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UN Official Urges South Sudan To Lift Taxes Halting Aid
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:30 am | UN News
The UN’s top humanitarian official in South Sudan has urged the government to lift newly imposed taxes and charges that are causing aid deliveries to be suspended, affecting tens of thousands of people. More >>
Children’s Shoes Left Behind Illustrate Chaos Of Fleeing Khan Younis: UN Humanitarians
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:28 am | UN News
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reached one of its now-abandoned schools in Khan Younis at the weekend, where thousands of people appeared to have left at a moment’s notice, fearing further intense Israeli bombardment. More >>
Gaza At ‘Most Dangerous’ Stage Amid Huge Unexploded Weapons Risk, Warns Demining Expert
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:24 am | UN News
The head of UN peacekeeping and demining reiterated calls on Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza as a first step to returning the war-ravaged enclave to some normality, while mine clearance experts warned that the Strip is now at its “most dangerous period”. More >>
UN Officials Urge Swift Action To Tackle El Niño-induced Extreme Weather
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:22 am | UN News
Top UN officials called on Monday for swift action to combat the El Niño extreme weather events that are currently devastating southern Africa and other regions with flooding and drought. More >>
World News In Brief: Violence Blocking Darfur Aid, New Iraq Law, Chad Elections Appeal
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:17 am | UN News
Rising violence is again restricting humanitarian aid delivery in the Darfur region of Sudan, the head of the World Food Programme said on Monday. More >>
UN Reviews Progress And Challenges 30 Years After Landmark Population Conference
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:15 am | UN News
Global progress towards sustainable development will continue to stall unless countries do more to bridge the gender gap and reduce poverty and inequality, the President of the General Assembly said on Monday. More >>
‘Extraordinary, Deep Anxiety’ In Gaza Over Feared Rafah Attack
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:44 am | UN News
Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah amid a growing number of strikes there, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday. More >>
Guterres Calls On Israel And Hamas To End Gaza War
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:32 am | UN News
With the situation in Gaza “worsening by the day”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for Israeli and Hamas leaders currently taking part in intense negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement. More >>
Gaza Protests: UN Rights Chief Flags ‘disproportionate’ Police Action On US Campuses
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 4:15 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said he was troubled by “a series of heavy-handed steps” taken by some universities in the United States to disperse and dismantle Gaza war protests. More >>
UN Expresses Solidarity With Kenya Following Deadly Floods
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 8:50 am | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated the UN’s continued commitment to Kenya in the wake of deadly floods caused by weeks of heavy rains that continue to affect the region. More >>
Ukraine: Civilians Killed And Injured As Attacks On Power And Rail Systems Intensify
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:13 am | UN News
An increase in civilian casualties caused by intensifying attacks from the Russian armed forces against Ukraine’s electric power infrastructure and railway system calls for concern, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said ... More >>
Signing The War In Gaza: Overcoming Deafness And Displacement
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 3:33 pm | UN News
UN News’s correspondent in Gaza, Ziad Talib, spoke to Mr. Al-Habal with help from his sister-in-law, Ghalia Al-Kilani, who learned sign language so she could communicate with her sister, who is also from the deaf community. More >>
World News In Brief: Support For Haiti Mission, Challenge Of ‘Commodity Dependence’, Iran's 'Strict' Hijab Law
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 3:28 pm | UN News
Following the installation of a transitional council in Haiti, seven countries officially notified the UN Secretary-General on Friday of their intention to contribute personnel to the Security Council-backed support mission for the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation. More >>
UN Updates On Probe Into Allegations Of Staff Collusion During 7 October Attacks
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 3:23 pm | UN News
A UN office investigating Israeli accusations that 12 staff members from UN Palestine relief agency UNRWA were involved in the 7 October Hamas-led attacks has closed one of the cases because Israel had not provided any supporting evidence, UN Spokesperson ... More >>
‘Just In Case’ Antibiotics Widely Overused During COVID-19, Says UN Health Agency
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:45 am | UN News
Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially increasing the already serious and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance from "superbugs", ... More >>
Ukraine War: UNICEF Highlights 40 Per Cent Rise In Children Killed This Year
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:42 am | UN News
As deadly attacks in Ukraine continue, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) warned on Friday that the number of children killed so far this year has increased by nearly 40 per cent compared to 2023. Attacks that occurred between January and March left ... More >>
Climate Action ‘Cannot Trample Over The Poor’ Says Guterres
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:40 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday launched an initiative focusing on ensuring fairness, sustainability, and respect for human rights throughout the entire process of sourcing and using critical minerals needed for the clean energy transition. More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: UN Proclaims World’s First Earth Day
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 4:36 am | UN News
The General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009, but the roots of the Day go back to the 1970s. More >>
Recovery In Gaza ‘is Not Only Physical’, UN Senior Humanitarian And Reconstruction Coordinator Says
Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:19 am | UN News
The international community has a duty and responsibility to work towards early recovery in Gaza, but “we cannot ask citizens to wait”, the UN official tasked with coordinating aid delivery into the besieged enclave has said. More >>
Debate At UN Examines Impact Of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’
Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:17 am | UN News
On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in Portugal in a largely peaceful coup known as the Carnation Revolution. More >>
