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World News In Brief: Drought In Ethiopia, Peacekeepers Wounded In DR Congo, Deadly Strike On Ukraine Aid Workers
Saturday, 3 February 2024, 7:20 pm | UN News
The UN and the Government of Ethiopia have appealed for urgent funding to respond to rising hunger in the northern highlands region, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA , reported on Friday. Drought is ravaging communities in Afar, Amhara, Tigray ... More >>
UN Chief To Meet UNRWA Donors, As Major Charities Call For Continued Support
Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 7:51 pm | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres is due to meet with major donors to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday, as major non-governmental organizations (NGOs) issued an urgent plea to keep lifesaving funds flowing. The UN chief met with ... More >>
Ukraine War: Political Affairs Chief Warns Against Rhetoric Fuelling ‘Already Dangerous Conflict’
Monday, 29 January 2024, 3:50 pm | UN News
The UN “is not in a position” to verify reports surrounding the crash of a Russian aircraft near the border with Ukraine, the Organization’s top political affairs official said on Thursday, calling on the warring sides to avoid fuelling “the ... More >>
World News In Brief: UNHCR Chief On Frontlines In Ukraine, 10 Million Displaced In Sudan, Instability Grows In Lebanon
Saturday, 27 January 2024, 7:28 pm | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned of dramatic humanitarian suffering throughout Ukraine and worsening conditions as war-affected civilians suffer through the harsh winter. Wrapping up a week-long visit to the country, he made a ... More >>
Gaza: UN Rights Office Condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli Mass Evacuation Orders
Saturday, 27 January 2024, 3:36 pm | UN News
Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push them “into ever smaller areas” amid “ever-intensifying violence” in likely violation of international humanitarian law, the UN human rights office, ... More >>
US: Türk Voices Regret Over First Ever Execution By Nitrogen Suffocation
Saturday, 27 January 2024, 3:35 pm | UN News
The UN human rights chief has expressed deep regret over the execution of a prisoner in the United States on Thursday night through the country’s first ever use of nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of implementing the death penalty. “I deeply ... More >>
Haiti Crises Have Reached ‘A Critical Point’
Saturday, 27 January 2024, 2:53 pm | UN News
More than 8,400 people were victims of gang violence in Haiti last year, including killings, injuries and kidnappings – a 122 per cent increase over 2022, the UN Special Representative for the country told the UN Security Council on Thursday. ... More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Shakira Speaks Up For Children
Thursday, 25 January 2024, 6:31 pm | UN News
Shakira has long helped raise awareness for the rights of the world’s most vulnerable children, so on the heels of the International Day of Education , marked annually on 24 January, we took a look at the Grammy-award winning singer’s work with the ... More >>
Rejection Of Two-State Solution By Israeli Leadership "Unacceptable," Says Guterres
Wednesday, 24 January 2024, 9:27 am | UN News
Top diplomats are debating the deepening crisis in the Gaza Strip and the whole Middle East in the UN Security Council , against the backdrop of Israel’s unrelenting military operation, mounting death toll and escalating global calls for an immediate ... More >>
Iran Urged To Halt ‘horrific Wave Of Executions’
Wednesday, 24 January 2024, 9:20 am | UN News
The United Nations on Tuesday underlined its condemnation of capital punishment following Iran's execution of a young man who was sentenced to death in connection with widespread protests. Mohammad Ghobadlou, 23, who reportedly had a mental health ... More >>
Two Mothers Killed Each Hour In Gaza Conflict: UN Women
Monday, 22 January 2024, 6:41 am | UN News
Women and children account for roughly 70 per cent of people killed in the war in Gaza, with two mothers killed every hour since hostilities erupted more than 100 days ago, according to a UN Women report published on Friday. The report examines ... More >>
Carnage in Gaza: ‘How much is enough?’ asks UN Assembly President
Sunday, 21 January 2024, 8:10 pm | UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly on Friday reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages as the “only credible course of action” to address the conflict. Addressing the 19th Non-Aligned Summit in the ... More >>
UN Aid Official Urges Increased Support For Niger
Friday, 19 January 2024, 7:17 pm | UN News
A senior UN humanitarian official on Thursday called on the international community to step up support for communities in need in Niger, warning that limited funding and access challenges have put lives at risk. Approximately 4.3 million people, over ... More >>
Over 450,000 Children Institutionalized Across Europe, Central Asia
Friday, 19 January 2024, 9:16 am | UN News
More than 450,000 children are living in residential care homes across Europe and Central Asia, highlighting that a “painful legacy” of neglect, abuse, exploitation, and psychological trauma is far from over, according to a UNICEF report released ... More >>
Gaza Crisis: Back Two-State Solution Urges UN Chief, ‘once And For All’
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 9:21 am | UN News
Unremitting conflict in Gaza has already sparked regional insecurity and is clear evidence that the international community needs to throw its weight behind a two-State solution in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to resolve the enduring crisis “once ... More >>
US Urged To Halt First Execution By Nitrogen Asphyxiation
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 11:52 am | UN News
The imminent execution of an American prisoner by a new and untested method - suffocation by nitrogen gas - could amount to torture, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Tuesday. Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted of murder in 1988 and is scheduled ... More >>
Cholera Cases Soar Globally; Malawi, Haiti Deadliest Outbreaks, WHO Reports
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 11:48 am | UN News
The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported. Eastern and southern African nations are among the worst affected, accounting for about 75 per ... More >>
War Against Hamas In Gaza Is Act Of Self-defence, Israel Tells World Court
Saturday, 13 January 2024, 9:25 am | UN News
Israel strongly rejected accusations by South Africa of genocidal intent against Palestinians on Friday at the United Nations’ highest court, insisting that it was engaged “in a war it did not start and did not want” in Gaza. On the second ... More >>
Gaza Ceasefire ‘more Urgent Than Ever’ As Conflict Approaches 100-day Mark
Saturday, 13 January 2024, 9:24 am | UN News
As the Gaza conflict approaches the 100-day mark, an immediate ceasefire is “more urgent than ever”, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday. Speaking ahead of Sunday’s grim milestone, Spokesperson Liz Throssell reiterated the need ... More >>
‘No End In Sight’ To Ukraine War, UN Political Chief Warns
Thursday, 11 January 2024, 10:34 am | UN News
The new year has brought no respite to Ukraine, with recent weeks seeing some of the worst attacks of the nearly three-year war, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council on Wednesday. Rosemary DiCarlo underscored the UN’s steadfast ... More >>
