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What Is The International Criminal Court?
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 10:30 am | UN News
Trying the gravest crimes, ensuring victims have access to justice, conducting fair trials and complementing national tribunals are among the key tasks of the International Criminal Court (ICC). More >>
UN Chief Mourns Loss Of Iranian President In Helicopter Crash
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 7:38 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, alongside members of the Security Council, has extended heartfelt condolences to the people and Government of Iran following the death of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident on Sunday. More >>
Syria: WHO Regional Director Calls For Greater Investment In Health Sector
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 6:54 am | UN News
Failure to invest in the health of the Syrian people will only deepen instability in the war-ravaged country and pose threats to regional and global security, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. More >>
Haiti: Multinational Mission And The “Inexorable Requirement To Restore Security Conditions”
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 6:52 am | UN News
The establishment of a Multinational Security Support mission for Haiti is moving closer as the Caribbean nation continues to face a crisis of violence and insecurity caused by entrenched criminal gang activity. More >>
Gaza: Nearly 800,000 Now Displaced From Rafah
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 1:26 pm | UN News
Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Sat in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian ... More >>
UN Rights Office Urges Sri Lanka To Reveal Fate Of The Disappeared
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 4:52 am | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday urged the Sri Lankan Government to take decisive action to uncover the fates and locations of tens of thousands of individuals subjected to enforced disappearances over the years and to hold those responsible ... More >>
Israel Refutes South Africa’s Accusations At UN World Court
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 4:35 am | UN News
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), heard the response from Israel on the case brought forward by South Africa requesting emergency provisional measures to immediately halt Israeli military operations under way in Rafah, in southern Gaza. More >>
‘Brand New Words’ Needed To Describe Gaza Devastation, UN Humanitarian Says
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 4:22 am | UN News
The situation in Gaza is so devastating that no words can adequately describe it, a humanitarian officer working in the besieged enclave has said. More >>
UN’s Rights Chief Says Horrified By Sudan Escalation As Famine Draws Nearer
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:45 am | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s having a terrifying impact on millions of civilians, who humanitarians say are “staring famine in the face”. More >>
At Arab League Summit, Guterres Appeals For Gaza Ceasefire And Regional Unity
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:42 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his longstanding call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held in the enclave, and unimpeded access for aid delivery, in remarks to the Summit of the League of Arab States in ... More >>
Gaza: Aid Delivery Via Floating Dock Welcomed, But Land Routes ‘More Important’
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:42 am | UN News
Trucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock built by the United States military, but this is not enough to meet the needs of civilians, UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday. More >>
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 >>
