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‘Historic Drought’ In Southern Africa, Human Rights In Tunisia, Accountability Must For Pakistan Mineworker Killings
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4:26 am | UN News
Nearly six and a half million people in southern Africa are starving because of an “historic drought” linked to last year’s El Niño, UN humanitarians said. More >>
Lebanon Crisis: UN Human Rights Office Calls For Probe Into Israeli Strike
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4:24 am | UN News
With no let-up to the ongoing Israel-Lebanon conflict, the UN human rights office on Tuesday called for an independent probe into an Israeli airstrike that hit an apartment block in northern Lebanon a day earlier that left a reported 22 dead. More >>
Mystery Still Surrounds Death Of Revered UN Chief Hammarskjöld, 63 Years After Tragic Plane Crash
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4:22 am | UN News
He was en route to negotiate a ceasefire between UN peacekeepers and separatists from the breakaway Congolese region of Katanga, and possibly even a peace agreement encompassing the whole of newly independent Congo. More >>
First Person: Football Dream Alive In Gaza Despite ‘Constant Fire’
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4:17 am | UN News
A young Gazan footballer who says he feels like he is “dying every day,” is trying to keep his dream alive of one day playing the game professionally, despite living “under constant fire.’ More >>
Despite Regional Escalation, Peace Is Still Possible In Yemen: UN Envoy
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4:14 am | UN News
Yemen is at risk of being dragged further into the rising conflict in the Middle East, UN Special Envoy for the country Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council. More >>
Alert: Two Billion Women Without Access To Social Protection
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 3:30 pm | UN News
A UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions are not being extended to enough women and girls, leaving them more vulnerable to poverty worldwide. More >>
Ukraine: Humanitarian Coordinator Highlights Determination To ‘Survive And Rebuild’
Saturday, 19 October 2024, 3:23 pm | UN News
Mr. Schmale said he can only marvel at the ability of Ukrainians to keep going “with smiles on their faces to support their own people.” More >>
We Owe It To Future Generations To Shape A Safer Tomorrow, UN Chief Says On International Day
Friday, 18 October 2024, 4:22 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has stressed the vital role of education in protecting children and empowering them to build a disaster-resilient future. More >>
Guterres Salutes Japanese Anti-nuclear Group On Nobel Peace Prize Win
Friday, 18 October 2024, 3:45 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the Japanese anti-nuclear weapons organization Nihon Hidankyo which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. More >>
Myanmar Is Spiralling, Warns UN Chief In Peace Call To Regional Bloc ASEAN
Friday, 18 October 2024, 3:19 pm | UN News
Amid escalating hostilities in Myanmar sparked by a 2021 military coup that have plunged millions into a deepening humanitarian crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the country’s neighbours “to leverage their influence” ... More >>
UNICEF Seeks $165 Million For Therapeutic Food To Combat ‘Silent Killer’
Friday, 18 October 2024, 11:46 am | UN News
The warning comes from UN children’s agency UNICEF which said levels of severe wasting in children under five remain gravely high in several countries due to conflict, economic shocks and climate crises. More >>
Lebanon: Cholera Fears For Communities Uprooted By War
Friday, 18 October 2024, 11:23 am | UN News
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that a response plan had been activated to strengthen surveillance, contact tracing and water sampling. More >>
Nearly Half The World’s 1.1 Billion Poor Live In Conflict Settings
Friday, 18 October 2024, 11:18 am | UN News
The finding comes in the latest update to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), jointly published by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford in the United ... More >>
Lebanon: Drone Brought Down By UNIFIL Ship As Cross-border Fire Intensifies
Friday, 18 October 2024, 11:01 am | UN News
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported on Thursday that one of its Maritime Task Force vessels off the southern Lebanese coast intercepted an approaching drone. More >>
Famine In Sudan, 400,000 Now In Syria From Lebanon, Women In The Military, Olive Farmers In Palestine
Friday, 18 October 2024, 10:33 am | UN News
A staggering 97 pc of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians who’ve remained, are facing severe levels of hunger UN independent experts warned, accusing Government troops and their rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of using “starvation ... More >>
Over 1.8 Million In Gaza Face Extreme Hunger
Friday, 18 October 2024, 10:24 am | UN News
More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, with 70 per cent of crop fields destroyed and livelihoods decimated during the ongoing Israeli military offensive, a UN-backed food security assessment ... More >>
‘Pivotal Moment’ As Violence Against Children Reaches Unprecedented Levels Worldwide
Friday, 18 October 2024, 7:25 am | UN News
Violence against children remains a pervasive global issue, with up to a billion children vulnerable to various forms of abuse, according to United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. More >>
Invest More In Vaccines To Reduce Deaths From Drug-resistant Superbugs: WHO
Friday, 18 October 2024, 6:41 am | UN News
More investment in vaccines could prevent deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and reduce antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report published on Thursday. More >>
Fears Grow That Lebanon May Become Another Gaza
Friday, 18 October 2024, 6:10 am | UN News
UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, driven by the fear that what happened in Gaza may befall them, too. More >>
'Indescribable’ Pain Following Year Of War In Gaza
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 9:27 pm | UN News
A Palestinian man living in a refugee camp in northern Gaza has talked of the ‘indescribable’ pain he has experienced over the past year as the conflict in the beleaguered enclave continues. More >>
