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Middle East: Beirut And Tehran Attacks ‘Represent A Dangerous Escalation’, Guterres Warns
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 7:39 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to prevent escalation in the Middle East, following an Israeli strike on Lebanon’s capital and the reported killing of a top Hamas leader in Iran. More >>
Skyrocketing Violence Against Children In Sudan Demands Urgent Protection Measures: UN Report
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 7:10 am | UN News
The conflict in Sudan has led to a horrifying surge in violence against children, a new UN report has revealed, underscoring the need for urgent and tangible protection measures. More >>
UN Appeals For ‘maximum Restraint’ Following Israeli Strikes In Beirut
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:28 am | UN News
The United Nations has voiced grave concern over Israeli strikes in the densely populated southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Tuesday, which resulted in scores of civilian casualties. More >>
Israeli Military In Spotlight Over ‘incommunicado’ Detention Of Palestinians
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:16 am | UN News
A new UN report published Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained by the Israeli authorities since war erupted in Gaza last October has documented a range of serious violations that may amount to torture. More >>
Independent Rights Experts Urge States To Comply With ICJ Ruling On Israel
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:00 am | UN News
UN Member States must immediately comply with the recent “landmark ruling” by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a group of 38 UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday. More >>
War-Weary Sudanese Face New Hardships As Floods Strike
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 10:34 am | UN News
Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting further misery on communities already vulnerable due to ongoing conflict, UN agencies ... More >>
Venezuela: UN Rights Chief Concerned About Post-Election Tension And Violence
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 10:09 am | UN News
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern over the situation in Venezuela following the recent presidential election. More >>
UAE Urged To Free Activists, Mass School Closures In Haiti, Aid For Sudanese Refugees In Libya
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 10:04 am | UN News
The United Arab Emirates must immediately release 43 activists who have been sentenced to life imprisonment for terror offences, independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday. More >>
UN Rights Office Condemns Forced Evictions Of Palestinian Families In East Jerusalem
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 9:59 am | UN News
The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed concern on Tuesday over the forced evictions of over 80 Palestinian families in the Silwan area of occupied East Jerusalem. More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Pope Francis’s Message To The World
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:42 am | UN News
In 2015, His Holiness Pope Francis paid an historic visit to UN Headquarters, calling the United Nations “necessary”. More >>
Kazakhstan Tightens Laws To Combat Trafficking Of Newborns
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:38 am | UN News
Babies are being sold for up to $4,500 in Kazakhstan, but the government is cracking down on traffickers with a new law adopted earlier this month. More >>
Gazans Need Polio Vaccines Amid ‘deathly Cycle’ Of Hunger, Heat And Disease, Say UN Aid Agencies
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:31 am | UN News
In a bid to prevent a polio epidemic in Gaza, UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated continuing international calls for a ceasefire to allow a mass vaccination campaign to get underway. More >>
Torrential Rains And Floods In South Asia Endanger Millions Of Children, Warns UNICEF
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 10:05 am | UN News
More than six million children in South Asia are at risk following severe torrential rains, flash floods, and landslides that have devastated the region, leaving many homeless, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday. More >>
UN Official Describes Gaza Situation As ‘Absolutely Catastrophic’ Amid Severe Shortages
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 8:41 am | UN News
The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza said on Monday that the situation in the war-ravaged enclave remains “absolutely catastrophic”, with Palestinian civilians enduring a “horrendous maelstrom of human misery.” More >>
Venezuela: Guterres Calls For ‘Complete Transparency’ Following Disputed Presidential Election
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 8:03 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has commended the people of Venezuela “for their determination to express their will peacefully through the ballot box,” his Spokesperson said on Monday. More >>
UN Officials Alarmed By Civilian Targeting Amid Renewed Fighting In Myanmar
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 7:49 am | UN News
Senior UN officials on Monday voiced alarm over the continued escalation in conflict in Myanmar, amid reports of direct targeting of civilians in aerial attacks, and the abduction and forced recruitment of children by armed forces. More >>
Gaza: Fresh Evacuation Orders Compound Misery For Enclave’s Displaced
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 7:48 am | UN News
New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalate after a deadly strike in the Syrian Golan Heights, where 12 youngsters were killed over the weekend, UN humanitarians have said. More >>
Healthcare In Sudan ‘Hanging By A Thread,’ Warns UN Health Agency
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 7:40 am | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday strongly denounced the increasing attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, reporting over 20 such incidents in the last two months. More >>
Global Education Fund Announces $2.5 Million Grant For Haiti
Sunday, 28 July 2024, 4:41 am | UN News
A UN-backed global fund that supports education in emergencies will provide $2.5 million to ensure that thousands of children affected by gang violence in Haiti can attend school in safety. More >>
Historic Palestine Monastery On World Heritage In Danger List, Rights Office Condemnation As Ghana Upholds Anti-gay Law
Sunday, 28 July 2024, 4:27 am | UN News
The World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Friday that the Monastery of Saint Hilarion/Tell Umm Amer in Palestine has been added to its list of global heritage sites and another for sites ... More >>
