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Humanitarians Underscore Need For Urgent And Sustained Support In Gaza
Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 9:30 am | UN News
As the UN and partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance across the Gaza Strip, the scale of needs remains overwhelming, requiring urgent and sustained support, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday. More >>
UN Launches $6 Billion Sudan Appeal, As Famine Takes Hold
Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 9:01 am | UN News
More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is taking hold” and sexual violence is rife, the UN’s top aid official said on Monday, as the global body launched an appeal for $6 billion to avert a humanitarian catastrophe ... More >>
DR Congo Displacement, Health Crisis Worsens Amid Dwindling Aid Access
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:45 pm | UN News
A dire displacement crisis is escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as M23 rebels make headway while aid routes are cut off, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. More >>
World Must Not Turn Its Back On Sudan’s Deepening Crisis: Guterres
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:44 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on the international community to urgently scale up funding and diplomatic action to ease the suffering of millions of Sudanese facing hunger and displacement as rival militaries continue battling each other for ... More >>
Strike On Chernobyl: ‘No Room For Complacency’ Says Atomic Energy Watchdog
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:42 pm | UN News
Ukrainian authorities said on Friday 14 Feb a Russian drone strike with a high explosive warhead struck the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant overnight, damaging a protective shield which was built following the 1986 disaster in order to prevent further radiation ... More >>
Syria: Thousands Of Displaced Head Home, But Many Refugees Still Wary
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:35 pm | UN News
More than 825,000 people who were displaced within Syria have returned to their areas of origin since December, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday. More >>
‘No Time To Lose’ In Gaza, As Ceasefire Offers Fragile Respite
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:26 pm | UN News
The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire holds but tensions loom over a potential resumption of fighting. More >>
Political Solution To End War In Yemen Is Achievable, UN Envoy Says
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:25 pm | UN News
A lasting peace is still possible in Yemen but requires commitment, courage, and action from all sides, the UN Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
DR Congo: Shortage Of Humanitarian Routes Threatens Aid Operation, Top UN Official Warns
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:23 pm | UN News
As M23 rebels continue to gain ground in South Kivu in the DRC, the country’s top UN humanitarian official has told UN News that increasing “complexity and needs” are fuelling a crisis which had already left more than a million people displaced ... More >>
Aid Surge Into Gaza Continues, UN Teams Prioritize Immediate Needs
Monday, 17 February 2025, 12:40 am | UN News
Lifesaving aid continued to reach Gaza on Thursday while UN humanitarians warned that needs remain enormous after 15 months of constant Israeli bombardment. More >>
UNICEF Sounds Alarm Over Child Crisis In Eastern DR Congo
Monday, 17 February 2025, 12:38 am | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where hundreds of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced as M23 rebels continue to attack ... More >>
US Funding Cuts Threaten Global Health Response, WHO Chief Warns
Sunday, 16 February 2025, 11:49 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts on critical global health initiatives, warning they pose a direct threat to public health efforts worldwide. More >>
Alert: World News In Brief: Peacekeeper Dies In CAR, Gaza And DR Congo Latest, Preventing Violent Extremism
Sunday, 16 February 2025, 11:48 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the killing of a Tunisian peacekeeper serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA. More >>
Security Council: Syrian Leaders Urged To Prioritise Inclusive Transition
Sunday, 16 February 2025, 11:46 pm | UN News
The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Wednesday called on the country’s caretaker authorities to make the transition to democratic rule inclusive, warning that transparency, rule of law and fair elections – particularly for women taking part – remain key concerns. More >>
Belarus: Violations Remain ‘Widespread And Systematic’, Says Independent Expert Group
Saturday, 15 February 2025, 1:58 pm | UN News
A new report from UN Human Rights Council-mandated experts monitoring Belarus on Friday said that authorities have been committing widespread human rights violations, some amounting to crimes against humanity, as part of a systematic campaign to silence ... More >>
UN Rights Office Condemns Continuing Israeli Military Operation In West Bank
Saturday, 15 February 2025, 1:57 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank, warning that nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced already amid an “alarming wave” of violence and destruction. More >>
13 Children Killed In The West Bank Since Year Began: UNICEF
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 10:16 am | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced deep alarm at the growing number of children killed, injured and displaced in the occupied West Bank, as violence continues to escalate. More >>
Guterres Calls For Probe Into Death Of WFP Staff Member Detained In Yemen
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 9:20 am | UN News
Flags at all UN offices in Yemen are flying at half-mast this week following the death of a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member who had been arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in the north since last month. More >>
First Person: Bodies Of Children In Haiti Have Turned Into ‘Battlegrounds’
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:37 pm | UN News
Armed groups in Haiti are inflicting “unimaginable horrors” on children, turning their “bodies into battlegrounds”, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). More >>
Global Forum Suggests Fresh Ideas For 21st Century UN Peacekeeping
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:35 pm | UN News
UN peacekeeping must be fit for purpose as the nature of conflict evolves in the 21st century along with new weapons technology, more than 60 nations heard this week at a global forum on the future of peace operations, taking place in Indonesia. More >>
