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New Global Campaign Boosts Lifesaving Vaccines
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:38 pm | UN News
Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi launched on Wednesday a campaign to scale up programmes to save lives, marking the start of World Immunisation Week, celebrated annually during the last ... More >>
UN Migration Agency Assists Survivors Of Deadly Shipwreck Off Djibouti
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:29 pm | UN News
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is offering medical care, food, shelter and psychosocial support to 33 migrants who survived a shipwreck off the coast of Djibouti on Monday, as local authorities continue search and rescue operations. More >>
Russia Vetoes Security Council Draft Resolution On A Weapon-free Outer Space
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:20 pm | UN News
Russia used its veto to quash a draft resolution aimed at keeping weapons out of outer space. More >>
General Assembly Debates Security Council’s Rising Veto Use
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 8:36 am | UN News
The General Assembly on Tuesday debated veto power in the Security Council on the eve of the second anniversary of a special measure adopted to monitor its use, following on the heels of the United States vetoing Palestine’s bid last week for full UN ... More >>
Healing Page By Page In Earthquake-affected Türkiye
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:06 am | UN News
Book by book and page by page, Türkiye’s booklovers are bringing life back to cities ravaged by the deadly 2023 earthquakes through the power of reading, with help from cash grants from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM). More >>
Mass Graves In Gaza Show Victims’ Hands Were Tied, Says UN Rights Office
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:03 am | UN News
Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, the UN human ... More >>
UN Envoy Urges International Solidarity With Haiti As Gang Violence Spirals
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:01 am | UN News
As gang violence increases in Haiti, the international community must continue to stand in solidarity with the population, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Monday. More >>
World News In Brief: Rising West Bank Violence, Dialogue Critical In Kosovo, Free Detained Afghan Activist
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:58 am | UN News
The UN Middle East envoy has expressed concern about increased levels of violence in the West Bank, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Monday. More >>
UN Chief Urges ‘Surge In Investment’ To Overcome $4 Trillion Financing Gap
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:56 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for a “surge in investment” to give developing countries a chance to build better lives for their people. More >>
First Person: ‘Our Tears Are Dry, We Are Exhausted’ – Youth Voices In Haiti
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:25 am | UN News
A youth activist in Haiti has described how years of gang violence, kidnappings and insecurity in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has forced their “tears to run dry”. More >>
Independent Review Panel Releases Final Report On UNRWA
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:16 am | UN News
An independent panel released its much-awaited report on Monday about the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), providing 50 recommendations and noting that Israeli authorities have yet to provide proof of their claims that UN staff are involved ... More >>
Thousands Of Children Killed Or Maimed By Explosive Weapons In Populated Areas: UNICEF
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:12 am | UN News
Meaningful action to prevent the use of explosive weapons in populated areas could reduce the number of child casualties in conflicts by nearly half, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday. More >>
Secretary-General Calls For UN 2.0 To Tackle 21st Century Challenges
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:10 am | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday emphasised the need for a “strengthened and updated” United Nations to better reach and support people around the world. More >>
Heatwave Deaths Increased Across Almost All Europe In 2023, Says UN Weather Agency
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:05 am | UN News
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves – a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday. More >>
Mixed Efforts To Achieve Energy Goals Highlighted At The End Of Sustainability Week
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 6:36 am | UN News
The unanimous declaration of the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in 2012 aimed to hone on the importance of improving “access to reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound energy services and resources ... More >>
Sudan: Famine Risk Is Real, FAO Warns
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 6:33 am | UN News
Millions are on the brink of famine in Sudan but “a window of opportunity” exists for the international community to act now as the main planting season approaches, a senior official with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday. More >>
Green Light For New Cholera Vaccine, Ukraine Attacks Condemned, Action Against Racism, Brazil Rights Defenders Alert
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 6:28 am | UN News
A new oral vaccine for cholera has been given the green light for manufacture by the UN health agency allowing for the massive scale-up of lifesaving immunisation in the world’s most vulnerable communities. More >>
Ukraine War, ‘Stark Reminder’ Of The Trials Facing Multilateralism
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 7:10 am | UN News
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is “a stark reminder” of the challenges to multilateralism and remains the top priority of UN partner the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Security Council heard on Friday. More >>
Retaliatory Spiral In Middle East Must End, Says UN Chief After Reported Strikes On Iran
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 7:05 am | UN News
Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power station early Friday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a new appeal to all parties to “stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East”. More >>
Renewable Energy Transforming The Landscape
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 5:39 am | UN News
Renewable energy, if supported by governments, can “truly change the landscape” in terms of achieving equitable access to affordable and clean energy, but only if they can move from “commitment to action”, according to the Director-General ... More >>
