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Over 230 Million Women And Girls Subjected To Female Genital Mutilation: UNICEF
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 6:55 pm | UN News
More than 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM); an increase of 30 million or 15 per cent compared with figures from 2016, new UN estimates revealed on Friday. Released on Friday, coinciding ... More >>
International Women’s Day: UN Chief Launches Plan To Tackle ‘baked-in Bias’
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 6:54 pm | UN News
The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around the world, unveiling details at a meeting commemorating International Women’s Day on the theme of investing in women and girls. “Equality is overdue; to achieve ... More >>
Gaza: Kaag Working Closely With Partners On New Maritime Aid Lifeline
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:54 pm | UN News
An international maritime aid corridor to Gaza could be in operation as early as Sunday, according to the head of the European Commission, working closely with the UN’s Senior Humanitarian Coordinator and other international partners. In a joint ... More >>
Security Council Calls For Immediate Cessation Of Hostilities In Sudan
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:50 pm | UN News
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a key resolution on Sudan, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the war-torn country during the month of Ramadan, which begins on Sunday. In resolution 2724 (2024), adopted with 14 votes ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Urges Comprehensive Action Against Religious Hatred And Discrimination
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:49 pm | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday outlined a comprehensive set of measures to counter religious hatred, emphasizing the urgent need for concerted action to address the rising levels of discrimination and violence. Speaking before ... More >>
Ukraine War: Alarm Raised In Security Council Over Civilian Attacks
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:47 pm | UN News
A recent sharp rise in deadly attacks against civilians in Ukraine and Russia, including by armed drones, run counter to international law and must end now, top UN officials told the Security Council on Friday afternoon. “We condemn all attacks on civilians ... More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: UN General Assembly’s First Female President
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 5:36 pm | UN News
In 1953, UN Member States elected India’s political dynamo Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the eighth President of the General Assembly, the first woman ever elected to the role. Ahead of International Women’s Day , marked on 8 March, we look back ... More >>
UN Chief Appeals For Greater Support For Small Islands Fighting Climate Change
Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:24 pm | UN News
More funding is needed to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the frontlines of climate change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Saturday in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Mr. Guterres visited a project that is helping the Caribbean ... More >>
Roughly 9,000 Women Killed So Far In Gaza War: UN Women
Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:15 pm | UN News
The Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer its devastating impacts, the UN agency championing gender equality has said. UN Women estimated that 9,000 women have been reportedly killed by Israeli forces since the war erupted nearly ... More >>
WHO: Investments And Myth-busting To Improve Hearing
Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:14 pm | UN News
Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per cent get them due to lack of financial and human resources, as well as stigma. “Only one out of five people are actually ... More >>
Gaza: ‘Babies Slowly Perishing Under The World’s Gaze,’ UNICEF Warns
Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:13 pm | UN News
A senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for wider and safer humanitarian access in Gaza, where malnourished babies are slowly dying while the world watches. “The child deaths we feared are here,” Adele Khodr, ... More >>
Security Council Reiterates Call For Immediate And Safe Aid Delivery To Gaza
Sunday, 3 March 2024, 2:05 pm | UN News
The UN Security Council has underscored the need to protect civilians in Gaza after more than 100 Palestinians were killed on Thursday, and several hundred others injured, while waiting for food at an aid convoy. Council members issued a statement on Saturday ... More >>
World News In Brief: Another Month Of Extreme Heat, Sudan Exodus Continues Into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 2:24 pm | UN News
February saw more extreme heat and unusually high temperatures in both hemispheres, the UN weather agency (WMO) said on Friday. Summarizing the state of the climate, the month ended with extreme heat in the southern hemisphere where it’s summer, ... More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Leap Year Events From UN History
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 5:40 pm | UN News
It’s leap year, which gives February a 29th day only once every four years. This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re looking at what has happened on 29 February in UN history. From expanding indigenous peoples’ seats at the UN table to appointing an Israeli-Palestinian ... More >>
‘High Time For Peace’, UN Chief Says, As Russia’s Full-scale Invasion Of Ukraine Enters Third Year
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 6:47 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General addressed the Security Council on Friday, underscoring the fundamental need to honour the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as the full-scale invasion by Russia of the country marks its ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Deplores ‘Entrenched Impunity’ By All Parties In Israel, OPT
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 6:44 pm | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious violations committed by all parties in Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. In a new report , the Office of the UN High Commissioner ... More >>
World News In Brief: Fresh Ukraine Attacks Condemned, Gaza Healthcare, DR Congo Needs Escalating
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 6:42 pm | UN News
The top UN aid official in Ukraine deplored new attacks on the cities of Odesa and Dnipro on Friday, as the full-scale Russian invasion of the country enters a third year. The latest strikes in the centre and south occurred on the eve of the solemn ... More >>
DR Congo: Fighting Threatens Stability Of Entire Region, Envoy Warns
Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 5:17 pm | UN News
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), fighting between the M23 armed group and national forces has further compounded the dire humanitarian situation in the east, the head of the UN Mission in the country, MONUSCO, said on Tuesday. Briefing ... More >>
UN Allocates $100 Million For Underfunded Emergencies
Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 3:06 pm | UN News
The UN’s top relief official on Tuesday released $100 million from the Organization’s core humanitarian emergency fund to support underfunded aid operations in seven countries in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. The new allocation from the Central ... More >>
DR Congo: Fighting Threatens Stability Of Entire Region, Envoy Warns
Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 3:05 pm | UN News
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), fighting between the M23 armed group and national forces has further compounded the dire humanitarian situation in the east, the head of the UN Mission in the country, MONUSCO, said on Tuesday. Briefing ... More >>
