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1.3 Billion Teens Suffering Mental Disorders, Russia’s Indigenous Peoples Face ‘Extinction’, Belarus Rights Update
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 8:55 am | UN News
At least one in seven youngsters has a mental disorder. That’s the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which has appealed for much greater investment to help almost 1.3 billion teenagers globally. More >>
Reconnect With Our Common Humanity And Reject ‘Treacherous New Normal’
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:48 pm | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his annual global update on Monday, urging the international community to reject a “new normal” that upholds entrenched power structures at the expense of our common humanity. More >>
Gaza: UN Envoy Condemns Deadly Strike On Camp In Humanitarian Zone
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:29 pm | UN News
The UN Middle East envoy has strongly condemned deadly airstrikes by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday on a densely populated area in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in Gaza. More >>
Escalating Violence In Syria Raises Fear Of ‘Large-Scale War’
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:24 pm | UN News
Increased violence along the frontlines in Syria, with continued war crimes on all sides, is leaving civilians in the region fearful of a “large-scale war”, a new report from the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry released on Tuesday warns. More >>
General Assembly Wraps Up With Calls For Unity And Resolve
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:18 pm | UN News
The 78th session of the UN General Assembly closed on Tuesday, concluding a tumultuous year in international diplomacy and underscoring the need for a collective resolve among nations to confront pressing challenges. More >>
WFP Continues To Support Millions Amid Ongoing Wars In Gaza And Ukraine
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:10 pm | UN News
Nearly 50 million people in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe are not getting enough to eat, or double the number from before the Arab Spring over a decade ago, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday ... More >>
Mpox: UNHCR Launches Appeal To Support Refugees In African Countries
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:05 pm | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed on Wednesday for $21.4 million to urgently scale up health services for forcibly displaced people in African countries impacted by mpox. More >>
Haiti: Education In Jeopardy As Gang Violence Continues
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:00 pm | UN News
Ongoing violence in Haiti is putting the education of over 100,000 displaced children in the south at risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday. More >>
New How-To Guide Speeds Global Race For Renewable Energy
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:56 pm | UN News
Governments, industry and other key players can now deploy a new action-oriented toolkit to ensure the global energy transition unfolds with equity, justice and sustainability as demand for minerals for renewables is poised to almost triple by 2030, according ... More >>
Summit Of The Future Aims To Make The UN More Effective
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:47 pm | UN News
Negotiations continue ahead of the Summit of the Future at UN Headquarters this month, where world leaders will enhance cooperation to tackle critical challenges facing the international community and address gaps in global governance. More >>
Gaza: Six UNRWA Staff Killed In Strikes On School Sheltering Displaced People
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:41 pm | UN News
Six staff members with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, were killed in Gaza on Wednesday when two Israeli airstrikes hit a school-turned-shelter and its surroundings. More >>
Viet Nam Mobilises Massive Response As Typhoon Yagi Leaves A Trail Of Catastrophe
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:36 pm | UN News
A massive disaster response has been launched in Viet Nam following widespread damage inflicted by Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in almost three decades, the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ... More >>
Over 5,000 Civilians Killed Since Myanmar Military Coup
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:10 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, issued its latest report on Myanmar on Tuesday, detailing a range of serious violations that continue to underscore the deepening crisis and lack of rule of law throughout the country. More >>
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 >>
