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Security Council Poised To Vote On Gaza Resolution Calling For Urgent, Safe And Unhindered Flow Of Aid
Friday, 22 December 2023, 6:39 pm | UN News
21 December 2023 After intense negotiations all week behind closed doors at the 15-member Security Council, ambassadors continued consultations into Thursday evening over the latest version of a draft resolution penned by the United Arab Emirates ... More >>
Over 700 A Day Dying From Small Arms Fire; Main ‘Weapons Of Choice’ For Criminals And Terrorists
Saturday, 16 December 2023, 5:28 pm | UN News
Amidst a multitude of global crises and escalating of armed conflicts, small arms and light weapons remain a silent killer, having claimed over 260,000 lives during 2021, amounting to 45 per cent of all violent deaths. That’s according to Izumi ... More >>
Gaza: UN Welcomes Kerem Shalom Border Crossing Announcement
Saturday, 16 December 2023, 5:17 pm | UN News
The UN Spokesperson has welcomed the announcement on Friday by the Israeli cabinet that the Kerem Shalom border crossing into the Gaza Strip will be reopened. Until the Hamas-led terror attacks of 7 October and Israel’s full-scale military response ... More >>
Explainer: How Darfur Became A ‘Humanitarian Calamity And Catastrophic Human Rights Crisis’
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 8:56 pm | UN News
The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis”, according to a senior UN official, and the restive region of Darfur has been particularly badly ... More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Human Rights Must Come ‘In Hearts Of People’
Sunday, 10 December 2023, 9:15 pm | UN News
The American diplomat, activist and former First Lady of the United States, who is widely regarded as the driving force behind the establishment of the global principles of human rights and freedoms, is being remembered on Human Rights Day which is marked ... More >>
Brief World News: Nearly A Million Children Displaced In Gaza, Guatemala ‘Coup’ Concerns, ‘Enduring Menace’ Of Genocide
Sunday, 10 December 2023, 8:23 pm | UN News
UN humanitarians in war-ravaged Gaza are “hanging on by our fingertips” with civil society on the brink of full-blown collapse, they warned on Saturday. Women and children are bearing the brunt in terms of deaths and injuries as Israeli troops ... More >>
Explainer: How The UN Is Promoting A ‘Global Commitment To Fight Corruption’
Sunday, 10 December 2023, 8:05 pm | UN News
Countries across the world need to work together to ensure there is a “global commitment to fight corruption” according to the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC ). The Executive Director of UNODC , Ghada Waly , was ... More >>
Fighting Engulfs Over Two-Thirds Of Myanmar, Fueling Humanitarian Needs
Sunday, 10 December 2023, 7:48 pm | UN News
Over half a million people have been displaced in Myanmar amid a surge in fighting between the military and armed groups that started in late October and has spread to over two-thirds of the country, the UN humanitarian affairs office reported on ... More >>
Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Heralds 'breakdown' Of Society
Saturday, 9 December 2023, 5:07 pm | UN News
As intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza and fighting with Palestinian armed groups continued to impede aid operations, reports on the ground of children begging for water and people cutting down telephone poles for firewood indicated that “society ... More >>
Iraq: UN Team Issues Latest Report On Terrorist Atrocities
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 7:47 pm | UN News
The UN team investigating crimes committed by Da’esh terrorist group has issued its latest report documenting the terrorist group’s atrocities in Iraq, laying the groundwork for future prosecutions. Christian Ritscher, head of the UN Investigative ... More >>
Shock And Terror In Gaza As Bombardment Of Shattered Enclave Resumes
Sunday, 3 December 2023, 7:04 pm | UN News
As Secretary-General António Guterres spoke of his deep regret about the resumption of military operations in Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians vowed to stay and help all those in need, while reiterating “nowhere is safe from attacks” in the war-shattered ... More >>
COP28: Extraction Of Minerals Needed For Green Energy Must Be ‘sustainable And Just’, Says Guterres
Sunday, 3 December 2023, 7:03 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday announced his plan to set up a panel aimed to ensure the move from fossil fuels towards renewable energy is just, sustainable and benefits all countries. The UN chief made this announcement in an ... More >>
Unprecedented Drought Emergency Demands Urgent Action
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 4:12 pm | UN News
A new report by the UN team combatting desertification reveals alarming trends over the past two years which have resulted in an unprecedented emergency due to human-induced droughts. The Global Drought Snapshot report, released by the UN Convention to Combat ... More >>
Security Council Agrees To Terminate UN Mission In Sudan
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 4:11 pm | UN News
The Security Council on Friday decided to terminate the mandate of the UN political mission in Sudan from next Monday, after Khartoum called for its immediate withdrawal last month. Sudan’s military Government, whose forces have been battling the RSF ... More >>
World News In Brief: Gaza Aid, Support For Afghan Returnees, End Modern Slavery, SDGs Disabilities Promise
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 4:00 pm | UN News
Any continuation in the recent increase in aid delivery to the Gaza Strip is uncertain now that fighting has resumed, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalistsin New York on Friday. He said the UN was able ... More >>
World AIDS Day Celebrates Communities Working To End The Disease
Friday, 1 December 2023, 8:46 am | UN News
The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN health agency WHO said on the eve of World AIDS Day, observed annually on 1 December. This year’s commemoration pays tribute to the people and ... More >>
Israel-Palestine Crisis: Gaza City A ‘ghost Town’, Reports UN Aid Agency
Thursday, 30 November 2023, 7:11 am | UN News
Amid hopes of a deal to extend the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that humanitarian assistance had reached its shelters in northern Gaza for first time ... More >>
Ugandan Woman Advocates For Her Rights After ‘Life Of Pain’
Sunday, 26 November 2023, 3:02 pm | UN News
A Ugandan woman who has a physical disability is learning how to fight for her and other women’s rights after suffering a life “full of pain”, thanks to a UN-supported programme. In the first of a two-part series, Angela Muhindo spoke to UN Women ahead ... More >>
UN Delivers More Aid Into Gaza On First Day Of Humanitarian Pause
Saturday, 25 November 2023, 2:15 pm | UN News
The United Nations was able to scale up delivery of humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza during the humanitarian pause that went into effect on Friday following an agreement reached this week between Israel and Hamas. Gaza has a population of ... More >>
Clashes In Eastern DR Congo Displace 450,000 In Six Weeks
Saturday, 25 November 2023, 7:05 am | UN News
Humanitarians are urgently scaling up aid in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where an escalating crisis is again unfolding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday. Violent clashes between ... More >>
