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Lebanon Escalation: UN Boosts Support At Border With Syria
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 10:50 am | UN News
The serious escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel has forced “tens of thousands” of people to flee their homes in Lebanon, including Syrian refugees, leaving border routes to Syria choked with vehicles trying to get through, the UN ... More >>
Security Council ‘Must Spare No Effort’ To Unite And Push For Peace
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 9:06 am | UN News
In a world where peace is “never automatic”, leadership is essential on the part of the UN Security Council which must find better ways to unite in the face of gridlock, the UN chief said on Wednesday. More >>
Stop Global Warming To Turn The Tide On Sea Level Rise: UN Assembly President
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 8:55 am | UN News
With global sea level rising faster than at any time over the last 3,000 years, UN Member States met on Wednesday to examine how to best address this existential threat. More >>
UN Chief To G20 Ministers: Collaboration Key To A Sustainable Future
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 8:46 am | UN News
As foreign ministers from the G20 group of industrialised nations met on Wednesday to discuss sustainability and justice issues, the UN chief urged global financial institutions to “cooperate and collaborate for the good of humanity.” More >>
UN Assembly President Urges Nations To Sustain Momentum From Summit Of The Future
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 7:37 pm | UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action and to advance the outcomes of the Summit of the Future as it concluded on Monday. More >>
Afghanistan: No Future Without Women’s Participation
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 10:12 am | UN News
Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing. More >>
Torture ‘A Common And Acceptable Practice’ In Ukraine War, UN Investigators Say
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 9:02 am | UN News
Russian authorities are using torture “with a sense of impunity” in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva heard on Monday. More >>
1.3 Billion Teens Suffering Mental Disorders, Russia’s Indigenous Peoples Face ‘Extinction’, Belarus Rights Update
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 8:55 am | UN News
At least one in seven youngsters has a mental disorder. That’s the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which has appealed for much greater investment to help almost 1.3 billion teenagers globally. More >>
Reconnect With Our Common Humanity And Reject ‘Treacherous New Normal’
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:48 pm | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his annual global update on Monday, urging the international community to reject a “new normal” that upholds entrenched power structures at the expense of our common humanity. More >>
Gaza: UN Envoy Condemns Deadly Strike On Camp In Humanitarian Zone
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:29 pm | UN News
The UN Middle East envoy has strongly condemned deadly airstrikes by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday on a densely populated area in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in Gaza. More >>
Escalating Violence In Syria Raises Fear Of ‘Large-Scale War’
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:24 pm | UN News
Increased violence along the frontlines in Syria, with continued war crimes on all sides, is leaving civilians in the region fearful of a “large-scale war”, a new report from the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry released on Tuesday warns. More >>
General Assembly Wraps Up With Calls For Unity And Resolve
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:18 pm | UN News
The 78th session of the UN General Assembly closed on Tuesday, concluding a tumultuous year in international diplomacy and underscoring the need for a collective resolve among nations to confront pressing challenges. More >>
WFP Continues To Support Millions Amid Ongoing Wars In Gaza And Ukraine
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:10 pm | UN News
Nearly 50 million people in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe are not getting enough to eat, or double the number from before the Arab Spring over a decade ago, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday ... More >>
Mpox: UNHCR Launches Appeal To Support Refugees In African Countries
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:05 pm | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed on Wednesday for $21.4 million to urgently scale up health services for forcibly displaced people in African countries impacted by mpox. More >>
Haiti: Education In Jeopardy As Gang Violence Continues
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:00 pm | UN News
Ongoing violence in Haiti is putting the education of over 100,000 displaced children in the south at risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday. More >>
New How-To Guide Speeds Global Race For Renewable Energy
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:56 pm | UN News
Governments, industry and other key players can now deploy a new action-oriented toolkit to ensure the global energy transition unfolds with equity, justice and sustainability as demand for minerals for renewables is poised to almost triple by 2030, according ... More >>
Summit Of The Future Aims To Make The UN More Effective
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:47 pm | UN News
Negotiations continue ahead of the Summit of the Future at UN Headquarters this month, where world leaders will enhance cooperation to tackle critical challenges facing the international community and address gaps in global governance. More >>
Gaza: Six UNRWA Staff Killed In Strikes On School Sheltering Displaced People
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:41 pm | UN News
Six staff members with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, were killed in Gaza on Wednesday when two Israeli airstrikes hit a school-turned-shelter and its surroundings. More >>
Viet Nam Mobilises Massive Response As Typhoon Yagi Leaves A Trail Of Catastrophe
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:36 pm | UN News
A massive disaster response has been launched in Viet Nam following widespread damage inflicted by Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in almost three decades, the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ... More >>
Over 5,000 Civilians Killed Since Myanmar Military Coup
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:10 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, issued its latest report on Myanmar on Tuesday, detailing a range of serious violations that continue to underscore the deepening crisis and lack of rule of law throughout the country. More >>
