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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 >>
UN Security Staff Killed In Gaza; Guterres Calls For Probe
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 5:31 am | UN News
A staff member of the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) died and another was injured when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, on Monday. More >>
Calls For Sustained Peace Efforts In Yemen As Cholera Outbreak Worsens
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 5:09 am | UN News
The suffering of civilians in Yemen, a country enduring nearly a decade of conflict, remains severe and is worsened by a growing cholera outbreak, with over 40,000 suspected cases and a rising death toll, particularly affecting Houthi controlled areas. More >>
Nearly 2,000 Children Killed In Ukraine War: UNICEF
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 4:28 am | UN News
Nearly 2,000 children in Ukraine have lost their lives amidst ongoing and escalating war, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, citing UN-verified data. More >>
Rafah Exodus Reaches 360,000 As UN Underscores $2.8 Billion Aid Appeal For Gaza, West Bank
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 4:18 am | UN News
Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week amid continuing Israeli bombardment that has crippled humanitarian aid deliveries and is believed to have killed another UN aid worker, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA said. More >>
Gaza: We Must Prevent A Large-scale Offensive In Rafah, UN Pleads
Monday, 13 May 2024, 5:31 am | UN News
The Secretary-General and the UN human rights chief said again on Sunday that a large-scale Israeli offensive in Rafah must be prevented at all costs, warning of catastrophic consequences in the densely populated southern area in Gaza. More >>
UNRWA Staff ‘not Going Anywhere’ Despite Forced Closure Of East Jerusalem Compound
Sunday, 12 May 2024, 4:26 am | UN News
Two arson attacks and growing protests forced UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA to temporarily close its office in East Jerusalem this week, but its vital work will continue as war rages in Gaza and violence rises in the West Bank, Senior Communications ... More >>
UN General Assembly presses Security Council to give ‘Favourable consideration’ to full Palestinian membership
Saturday, 11 May 2024, 1:21 pm | UN News
The UN General Assembly convened again in New York on Friday for an emergency special session on the Gaza crisis and overwhelmingly passed a resolution which upgrades Palestine’s rights at the world body as an Observer State, without offering full ... More >>
Americas: Regional Cooperation Crucial To Address Migration And Forced Displacement
Saturday, 11 May 2024, 7:08 am | UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to work with partners to address migration and forced displacement in the Americas. More >>
In Nairobi, Guterres Reiterates Appeal For End To Gaza War
Saturday, 11 May 2024, 6:07 am | UN News
With the situation in Rafah “on a knife’s edge”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed again on Friday for Israeli and Hamas leaders “to demonstrate political courage and spare no effort” in reaching an agreement to end the war ... More >>
