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New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30 07 May 2025 © UNRWA An UNRWA school sheltering displaced families in Gaza has received a direct hit. Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering 2,000 displaced people, which reportedly killed 30 Palestinians sheltering there…

Absent faces, destroyed homes – young students paint the pain of Gaza

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Absent faces, destroyed homes – young students paint the pain of Gaza 07 May 2025 UN News Fatima Al-Za’anin, a displaced Palestinian girl from Beit Hanoun (Gaza), speaks about her drawings in an art exhibition organized by UNRWA in Gaza City as part of its mental health and psychosocial support services. Students displaced by the war in Gaza have been channeling their anguish into art in…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 06 May 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Rolando Gómez, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and…

More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities 06 May 2025 Courtesy of Silvia Ramos. Midwife Silvia Ramos checks the health of a newborn. Where you're born could be the difference between living over three decades longer than someone else from a poorer country lacking safe housing, good educational opportunities and access to decent jobs, a new UN report…

Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates 06 May 2025 © WFP/Eloge Mbaihondoum Refugees from wartorn Sudan wait at a food distribution centre in neighbouring Chad. Most of the new arrivals are women and children, says the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Thousands of exhausted Sudanese refugees continue to flee fighting in search of safety in neighbouring Chad, aid teams said on…

Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese 06 May 2025 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga A woman is being screened for malnutrition in South Sudan. "Health is the last safety net. If it fails, everything else will also fall.", said Dr Humphrey Karamagi, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s Representative in South Sudan. Aid teams in South Sudan warned on…

UN Secretary-General urges military restraint from India, Pakistan

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UN Secretary-General urges military restraint from India, Pakistan 06 May 2025 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file photo) The UN chief has expressed deep concern over Indian military operations across the Line of Control and the international border with Pakistan. In…

Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’ 06 May 2025 © UNRWA Many Gazans are living in temporary shelters after their homes were destroyed. The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core principles of neutral, impartial and independent aid delivery, the UN said on Tuesday…

‘Alarming’ slowdown in human development - could AI provide answers?

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Alarming’ slowdown in human development - could AI provide answers? 06 May 2025 © Ministry of Digital Transformation, Trinidad &Tobago Trinidad & Tobago is investing in AI with the expectation that it can accelerate development. The progress of human development – as measured by people’s freedoms and well-being – has remained sluggish since the major shock of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Lives of pregnant women and newborns at risk as funding cuts impact midwifery support

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Lives of pregnant women and newborns at risk as funding cuts impact midwifery support 06 May 2025 UNFPA Sudan A midwife visiting pregnant women in a shelter for internally displaced persons. Midwives are vital frontline workers who can provide up to 90 per cent of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn health services – from safely delivering babies to caring for survivors of…