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‘A Syrian-led Future’: Security Council Highlights Priorities Ahead
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 4:16 pm | UN News
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen underscored the delicate nature of the transitional phase, describing it as a moment of “great opportunities and real dangers.” More >>
DPR Korea’s Nuclear Quest Thwarts Disarmament Efforts, Security Council Hears
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 11:05 am | UN News
The launch of yet another ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is of serious concern, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, highlighting the persistent threat to global efforts towards disarmament ... More >>
Rights Experts Call For Immediate Release Of Abu Zubaydah From Guantánamo
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 11:01 am | UN News
UN independent human rights experts have called for the immediate release of Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, known as Abu Zubaydah, who has been detained without charge by US authorities at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility for almost 20 years. More >>
Ukraine In Grip Of Third Winter Of Escalating Russian Attacks
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 10:17 am | UN News
Russian forces continue to subject Ukraine’s people to “relentless attacks” by aerial glide bombs, long-range missiles and drones, in a bid to capture further territory in the east of the country, the UN’s deputy human rights chief said on ... More >>
World News In Brief: Deadly China Quake, Killings Of Alawites In Syria, Executions In Iran And Food Crisis
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 2:48 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has urged restraint in Syria, amid reports that some individuals from the country’s Alawite community and other minority groups have been targeted and killed. More >>
Gaza: Humanitarians Assist Families Impacted By Recent Airstrike In Deir Al-Balah
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 8:58 am | UN News
UN teams in Gaza have carried out a rapid needs assessment in two makeshift sites in Deir Al-Balah following a recent airstrike, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday. More >>
Lebanon: Appeal For $371.4 Million To Boost Life-saving Support
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 8:50 am | UN News
The UN and the Government of Lebanon unveiled a $371.4 million extension of the Lebanon Flash Appeal on Tuesday aiming to provide life-saving assistance to civilians affected by the recent conflict and ongoing humanitarian crisis. More >>
‘Famine Conditions Are Spreading’ As Sudan’s Crisis Worsens: Security Council
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 6:05 pm | UN News
Human suffering in Sudan has reached devastating levels, with over 11.5 million people internally displaced and 3.2 million seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. More >>
First Person: Gaza, Where Starving People Are Trapped In A Land Reduced To Rubble
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 4:47 pm | UN News
“We saw dead bodies scattered to the left and right, decomposing in the sun”, recounts Jonathan Dumont, Head of Emergency Communications at World Food Programme. A veteran of conflict zones around the world, he says that the destruction and suffering ... More >>
World News In Brief: Communal Violence In South Sudan, Syria And Gaza Updates
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 12:25 pm | UN News
Communal violence remains the primary driver of conflict in South Sudan and continues to exact a heavy toll on civilians across the country, UN peacekeepers said on Monday. More >>
Gaza War: UN World Food Programme Condemns Israeli Attack On Aid Convoy
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 8:26 am | UN News
Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its aid convoys in the war-shattered enclave was targeted by Israeli fire on Sunday. More >>
UN Continues To Call For Timely Israeli Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:40 pm | UN News
Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL. More >>
‘Hospitals Have Become Battlegrounds’: Gaza’s Health System On Brink Of Collapse
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:38 pm | UN News
With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating. More >>
Syria: UN Teams Support Cholera Vaccination In Northeastern Camps
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:36 pm | UN News
In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on Friday, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across the war-torn country, following the overthrow of the Assad ... More >>
Haiti Gangs Crisis: Top Rights Expert Decries Attacks On Hospitals
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:32 pm | UN News
The UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti on Friday condemned “intentional” attacks on hospitals, clinics and healthcare workers by armed gangs there, warning that medical facilities were already “near collapse”. More >>
Over 115,000 Syrians Have Returned Home Since End Of Assad Dictatorship
Friday, 3 January 2025, 11:05 am | UN News
More than 115,000 people have reportedly returned to Syria from countries such as Türkiye, Jordan and Lebanon since 8 December – the fall of the Assad regime - the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday. More >>
Fresh Evacuation Orders And Airstrikes Highlight Ongoing Insecurity In Gaza
Friday, 3 January 2025, 9:04 am | UN News
Civilians are not safe anywhere in the Gaza Strip, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, warned on Thursday. More >>
Gaza: ‘Every Day Without A Ceasefire Will Bring More Tragedy’
Friday, 3 January 2025, 8:30 am | UN News
The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA again underlined the need for a ceasefire in Gaza in a statement posted on the social media platform X on Thursday. More >>
WHO Continues To Urge China To Share Data Five Years After COVID-19
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 12:07 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week reflected on COVID-19, and ongoing efforts to understand the disease, five years after its emergence. More >>
Aid Trucks Deliver Food To Northwest Syria
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 12:04 pm | UN News
Humanitarians continue to respond to needs in Syria as security and logistical conditions permit, the UN said on Tuesday. More >>
