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World News In Brief: Aid Breakthrough For Haiti, Police Violence In Chicago, Celebrating ‘pedal Power’
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:59 am | UN News
UN humanitarians said on Monday that they have finally been able to deliver truckloads of food to highly vulnerable people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, after gang violence prevented access for more than two months. More >>
UN Experts Concerned About Migrant Labour Exploitation In UK
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:46 am | UN News
Independent UN human rights experts have expressed concern about the protection risks faced by migrant workers in the United Kingdom (UK), including “deception, exorbitant recruitment fees, debt bondage, undignified living conditions, and potential deportation.” More >>
More Than 500 Palestinians Killed In Occupied West Bank: UN Rights Chief
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:16 am | UN News
Violence in the occupied West Bank linked to the war in Gaza passed a deadly milestone with more than 500 Palestinians killed since 7 October, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday. More >>
War Must Never Be Normalized For Child Victims: Humanitarian Coordinator In Ukraine
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:07 am | UN News
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is inflicting immense physical, psychological, and emotional harm on children there, the Head of the UN Office in the country said on Tuesday. More >>
UN Project Empower Refugees In Angola
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:38 am | UN News
In the lush fields of Angola’s northeastern Lunda Norte province, a transformative project initiated by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme, is not only about cultivating rice, maize, and vegetables - but also nurturing self-reliance ... More >>
Gaza: Conditions ‘unspeakable’ As One Million People Flee Rafah: UNRWA
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:26 am | UN News
A staggering one million people have now fled Rafah in southern Gaza, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday, amid fresh reports of overnight attacks in southern, central and northern locations by Israeli forces. More >>
At World Health Assembly, Countries Agree On Efforts To Boost Pandemic Preparedness
Monday, 3 June 2024, 11:32 am | UN News
Countries on Saturday agreed to a set of key actions to better guide and coordinate international efforts in preventing, detecting, and responding to public health risks, while also committing to finalize negotiations on a global pandemic agreement within ... More >>
Gaza: Children Are Starving Amid Persistent Aid Access Obstacles, Warn UN Agencies
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 7:07 pm | UN News
Far too little aid is reaching people in Gaza to the extent that children are now starving, UN humanitarians said on Friday, in a renewed appeal to Israel to respect international law regarding the safe passage of lifesaving relief in the war-shattered ... More >>
Global AI Summit Tackles Misinformation And Deepfakes With A Little ‘bot’ Of Help
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 6:55 pm | UN News
The thorny issue of how to protect the unwary from deepfakes was just one of the key issues in the spotlight at a UN conference on AI held in Geneva this week, where a staggering 25,000 enthusiasts – and robots - from 145 countries added their voices ... More >>
World News In Brief: Updates On Worsening Crises In Gaza, South Sudan, DR Congo
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 6:17 pm | UN News
Continued hostilities and evacuation orders in Gaza have led to the closure of key humanitarian facilities in Rafah, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday. More >>
Top UN Relief Official In Ukraine Deplores Deadly Strikes In Kharkiv
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 4:50 am | UN News
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has strongly condemned the latest deadly Russian missile strikes in Kharkiv. More >>
UN Official Urges DPR Korea To Halt Missile Activities And Return To Dialogue
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 4:45 am | UN News
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) repeated launches using ballistic missile technology not only violate Security Council resolutions but also pose a serious risk to aviation and maritime traffic, a senior UN official said. More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Sounds Alarm Over Rising Violence In Burkina Faso
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 4:24 am | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday voiced serious concern over the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Burkina Faso, where almost 1,800 people are reported to have been unlawfully killed between November last year and April. More >>
UN Humanitarian Flight Takes Vital Medical Supplies To Haiti
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 4:18 am | UN News
On Thursday, a humanitarian flight operated by the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flew from Panama to Haiti – specifically the Port-au-Prince airport – for the first time in three months, according to Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the ... More >>
Sudan: As Millions Face Famine, Humanitarians Plead For Aid Access
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 4:14 am | UN News
Famine in Sudan is “imminent” if aid agencies continue to be prevented from providing relief, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Keeping The Peace Over Decades
Friday, 31 May 2024, 9:10 pm | UN News
UN Member States have been deploying “Blue Helmets” (or peacekeepers) since 1948, so on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, we’re spotlighting operations over the decades, from monitoring buffer zones in Asia to escorting aid ... More >>
INTERVIEW: Mayor Of Kharkiv Stresses Need To Protect Residents Amid Constant Shelling
Friday, 31 May 2024, 9:07 pm | UN News
The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is being subjected to heavy missile strikes from Russia, resulting in new victims and destruction every day. More >>
Cabo Verde Beats Back Climate Change Through South-South Cooperation
Friday, 31 May 2024, 9:06 pm | UN News
The small island developing State of Cabo Verde is fighting back against climate change with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More >>
Amid Ongoing Israeli Incursions Into Gaza, Aid Facilities Shut ‘One After Another’
Friday, 31 May 2024, 9:03 pm | UN News
With no let up in reported street battles and Israeli bombardment across Gaza on Thursday, UN humanitarians warned that the flow of vital lifesaving aid into the enclave has fallen by more than two thirds since the Israeli military stepped up ... More >>
SIDS Go Forward With ‘New Sense Of Hope, Solidarity And Determination’
Friday, 31 May 2024, 9:02 pm | UN News
The roadmap towards achieving resilient prosperity for small island States adopted on Thursday in Antigua and Barbuda “marks the beginning of a new journey” and a decade of delivery for their citizens and the world, said the UN Deputy Secretary-General ... More >>
