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US Funding Cuts Confirmed, Ending Lifesaving Support For Women And Girls
Friday, 28 February 2025, 7:00 pm | UN News
The USAID grants were designated to provide critical maternal healthcare, protection from violence, rape treatment and other lifesaving care in humanitarian settings. The UN agency partners with 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual ... More >>
Police Units Need Strong Support Says UN Peacekeeping Chief
Friday, 28 February 2025, 6:54 pm | UN News
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Peace Operations chief, emphasised that UN Police are critical to sustaining peace, operating in increasingly difficult conditions, in the face of organized crime, corruption, human rights violations ... More >>
Haiti: Over One Million Displaced By Gang Violence
Friday, 28 February 2025, 6:49 pm | UN News
Haiti is also dealing with the impact of deportations. Last year, some 200,000 nationals were sent back to the country, and many had no home to go to. Haitians are also leaving their homeland, often at great risk. Reports indicate that nearly 400,000 fled last ... More >>
World News In Brief, Feb 25: Conflict In DR Congo, Europe’s ‘Cradle To Cane’ Crisis, Millions May Go Hungry In Chad
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 10:33 am | UN News
Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese troops has claimed more lives and forced even more families from their homes. More >>
Ukraine War: Amid Shifting Alliances, General Assembly Passes Resolution Condemning Russia’s Aggression
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 10:25 am | UN News
Three years to the day since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UNGA adopted 2 competing resolutions on resolving the conflict on Monday, one initiated by the US & the other by Ukraine – a sign of strategic differences within the transatlantic ... More >>
Farmers Must Be At The Heart Of Biodiversity Action
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 10:24 am | UN News
“Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation” – that was the stark message delivered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General on Tuesday to delegates attending the latest round of UN biodiversity ... More >>
WHO Marks 20 Years Of Its Lifesaving Tobacco Control Treaty
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 9:34 am | UN News
A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the past two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. More >>
UN Rights Chief Decries Substantial Rise In Death Penalty Executions
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 9:12 am | UN News
International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, where UN human rights chief Volker Türk decried a substantial increase in global executions in the last two years. More >>
‘Political Courage’ Needed To End War In The Middle East: Top UN Envoy
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 9:06 am | UN News
A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on political courage from all sides, the top UN official for the Middle East Peace Process said on Tuesday. More >>
Ukraine: Post-war Reconstruction Set To Cost $524 Billion
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 8:51 am | UN News
The total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is estimated at $524 billion (€506 billion) over the next decade, according to a new study published on Tuesday. More >>
Nuclear Weapons Are ‘One-way Road To Annihilation’ Warns Guterres
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 6:08 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the risk of nuclear conflict is rising – as global security arrangements unravel and military spending soars – urging governments to push for total disarmament. More >>
New Round Of Polio Vaccinations Begins In Gaza
Monday, 24 February 2025, 7:12 pm | UN News
The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young children got underway on Saturday. More >>
Explainer: 5 Common Myths About Child Marriage
Monday, 24 February 2025, 7:10 pm | UN News
Every day, almost 1 in 5 young women are married off while still children, according to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, which is urging countries to say “I don’t” to child marriage, an illegal practice that is almost universally ... More >>
UN In Ukraine Prepares For The Worst, Hopes For The Best
Monday, 24 February 2025, 4:25 pm | UN News
As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its 3rd year, a flurry of diplomatic activity has led to a growing expectation of a ceasefire, although the situation remains extremely fluid. Despite the uncertainty, the UN is planning how to best ... More >>
Ukraine: Guterres Says ‘Enough Is Enough’ As War Reaches The Three-year Mark
Monday, 24 February 2025, 4:22 pm | UN News
Monday marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in clear violation of the UN Charter and international law, and the UN Secretary-General has renewed his call for de-escalation and an end to the conflict. More >>
Colombia: Fleeing The Thunder Of Violence In Catatumbo
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 4:15 pm | UN News
Around 80,000 people in northeastern Colombia are suffering the devastating consequences of an armed conflict that escalated on 15 January of this year. More >>
DR Congo Crisis: Occupation Blocks UN Mission From Protecting Civilians
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 3:22 pm | UN News
The continued occupation of North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the M23 armed group has “severely constrained” the UN stabilisation force’s ability to protect civilians and carry out lifesaving operations, the mission ... More >>
Security Council Urges Rwanda To Stop Supporting M23 In Eastern DR Congo
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 3:20 pm | UN News
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that strongly condemned the ongoing offensive and advance of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
Urgent Appeal Launched As DR Congo Crisis Fuels Mass Displacement To Burundi
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 3:18 pm | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its impact on neighbouring countries, particularly Burundi, where thousands are arriving ... More >>
Nearly 148,000 In Gaza Receive Cash Aid
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 3:15 pm | UN News
Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with critical assistance, including cash, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday. More >>
