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Attacks On Ukrainian Nuclear Facilities ‘Must Cease Immediately’: UN Atomic Watchdog
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 9:39 am | UN News
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the targeting marked a “major escalation” in the level of danger facing the power plant. More >>
Security Council Urged To ‘End The Bloodshed’ In Gaza
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 9:16 am | UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Monday for “all those with leverage” to use their power to bring an end to the six-month-long war in Gaza. More >>
Palestinian Request For UN Membership Moves On To Specialized Committee
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 9:13 am | UN News
The Security Council on Monday referred the application of the observer State of Palestine for full UN membership to the specialized committee set up to vet new members. More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Greatest Of All Time Fights For Peace
Monday, 8 April 2024, 9:56 am | UN News
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali took on fights outside the ring for civil rights and against war, bringing strong messages to the UN since the 1970s. More >>
Gaza: ‘No Protection’ For Civilians, Aid Workers, Security Council Hears
Monday, 8 April 2024, 9:51 am | UN News
Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the carnage in Gaza as the war enters its sixth month amid a man-made famine, Israel’s constant bombardment, targeted killings of aid workers and Palestinians civilians and “zero ... More >>
Gaza: ‘Systematic Dismantling Of Healthcare Must End’ Says WHO
Monday, 8 April 2024, 9:33 am | UN News
With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has now become “totally inadequate” following six months of brutal fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, said the World Health ... More >>
UN Underscores Commitment To Stay And Deliver In Myanmar
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:51 am | UN News
The ongoing escalation of the conflict in Myanmar, more than three years after the military takeover, is severely affecting people across the country, with spillover effects in the region, two senior UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday. ... More >>
Sudan: Aid Lifeline Reaches Darfur Region In Bid To Avert ‘Hunger Catastrophe’
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:49 am | UN News
Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs for the first time in months, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as humanitarians try to avert a “hunger catastrophe”, after nearly a year of heavy fighting. “The ... More >>
Israel Must Allow ‘Quantum Leap’ In Aid Delivery UN Chief Urges, Calling For Change In Military Tactics
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:45 am | UN News
The past six months of Israel’s military campaign has also brought “relentless death and destruction to Palestinians”, with over 32,000 reported killed, the vast majority women and children. More >>
Gaza: Aid Worker Killings Prompt Temporary Halt To UN Operations After Dark
Friday, 5 April 2024, 8:30 am | UN News
UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to the killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen on Tuesday. More >>
$414 Million Appeal For Palestine Refugees In Syria, Lebanon And Jordan
Friday, 5 April 2024, 6:42 am | UN News
The funding will be used to keep cash and in-kind food assistance running, along with healthcare, education, and technical and vocational training. More >>
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 >>
