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Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting On Reported Attacks On Belgorod, Russia
Sunday, 31 December 2023, 11:09 am | UN News
The top UN political affairs official condemned attacks against the Russian city of Belgorod, located near the Ukrainian border, as he briefed the Security Council at an emergency meeting convened on Saturday afternoon. At least 18 civilians were ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Force Condemns Attack On Peacekeepers
Sunday, 31 December 2023, 11:04 am | UN News
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday condemned an attack on one of its patrols, in which one peacekeeper was injured. The windows of a patrol vehicle were also smashed. The patrol was attacked on Wednesday night (local time) by a group ... More >>
Security Council Discusses Crisis In The Middle East; UN Chief Warns Of Conflict’s ‘Further Spillover’
Saturday, 30 December 2023, 7:09 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday voiced grave concerns over “further spillover” of the conflict in Gaza, as the Security Council discussed the situation in the Middle East against the backdrop of escalating violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians ... More >>
UN chief condemns Russian attacks against Ukrainian cities and towns
Saturday, 30 December 2023, 6:59 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday condemned in the strongest terms a massive aerial attack by Russia on Ukrainian towns and cities, which left at least 30 civilians dead and over 160 injured. Overnight, Russian armed forces reportedly launched 158 ... More >>
World News In Brief: Aid Coordinator For Gaza, Cholera Spreading In Sudan, Aid Delivery To Eastern Ukraine
Thursday, 28 December 2023, 6:51 pm | UN News
A veteran Dutch diplomat and politician who previously held top UN positions has been appointed Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Tuesday. Holland's outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Sigrid Kaag ... More >>
2023 Marked By Achievements And 'avoidable Suffering': WHO Chief
Wednesday, 27 December 2023, 6:28 pm | UN News
The past year saw significant milestones and challenges in global public health but also immense and avoidable suffering, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Reflecting on 2023, which also marked the UN ... More >>
INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices
Monday, 25 December 2023, 5:04 pm | UN News
Investing more in women and girls’ education, safety and economic and social empowerment will speed the drive towards gender parity. That’s according to Academy Award-winning actor, director and activist Natalie Portman. In an interview with UN Under-Secretary-General ... More >>
General Assembly approves $3.59 billion UN budget for 2024
Monday, 25 December 2023, 5:00 pm | UN News
The General Assembly has approved a $3.59 billion budget for the United Nations for 2024, including the establishment of a special account to finance the Organization’s peacebuilding fund. In actions taken late evening on Friday, the 193-member General ... More >>
Gaza Crisis: Starvation Must Never Be Allowed To Happen, Says UN Rights Chief
Sunday, 24 December 2023, 7:54 am | UN News
As the Security Council prepared to meet once again in New York on Friday for a long-delayed vote on a pause in fighting to allow more aid into Gaza, UN rights chief Volker Türk added his voice to deep concerns over the rising threat of famine across ... More >>
INTERVIEW: Ukrainian Children Express ‘Innocent Hope For Peace’
Saturday, 23 December 2023, 5:22 pm | UN News
The "innocent hope for peace" demonstrated by Ukrainian children and the determination of all citizens there to look to the future, is helping the country survive into a second winter of Russia’s full-blown invasion, according to the ... More >>
Humanitarian Ceasefire Only Way To End Gaza 'Nightmare': Guterres
Saturday, 23 December 2023, 4:47 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed hope that a Security Council resolution to get more aid into Gaza, adopted on Friday, could pave the way to a humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Mr. Guterres was speaking at a press briefing ... More >>
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 >>
