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Gaza Aid ‘Unravelling’, Funding Cuts In Ukraine, Concern Over Syria Aid Access, Duterte In ICC Custody
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:51 pm | UN News
Following 11 days of an Israeli aid blockade in Gaza, “crucial progress” made during the first six weeks of the ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas militants “continues to unravel”, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday. More >>
In The Face Of ‘Unprecedented Pressure’, EU Calls For Primacy Of International Law And Partnership
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:42 pm | UN News
The European Union remains committed to upholding international law and defending the United Nations Charter amid growing security threats, the bloc’s top diplomat told the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Bangladesh: Rohingya Children’s Acute Hunger Surges Amid Funding Cuts
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:37 pm | UN News
In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk creating a humanitarian “catastrophe”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday. More >>
Human Rights Council: Significant Increase In Child Victims Of Trafficking
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 6:50 pm | UN News
Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide, but the true number of youngsters caught up in the illegal practice is likely much higher, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday. More >>
Humanitarian System At Breaking Point As Funding Cuts Force Life-Or-Death Choices
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:33 am | UN News
The UN’s top relief official warned on Wednesday that the global humanitarian system has reached breaking point, with funding cuts forcing life-or-death decisions over which aid programmes to sustain and which to shut down. More >>
‘Furious Kickback Against Equality’ Must End, UN Chief Tells Women Activists
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 11:12 am | UN News
At a time of growing backlash against women’s rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark call to action on Tuesday to civil society representatives gathered for a town hall meeting – part of the ongoing Commission on the Status ... More >>
WHO Injects Fresh Support Into DR Congo Vaccination Drive
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 11:05 am | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by providing vital logistical support, including boats and motorcycles to reach remote communities along the Congo ... More >>
Afghanistan: Top UN Envoy Calls For ‘A Moment Of Realism’, As Taliban’s Isolation Grows
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 11:27 am | UN News
The top UN envoy for Afghanistan on Monday underscored the need for realistic engagement with the country as humanitarian and human rights crises deepen amid growing international isolation. More >>
World’s Largest Conference On Women Calls For Equality Amid Gender Backlash
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 8:56 am | UN News
Gender equality is a critical goal at a time when the demand for rights faces a global backlash, top UN officials told thousands of diplomats, business and civil society delegates gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday for the world’s largest ... More >>
Syria: Children Among The Dead Amid Reports Of Mass Killings And Looting
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 8:48 am | UN News
Children are feared to be among more than 1,000 people reportedly killed in fierce fighting over the weekend in Syria’s coastal northwest, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. More >>
Explainer: The Commission On The Status Of Women And Why It Matters
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:40 pm | UN News
Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the first UN sub-commission on the status of women in the 1940s, thousands of women around the world meet at UN Headquarters in New York every March to take the pulse ... More >>
Syria: Up To One Million People Plan To Return Home In Desperation
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:29 pm | UN News
Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest intend to return home within the next year – sparking deep concerns of a new humanitarian crisis. More >>
Post-Assad Syria Faces Critical Test Over Eliminating Chemical Weapons
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:27 pm | UN News
The fall of the Assad regime has created a historic opportunity to rid Syria of chemical weapons and ensure long-term compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the UN’s top disarmament official told the Security Council on Friday. More >>
DR Congo Crisis Leaves Mothers With Newborns Fleeing To Burundi
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:25 pm | UN News
The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to flee the unchecked ... More >>
Scores Killed In ‘Abhorrent Attack’ On UN Helicopter In South Sudan
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:22 pm | UN News
A UN helicopter attempting to evacuate wounded South Sudanese soldiers in the north of the country was attacked on Friday, killing a crew member and injuring two others. More >>
Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli Operations Continue To Have Dire Consequences
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:21 pm | UN News
Humanitarian agencies warned on Friday that ongoing Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank are exacerbating an already dire situation for displaced Palestinians. More >>
Sudan: Access To Stricken Zamzam Camp ‘Is Nearly Impossible’
Friday, 7 March 2025, 12:02 pm | UN News
Civilians sheltering in the vast Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region are now “nearly impossible” to reach, the UN’s top aid official in the country warned on Thursday. More >>
UN Assembly President Calls For Just And Lasting Peace In Ukraine
Friday, 7 March 2025, 10:38 am | UN News
The President of the General Assembly on Thursday renewed his call for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace between Ukraine and Russia, in line with the UN Charter and the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity. More >>
Gaza: Israeli Aid Cut Threatens Care For Most Vulnerable, Warns UNICEF
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 11:38 am | UN News
The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to violence and lifesaving healthcare services under threat, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned. More >>
World News In Brief: Guterres Convenes Cyprus Summit, Violence Continues In Southern Lebanon, UN Aid Hub In Chad Expands
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 11:01 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday announced a fresh bid to end the decades-long hostilities over the division of Cyprus through informal talks scheduled to take place over two days from 17 March. More >>
