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Accelerating Extinction Rate Triggers Domino Effect Of Biodiversity Loss
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 4:18 am | UN News
While nearly one million species are currently at risk of extinction, the United Nations University (UNU) in Bonn is drawing attention to “co-extinctions”: the chain reaction occurring when the complete disappearance of one species affects another. More >>
Climate Crisis Fuels Deadly Floods, Worsening Hunger In Afghanistan
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 4:02 am | UN News
The devastating floods that struck Afghanistan recently are likely to intensify in the coming months, exacerbating the already critical food insecurity in the affected districts, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Tuesday. More >>
Evacuees Brought To Safety As Russian Strikes Intensify
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 9:59 am | UN News
Fresh air strikes continue in Ukraine, where around 16,000 have been forced to evacuate from villages in the Kharkiv region near the border with Russia, since 10 May, according to the UN aid coordination office (OCHA). The UN refugee agency, UNHCR , and partners ... More >>
Long, Dangerous Journeys On The Rise But Migration Drives Prosperity
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 9:50 am | UN News
Migration is on track to become one of the defining features of the 21st century and more action is needed to ensure regular pathways for people to move safely, the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday in New ... More >>
‘Alarming Lack Of Compliance’ With International Law Ramps Up Danger For Civilians
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 9:08 am | UN News
The plight of civilians affected by war in 2023 was “resoundingly dire”, as the world witnessed horrors not only in Gaza and southern Israel but also the intense suffering of populations in other crisis hotspots around the globe, senior UN officials ... More >>
With Gaza On The Brink, Hostage Talks Must Resume, Security Council Hears
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 10:35 am | UN News
Gaza stands at “yet another precipice of further catastrophe” as the latest round of hostage negotiations in Cairo failed to reach an agreement, a senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday. More >>
What Is The International Criminal Court?
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 10:30 am | UN News
Trying the gravest crimes, ensuring victims have access to justice, conducting fair trials and complementing national tribunals are among the key tasks of the International Criminal Court (ICC). More >>
UN Chief Mourns Loss Of Iranian President In Helicopter Crash
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 7:38 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, alongside members of the Security Council, has extended heartfelt condolences to the people and Government of Iran following the death of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident on Sunday. More >>
Syria: WHO Regional Director Calls For Greater Investment In Health Sector
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 6:54 am | UN News
Failure to invest in the health of the Syrian people will only deepen instability in the war-ravaged country and pose threats to regional and global security, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. More >>
Haiti: Multinational Mission And The “Inexorable Requirement To Restore Security Conditions”
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 6:52 am | UN News
The establishment of a Multinational Security Support mission for Haiti is moving closer as the Caribbean nation continues to face a crisis of violence and insecurity caused by entrenched criminal gang activity. More >>
Gaza: Nearly 800,000 Now Displaced From Rafah
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 1:26 pm | UN News
Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Sat in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian ... More >>
UN Rights Office Urges Sri Lanka To Reveal Fate Of The Disappeared
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 4:52 am | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday urged the Sri Lankan Government to take decisive action to uncover the fates and locations of tens of thousands of individuals subjected to enforced disappearances over the years and to hold those responsible ... More >>
Israel Refutes South Africa’s Accusations At UN World Court
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 4:35 am | UN News
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), heard the response from Israel on the case brought forward by South Africa requesting emergency provisional measures to immediately halt Israeli military operations under way in Rafah, in southern Gaza. More >>
‘Brand New Words’ Needed To Describe Gaza Devastation, UN Humanitarian Says
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 4:22 am | UN News
The situation in Gaza is so devastating that no words can adequately describe it, a humanitarian officer working in the besieged enclave has said. More >>
UN’s Rights Chief Says Horrified By Sudan Escalation As Famine Draws Nearer
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:45 am | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s having a terrifying impact on millions of civilians, who humanitarians say are “staring famine in the face”. More >>
At Arab League Summit, Guterres Appeals For Gaza Ceasefire And Regional Unity
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:42 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his longstanding call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held in the enclave, and unimpeded access for aid delivery, in remarks to the Summit of the League of Arab States in ... More >>
Gaza: Aid Delivery Via Floating Dock Welcomed, But Land Routes ‘More Important’
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:42 am | UN News
Trucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock built by the United States military, but this is not enough to meet the needs of civilians, UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday. More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: UN’s First Peacekeeping Force
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:41 am | UN News
UN deployed its first ever peacekeeping force to the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula to help bring an end to the Suez Canal crisis in the 1950's. The crisis began when Egypt nationalised the Suez Canal Company in July 1956, and France and the United More >>
UN Envoy Outlines Iraq’s Growth And Ongoing Struggles
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:20 am | UN News
Iraq is a nation brimming with potential but still haunted by legacies of past turmoil, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the country, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Food Aid Reaches Haiti, UN SG Condemns Attack On Slovakian Leader, Russian Strikes Drive Influx Of Evacuees In Ukraine
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:16 am | UN News
UN agencies are reaching Haitians in the besieged capital and other areas amid ongoing gang violence that continues to ravage the Caribbean nation, UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told journalists on Wednesday. More >>
