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Southeast Asia Provides Fertile Ground For Women To Benefit From AI
Friday, 27 December 2024, 9:22 am | UN News
Artificial intelligence or AI technology can help to protect vulnerable women, give women a voice in male-dominated communities and increase training opportunities in Southeast Asia thanks to innovative approaches by United Nations agencies. More >>
Indian Ocean Tsunami Anniversary: A Call To Safeguard Future Generations
Friday, 27 December 2024, 8:54 am | UN News
On the sombre twentieth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, a disaster that claimed over 230,000 lives across 14 nations, UN officials on Thursday called for a renewed global commitment to safeguard future generations from similar catastrophes. More >>
Sudan’s El Fasher Siege: UN Humanitarians Killed As Refugee Crisis Intensifies
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 2:22 pm | UN News
The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border, have intensified an already alarming humanitarian crisis, according to UN agencies on Friday. More >>
Making The Digital And Physical World Safer: Why The Convention Against Cybercrime Matters
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 2:07 pm | UN News
Billions of people worldwide are set to benefit from enhanced safety online and in the physical world following the adoption of a legally binding treaty on cybercrime by the UN General Assembly. More >>
‘Racial Justice Demands Collective Action’, Says UN Rights Chief, Ushering In New Decade For African Diaspora
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 1:58 pm | UN News
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday welcomed the proclamation of the Second International Decade for People of African Descent by the UN General Assembly. More >>
World News In Brief: Death Toll Rises In Darfur, Cyclone Chido Latest, São Tomé And Príncipe Takes Development Step
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 1:53 pm | UN News
UN humanitarians expressed alarm on Monday at the rising numbers of civilian casualties in and around the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, in northern Darfur. More >>
UN World Court Concludes Landmark Hearings On States’ Responsibility For Climate Change
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 1:43 pm | UN News
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held historic hearings from 2 to 13 December addressing States’ obligations under international law to combat climate change, a process spearheaded by small island nations facing existential threats. More >>
Gaza Is Now A Graveyard And There’s No Escape, Say UN Aid Teams
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 1:38 pm | UN News
Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which has become “a graveyard”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. More >>
Syria Transition May Fail If Support Lifeline Is Delayed, Says IOM Chief
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 1:32 pm | UN News
The head of the UN migration agency stressed on Friday that Syria is in no position to take back millions of Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime, while there is an urgent need to “re-evaluate” sanctions impacting the war-ravaged country. More >>
Security And Economic Woes Plague West Africa, As Key Elections Loom
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 1:25 pm | UN News
West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and humanitarian crises as countries prepares for pivotal elections in 2025, the UN special envoy for the vast region told ambassadors in the Security Council on ... More >>
Sudan’s El Fasher Siege: UN Humanitarians Killed As Refugee Crisis Intensifies
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 1:20 pm | UN News
The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border, have intensified an already alarming humanitarian crisis, according to UN agencies on Friday. More >>
UN News Champion: ‘Are You Keeping Up With The Death?’ The Grinding Toll Of War In Gaza
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 1:13 pm | UN News
As we near the end of another year of war and humanitarian crisis, UN News is highlighting the extraordinary work of staffers in the field who feed our story-telling efforts for global audiences. Our first UN News Champion is Louise Wateridge of the UN agency ... More >>
General Assembly Approves $3.72 Billion UN Budget For 2025
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 8:58 am | UN News
The General Assembly wrapped up the main part of its 79th session on Tuesday, approving a $3.72 billion budget for the United Nations for 2025 and adopting a new programme to support landlocked developing countries. More >>
UN General Assembly Adopts Milestone Cybercrime Treaty
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 1:20 pm | UN News
The Convention against Cybercrime acknowledges the significant risks posed by the misuse of information and communications technologies (ICT), which enable criminal activities on an unprecedented scale, speed, and scope More >>
Syria: UN Health Agency Launches $56.4 Million Appeal To Meet Critical Needs
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 9:04 am | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched a $56.4 million flash appeal to address urgent health needs in Syria, where years of conflict have cripped the healthcare system. More >>
Sudan’s Worsening Famine: Conflict Puts Millions At Risk
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 8:21 am | UN News
Sudan is confronting a widening famine crisis, with widespread starvation, surging acute malnutrition and mass displacement exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, a UN-backed food security assessment released on Tuesday has found. More >>
Over 207 Executed In Port-Au-Prince Massacre: UN Report
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 12:54 pm | UN News
A little over two weeks after a surge of violence in the Cité Soleil commune of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a UN report has concluded that more than 207 people were executed by the Wharf Jérémie gang. More >>
Syria: UN Investigators Call For Protecting Evidence Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 9:38 am | UN News
The humanitarian crisis in Syria continues to escalate, with millions struggling to access basic resources as fuel shortages and damaged infrastructure hinder relief efforts, the UN reported on Monday. More >>
Only 3 Per Cent Of UN Emergency Food Aid Getting To Desperate Gazans
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 9:29 am | UN News
Since October, when Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in northern Gaza, only three per cent of food and water deliveries organized by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been permitted to enter areas in northern Gaza. More >>
Yemen Bears World’s Highest Cholera Burden, Deepening Humanitarian Crisis
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 8:57 am | UN News
Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, accounting for 35 per cent of worldwide cholera cases and 18 per cent of related deaths this year, the UN World Health Organization ... More >>
