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Humanitarians Urge Security Council To Stop ‘Freight Train Of Suffering’ In Sudan
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 9:41 am | UN News
Two senior UN officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for more resources and greater humanitarian access in Sudan, where people are literally dying of hunger as the war between rival militaries rages on. More >>
UN Rights Office Reports Escalation In Strikes On Schools In Gaza
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 9:33 am | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli Defence Force (IDF) strikes on schools in Gaza, which have killed at least 163 internally displaced Palestinians, including children and women, in the past ... More >>
COVID-19 Making Worrying Comeback WHO Warns, Amid Summertime Surge
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 9:07 am | UN News
COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide - including at the Olympics - and are unlikely to decline anytime soon, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday. More >>
Bangladesh At A Crossroad, Says Senior UN Official
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 8:58 am | UN News
The resignation and departure of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister after weeks of bloody protests has been met with “euphoria” alongside some concern over the government’s transition, the UN’s top official in Bangladesh said in an interview with UN News ... More >>
Sudan Famine: Emergency Response Must Include More Than Food, Urges Top UN Aid Official
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 10:13 am | UN News
The battle to prevent lives being lost in Sudan to famine must include a comprehensive “package of assistance”, not just food, the top UN aid official in the country told UN News on Monday. More >>
UN Special Adviser Urges States To Hold Perpetrators Of Genocide Accountable
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 9:23 am | UN News
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is urging States hosting fugitives to prosecute or extradite them for international crimes in a statement released on Monday, which highlighted the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. More >>
Iran's Protest Crackdown Disproportionately Targeting Minorities: UN Experts
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 9:15 am | UN News
Government-led crackdowns on protesters in Iran have had a disproportionate impact on the country’s ethnic and religious minorities since 2022, particularly in the Kurd and Baluch communities, according to a new advocacy paper released by the International ... More >>
Nine UNRWA Staff To Be Fired For Potential Role In 7 October Attacks On Israel
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 8:34 am | UN News
The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel. More >>
Israel: Amid Reports Of Torture Inside Jails, Rights Experts Call For End To Impunity
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 8:02 am | UN News
Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of the iceberg”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Monday, calling for swift action to end impunity surrounding reports of violations against ... More >>
Bangladesh: UN Watching Crisis ‘Very Closely’ As PM Resigns And Flees The Country
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:59 am | UN News
The United Nations is following the situation in Bangladesh very closely after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday in the face of massive anti-Government protests, which claimed the lives of hundreds of demonstrators in ... More >>
Historic First Medal For Refugee Olympic Team
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:54 am | UN News
Cindy Ngamba has made history by becoming the first ever refugee athlete guaranteed to receive an Olympic medal – the colour yet to be determined – following a dominant quarter-final boxing match at the Paris Games on Sunday. More >>
Middle East: UN Rights Chief Warns Against Wider War, Appeals For Urgent De-Escalation
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:24 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in the Middle East as tensions mount in the wake of recent deadly attacks linked to the war in Gaza, which is about to enter its 10th month. More >>
Shocking Violence In Bangladesh Must Stop: UN Rights Chief
Monday, 5 August 2024, 9:39 am | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the violence in Bangladesh, which claimed scores of lives, including those of police officers, over the weekend. More >>
In Call To Iranian Foreign Minister, Guterres Underlines Need For De-Escalation In The Middle East
Friday, 2 August 2024, 11:55 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his appeal for de-escalation in the Middle East in a phone call with a senior official in Iran, his Spokesperson reported on Thursday. More >>
US-Russia Prisoner Swap ‘An Unprecedented Diplomatic Act’, Rights Experts Says
Friday, 2 August 2024, 11:09 am | UN News
A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday between the United States and Russia, which involved several other countries. More >>
Famine Now Prevalent In Parts Of War-Torn Sudan
Friday, 2 August 2024, 10:52 am | UN News
Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next two months, according to a new global food insecurity report released on Thursday. More >>
Gaza: UNRWA Programme Aims To Get Children ‘Back To Learning’
Friday, 2 August 2024, 10:17 am | UN News
The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls in the Gaza Strip back to learning – and to just being children – amid the ongoing conflict. More >>
Guinea: Senior UN Officials Welcome Verdict In 2009 Stadium Massacre Trial
Friday, 2 August 2024, 10:13 am | UN News
The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday, welcoming the long-awaited verdict in the trial into the 2009 massacre at a stadium in the capital, Conakry. More >>
World News In Brief: Gaza Update, Venezuela Election Violence, Executions In South Sudan
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 10:03 am | UN News
Thousands of people have returned to parts of Khan Younis in Gaza following the announced completion of Israeli ground operations in these areas earlier in the week, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Wednesday. More >>
UN Ramps Up Assistance To Survivors Of Papua New Guinea Massacre
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 8:44 am | UN News
UN agencies have stepped up emergency support to survivors of a massacre in a remote region of Papua New Guinea that occurred earlier this month. More >>
