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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 >>
Syrians’ Hopes For A Better Future Depend On Justice For The Disappeared, Human Rights Council Hears
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 8:41 am | UN News
The people of Syria’s painful search for a peaceful future took centre stage at the UN on Wednesday as one leading representative of the families of the country’s forcibly disappeared spoke of the continuing pain of not knowing their fate. More >>
UN Report Reveals Brutal Attacks Targeting Muslims, Refugees In Central African Republic
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 8:37 am | UN News
A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations committed by armed groups in southeast Central African Republic (CAR), targeting Muslim communities and Sudanese refugees. More >>
Sudan: Children As Young As One Raped During Conflict, UNICEF Warns
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 4:05 pm | UN News
As conflict rages across Sudan, armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including some infants as young as one, according to the UN children’s agency (UNICEF). More >>
Gaza: Deep Concern For Civilians As Aid Crossings Remain Shut
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 4:01 pm | UN News
UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday that the continued closure of key border crossings into Gaza is putting civilian lives at risk, just as they begin to recover from months of war, deprivation and hunger. More >>
Famine Looms In Somalia Without Funding Boost,WFP Says
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 3:57 pm | UN News
The time to step up is now- for the people of Somalia, where drought threatens 1.7 million young children at risk of acutemalnutrition, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday. More >>
UN Envoy Strongly Condemns Continuing Israeli Attacks Inside Syria
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 3:52 pm | UN News
The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Tuesday condemned ongoing Israeli attacks inside Syrian territory and continuing violations in and around the demilitarised zone created as part of a 1974 ceasefire agreement. More >>
‘Dangerous Nuclear Rhetoric And Threats’ Trigger Stark Wake-Up Call: UN Chief
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 11:36 am | UN News
Dramatically evolving geopolitical tensions amid “dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats” are a stark wake-up call for States to take action to support the legally binding atomic weapon ban treaty, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on ... More >>
Nuclear Energy Watchdog Chief Raises ‘Serious’ Safety Concerns Over Sites In Ukraine And Iran
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 9:53 am | UN News
In his latest address to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Monday, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi warned of the escalating nuclear safety risks in Ukraine as the conflict grinds on. More >>
Oceans Of Opportunity Squeezed Dry By Unsustainable Use
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 9:02 am | UN News
The booming ocean economy sustains hundreds of millions of people, but it is being squeezed dry by overfishing, pollution, climate change and waste, UN economists warned on Monday, in a call for smarter, more concerted action to protect the world’s ... More >>
