalemate and bring the country back on the path to peace and stability, in an exclusive interview with UN News. More >>
Complementary Admissions For Refugees Reach Record Highs: UNHCR Report
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 6:13 am | UN News
A new report jointly issued by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals a significant increase in the issuance of study, work, family reunification and sponsorship permits to refugees ... More >>
World News In Brief: Children In Eastern DR Congo, Iran Death Sentence, Support For Haiti
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 6:11 am | UN News
A senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday for urgent action to support diplomatic and long-term solutions to address the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
450,000 Gazans Now Uprooted From Rafah As Israeli Bombardment Continues
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 4:38 am | UN News
Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on Tuesday that some 450,000 Gazans have been forcibly displaced from the southernmost city by Israeli evacuation orders in the last week. More >>
UN Teams Dispatch Aid As Deadly Flash Floods Hit Northern Afghanistan
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 7:28 am | UN News
UN humanitarian teams scrambled to get lifesaving aid to communities devastated by deadly flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan over the weekend. More >>
