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Unravelling The Legacies Of Slavery
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 7:14 am | UN News
Racism, discrimination and crippled economies and health are among centuries-old legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and part of the stark messages behind the #RememberSlavery special events and newly unveiled chilling exhibits at UN Headquarters. ... More >>
Israel Continues To Block Aid Into Northern Gaza; UN Sending Team To Shattered Al-Shifa Hospital
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 7:11 am | UN News
Israeli forces are blocking aid deliveries into famine-stricken northern Gaza as the five-month-long war grinds on despite recent strong demands from the top UN court and the Security Council for open aid access into the enclave and for a temporary ... More >>
Haitians ‘Cannot Wait’ For Reign Of Terror By Gangs To End: Rights Chief
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 7:09 am | UN News
Restoring public order and ensuring access to aid must be priorities in Haiti, where criminal gangs continue to terrorize the population, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday in Geneva. "The scale of human rights violations ... More >>
UN Calls For Restraint Following Iran Consulate Attack In Syria
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 7:07 am | UN News
A senior UN official on Tuesday urged the Security Council to work to avert further escalation in the Middle East following the deadly airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Briefing ambassadors a day after the attack, Assistant-Secretary-General ... More >>
Gaza: Israeli Strike On NGO Aid Team Condemned As Humanitarians Renew Access Call
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 7:04 am | UN News
To date, hundreds of healthcare workers have been killed “doing their job”, the WHO official noted, along with 32,000 of civilians, 70 per cent of whom are women and children. More >>
World News In Brief: Russia Vetoes DPR Korea Sanctions Resolution, Children Under Fire In Sudan, Drought Plagues Malawi
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 6:39 am | UN News
A United States resolution to extend the mandate of an expert panel which monitors sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was vetoed by Russia in the Security Council on Thursday. This in effect abolishes the monitoring ... More >>
New $1.4 Billion Plan To Support South Sudanese Refugees
Friday, 29 March 2024, 7:06 am | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees in five African countries and local communities hosting them. Since the start of the conflict in ... More >>
Health System ‘Barely Surviving’, As OCHA Calls For Gaza Aid Restrictions To End
Friday, 29 March 2024, 7:04 am | UN News
Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. In a social media post, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that only 10 out of 36 hospitals ... More >>
Gaza War: ‘Direct Hits’ On More Than 200 Schools Since Israeli Bombing Began
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 7:28 am | UN News
The intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has included “direct hits” on 212 schools in the enclave, UN-partnered analysis indicated on Wednesday. More >>
UN Envoy Backs Demand For Immediate Gaza Ceasefire Amid ‘Cataclysmic Suffering’
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 7:25 am | UN News
26 March The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Tuesday issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and release of all hostages, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence ... More >>
Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ Number Of Children Reported Killed Overnight
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 7:22 am | UN News
The continuing violence came despite an immediate ceasefire call for the remainder of Ramadan from the Security Council on Monday, prompting urgent appeals from UN aid agencies for the resolution to be respected immediately, to prevent more people ... More >>
Gaza: Security Council Passes Resolution Demanding ‘An Immediate Ceasefire’ During Ramadan
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 6:06 am | UN News
It would also demand “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, as well as ensuring humanitarian access to address their medical and other humanitarian needs”. More >>
Armed Groups Continue Terror Campaign Across Burkina Faso
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 6:50 am | UN News
Armed groups were responsible for the vast majority of violations against civilians in incidents involving more than 86 per cent of the victims. More >>
‘Extremely Alarming’ Conditions Worsen In Haiti’s Capital: UN Coordinator
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 6:48 am | UN News
A total of 5.5 million Haitians needed assistance, more than three million of them children. More >>
UN Leaders Galvanize Action For Reparations For People Of African Descent
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 6:45 am | UN News
Reparatory justice must tackle the grave human rights violations deeply entrenched in the legacy of colonialism and enslavement. More >>
Alert: UN condemns deadly attacks in Moscow
Saturday, 23 March 2024, 2:17 pm | UN News
The UN chief condemned in the strongest possible terms Friday’s deadly terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow. Gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100 others ahead of a sold-out ... More >>
General Assembly Adopts Landmark Resolution On Artificial Intelligence
Saturday, 23 March 2024, 9:09 am | UN News
It represents the first time the Assembly has adopted a resolution on regulating the emerging field. More >>
Russia And China Veto US Resolution Stating Imperative Of ‘Immediate And Sustained Ceasefire’ In Gaza
Saturday, 23 March 2024, 8:27 am | UN News
Several ambassadors voiced their support for a new draft proposed by the “E-10” group of 10 non-permanent Council members, which calls for an immediate ceasefire. More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Poetic Traditions At The UN
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 6:17 pm | UN News
On World Poetry Day, marked on 21 March, and #ThrowbackThursday, we looked at some poetry in motion in the General Assembly’s Third Committee on social, humanitarian and cultural affairs. UN rumour has it that the unofficial tradition began almost ... More >>
Gaza: Less Than 1 In 2 UN Aid Missions Allowed Into Northern Zones This Month
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 6:19 am | UN News
Less than half of the UN aid convoys planned for Gaza’s hunger-ravaged north have made it so far this month, despite repeated appeals from the international community to ramp up relief to more than one million people on the brink of starvation, UN ... More >>
