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Destruction of Palestinian homes 'not compatible' with law
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 9:49 am | UN News
Following “with sadness” the Israeli authorities’ destruction of homes in the Palestinian community of Sur Bahir, three top United Nations officials issued a statement on Monday underscoring that the move was “not compatible” with Israel’s “obligations ... More >>
Yemen: UN Envoy ‘guilty’ of optimistic hope in war's end
Friday, 19 July 2019, 9:07 am | UN News
With Yemen once again at a “crucial moment” the UN Special Envoy trying to facilitate peace there told Security Council members on Thursday that despite the dangers of being over optimistic, he could not help thinking the country could finally be “nearing ... More >>
Human cost of Ukraine conflict is growing
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 10:02 am | UN News
The human cost of the conflict in Ukraine is growing, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, during a briefing on the current situation in the country. More >>
Severe new US asylum restrictions will put families at risk
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 9:11 am | UN News
Deeply concerned about the new rule barring from asylum the majority of people crossing the southern land border of the United States, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned that the ‘severe’ measure will endanger vulnerable people in need of international ... More >>
UN agency helps stranded Ethiopian return home
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 9:10 am | UN News
With the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), some 280 Ethiopians returned home on 10-11 July, after being facing traumatic experiences in Yemen. More >>
Survivors of ISIL terror in Iraq want justice, not revenge
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 3:25 pm | UN News
The scale and barbarity of the crimes committed by ISIL have ultimately served not to divide but to unify, Karim Asad Ahmad Khan , head of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq ... More >>
In Mozambique, it’s ‘a matter of the heart’ says Guterres
Friday, 12 July 2019, 8:26 am | UN News
Arriving in Mozambique to express solidarity and see for himself the damage wrought by two back-to-back cyclones earlier this year, UN chief António Guterres on Thursday said “undeniable moral authority” lay with its people, who had borne the brunt ... More >>
Pave way for sustainable development, UN chief urges
Friday, 12 July 2019, 8:14 am | UN News
As the number of people on the planet continues to rise, UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked World Population Day by highlighting the close link between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and demographic trends – urging everyone to ... More >>
New UN poverty report reveals ‘vast inequalities’
Friday, 12 July 2019, 8:11 am | UN News
There are vast inequalities across countries, and among the poorer segments of societies, says a new UN report published on Thursday. More >>
Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in DR Congo
Friday, 12 July 2019, 8:10 am | UN News
Health workers have started a massive measles vaccination campaign in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a region that’s in the grip of the second deadliest Ebola virus outbreak on record. More >>
Nothing left to go back for: Extraordinary cyclone stories
Thursday, 11 July 2019, 9:41 am | UN News
As UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrives in the southern African nation of Mozambique on Thursday for a two-day visit, he will be surveying the damage wrought by the deadly back-to-back cyclones earlier this year. UN News reports from the ground, ... More >>
A quarter of Pacific islanders live without 'basic needs'
Thursday, 11 July 2019, 9:27 am | UN News
While progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been made over the past four years, some vulnerable island States are losing momentum in the race to 2030, according to discussions at the United Nations’ annual High-level Political ... More >>
UN agencies welcome road map to help integrate Venezeulans
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:40 am | UN News
A new road map adopted by Latin American and Caribbean countries, to help better integrate refugees and migrants from crisis-hit Venezuela into new host societies, drew a warm welcome from two UN agencies on Monday. More >>
Homicide kills far more people than armed conflict
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:29 am | UN News
Some 464,000 people across the world were victims of homicidal violence in 2017, more than five times the number killed in armed conflict over the same period, UN researchers said on Monday. More >>
UN rights chief appalled by US border detention conditions
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:28 am | UN News
Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, underscoring that children should never be held in immigration detention, or separated from their families. More >>
With Caribbean island life under threat, UN pushes unity
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 3:11 pm | UN News
To counter global challenges that are a particular threat to vulnerable island nations like those in the Caribbean, it’s vital to “face the headwinds together”, especially in the face of the destruction being wrought by climate change, the UN chief told ... More >>
Libya detention centre attack could amount to a war crime
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 8:23 am | UN News
A missile attack on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees “deserves more than condemnation”, UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission ... More >>
DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri
Wednesday, 3 July 2019, 9:05 am | UN News
Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world’s second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen. More >>
New UN-Syrian Action Plan signals an 'important day'
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 8:27 am | UN News
The top UN official charged with representing the interests of children caught up in armed conflict, has signed a landmark new agreement on child protection with the Force Commander of a main Syrian opposition military alliance, it was announced on ... More >>
1.4 million refugees set to need urgent resettlement in 2020
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 8:24 am | UN News
More than 1.4 million displaced people in over 60 refugee hosting countries will need resettlement next year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Monday , while also supporting a call for far greater protection for vulnerable LGBTI individuals ... More >>
