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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 >>
Sudan: Civilian Death Toll Triples In One Week Amid Escalating Hostilities
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:33 pm | UN News
The civilian death toll in Sudan has surged dramatically, with at least 275 people killed between 31 January and 5 February, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Friday. More >>
DR Congo Crisis: Thousands Flee Clashes In South Kivu
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:31 pm | UN News
Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering mass displacement and causing civilian casualties, UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA said on Friday. More >>
After Years Of Conflict, Timor-Leste Turns Peacemaker
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:30 pm | UN News
During the turbulent early years of Timor-Leste’s independence, the UN was a constant presence, helping maintain peace & stability. 24 years on, the country has made the successful transition from a host nation for UN peacekeeping operations, to one that ... More >>
US Aid Funding Cuts Put HIV Prevention At Risk, Warns UNAIDS
Sunday, 9 February 2025, 10:20 pm | UN News
The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created “confusion” in the vital work of community HIV prevention, despite a waiver issued for HIV/AIDS programmes, the UN agency to combat the still deadly disease said on Friday. More >>
Palestinians’ Rights Matter, Says UNRWA Chief
Sunday, 9 February 2025, 10:13 pm | UN News
The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underscored its commitment to assist a population whose rights “continue to be violated”. More >>
Iraq: How The World Helped Mosul Rise From The Rubble Of War
Friday, 7 February 2025, 12:02 pm | UN News
Terrorist fighters with ISIL/Da’esh invaded Iraq’s second city of Mosul in 2014, destroying centuries-old landmarks in a bid to erase its history and impose a bleak and repressive future on the nearly two million people who lived there. More >>
Toxic Air Threatens Children’s Lives Across East Asia And The Pacific, UNICEF Warns
Friday, 7 February 2025, 11:17 am | UN News
More than 100 children under the age of five die every day in East Asia and the Pacific due to air pollution, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in a new analysis released on Thursday, calling for urgent action to tackle the crisis. More >>
It’s Official: January Was The Warmest On Record
Friday, 7 February 2025, 11:11 am | UN News
The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service More >>
Gaza: UN Health Agency Urges Rapid Scale-Up Of Medevacs As Thousands Remain In Critical Condition
Friday, 7 February 2025, 11:09 am | UN News
More than 12,000 critically ill and injured patients, including at least 5,000 children, urgently need to be evacuated from Gaza, amid the crumbling health system, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s top official in the region said on Thursday. More >>
Sudan: Top Aid Official Warns Against Escalating Violence In Two States
Friday, 7 February 2025, 10:18 am | UN News
South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan are on the brink of catastrophe as violence continues to escalate at an alarming rate, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday in a statement. More >>
‘Step Up The Pace’ And End Female Genital Mutilation, UN Says
Friday, 7 February 2025, 9:26 am | UN News
As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on Thursday, the United Nations is warning that without urgent action, a staggering 27 million more girls could undergo the procedure by 2030. More >>
