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Nigeria: UN Agencies Assist Families Affected By Floods

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:06 pm | UN News

UN agencies and their humanitarian partners are providing life-saving relief to families in Nigeria who lost their homes during recent flooding. More >>

UN Rights Expert Calls For Immediate Release Of All Israeli Hostages

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:02 pm | UN News

The UN independent human rights expert on protection from torture on Tuesday reiterated the urgent need for all Israeli hostages held in Gaza to be unconditionally released. More >>

Top UN Official Appeals For Calm Following Wave Of Pager Explosions In Lebanon

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:58 pm | UN News

The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, has called for calm following attacks across the country on Tuesday which killed at least nine people, including children, and left thousands injured - many critically. More >>

UNAIDS: Rising Debt In Sub-Saharan Africa Costing Lives

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:42 pm | UN News

The report details how this debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally – 25.9 million people of the nearly 40 million ... More >>

Security Council: Middle East Envoy Warns Against Escalation, Highlights Continued Israeli Settlement Activity

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:37 pm | UN News

The UN envoy supporting peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians voiced grave concern over the growing risk of widescale regional escalation during a briefing to the Security Council in New York on Wednesday. More >>

‘Irrefutable’ Need For Global Regulation Of AI: UN Experts

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:31 pm | UN News

The imperative for global regulation of the booming artificial intelligence field, or AI, is “irrefutable”, a new report from a UN expert group said on Thursday, adding that development and use of such a technology “cannot be left to the whims ... More >>

UN Chief Strongly Condemns Mali Terrorist Attack

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:28 pm | UN News

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for accountability following a “despicable” terrorist attack in Mali this week, his Spokesperson said on Thursday. More >>

Showing Resolve Amid Crisis: Guterres Highlights UN Impact In Annual Report

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:25 pm | UN News

In a time marked by escalating global crises – from rising poverty to the worsening climate emergency – the United Nations remains steadfast in its resolve to foster peace, advance sustainable development, and alleviate human suffering. More >>

Middle East: Regional Crisis Risks Engulfing Syria, UN Envoy Warns

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:04 pm | UN News

The escalating regional tensions are drawing Syria deeper into conflict, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Tuesday, citing recent Israeli airstrikes, Hezbollah rocket fire and the widespread explosions of wireless devices in Lebanon, which included ... More >>

Lebanon: WHO Appeals For More Support For Civilians As Crises Intensify

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 2:59 pm | UN News

The international community must come to the aid of Lebanon in the face of back-to-back crises and spillover from the war in Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the country said on Friday, as reports emerged of more Israeli airstrikes in the ... More >>

‘Fear Of War’ Causing Speech Problems In Gaza

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 2:48 pm | UN News

The fear and anxiety caused by the ongoing war in Gaza is causing a range of speech problems including stuttering amongst young children, according to a therapist interviewed by the United Nations. More >>

Youth Lead The Way Ahead Of UN Summit Of The Future

Sunday, 22 September 2024, 2:44 pm | UN News

Young people took centre stage at UN Headquarters on Friday in the lead-up to the Summit of the Future – an unprecedented opportunity for world leaders to address current and emerging global challenges, and reform outdated international institutions. More >>

Sudan: UN Urges Immediate Action To Stop Fighting In El Fasher

Thursday, 19 September 2024, 9:47 am | UN News

A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival military factions across the country, is heightening the risk of atrocities, including violence against women, and worsening the already dire humanitarian crisis, ... More >>

World News In Brief: Yemen Detainee Appeal, Typhoon Yagi Impacts, Ease Asylum Seekers’ Plight, Cash Boost For Mpox Fight

Thursday, 19 September 2024, 9:01 am | UN News

Regional directors from six UN agencies and three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on Wednesday for the immediate and unconditional release of scores of colleagues who have been arbitrarily detained in Yemen for 100 days. More >>

‘Create A Future Fit For Our Grandchildren’, Guterres Urges, Ahead Of Gamechanger Summit

Thursday, 19 September 2024, 8:26 am | UN News

Countries must use a once-in-a-generation UN summit to address current and emerging global challenges and reform outdated international institutions, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in New York. More >>

Afghanistan: UN Warns Of Growing Crisis Under Increasingly Authoritarian Taliban Rule

Thursday, 19 September 2024, 8:24 am | UN News

Concerns for women and the overall state of humanitarian rights in Afghanistan are growing following further legal clampdowns by the Taliban, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday. More >>

UN General Assembly Demands Israel End ‘Unlawful Presence’ In Occupied Palestinian Territory

Thursday, 19 September 2024, 7:49 am | UN News

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that demands that Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. More >>

UN Appeals For Restraint After Further Devices Explode Across Lebanon

Thursday, 19 September 2024, 7:28 am | UN News

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an end to the escalation in violence in the Middle East amid reports of a fresh wave of electronic device detonations in Lebanon which caused further deaths and injuries. More >>

How Aid Is (And Is Not) Getting Into Gaza

Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 10:14 am | UN News

A relentless siege, deadly targeted attacks and chronic restrictions on lifesaving aid deliveries into the war-torn Gaza Strip by Israeli forces: that’s just some of what aid workers are grappling with as they try to provide the level of lifesaving ... More >>

More Action On The Ground Needed To Save Civilian Lives In Gaza, Top UN Official Tells Security Council

Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 8:05 am | UN News

Not enough progress is being made in getting desperately needed aid and commercial goods into Gaza, the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for the Strip said in a briefing to the Security Council on Monday. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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