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Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Ninth Session, Adopts New Bureau with Sopio Kiladze as Chairperson

2 days 9 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Ninth Session, Adopts New Bureau with Sopio Kiladze as Chairperson 12 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-ninth session, which is being held in Geneva from 12 to 30 May, during which the Committee will review reports on the efforts to adhere to the Convention on the Rights of the Child of Brazil, Indonesia,…

Gaza: Guterres hails hostage release, renews ceasefire call

2 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Guterres hails hostage release, renews ceasefire call 12 May 2025 UN News Large parts of Gaza have been reduced to rubble. UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the release of a hostage held in Gaza on Monday and renewed his call for a permanent ceasefire and greater humanitarian access to the war-torn enclave.…

Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries

2 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries 12 May 2025 © Unsplash/Florian Berger Silhouette of trees on an African savannah. Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious possessions: goats, cows and cattle. The animals are central to people’s lives and age-old customs including marriage and cultural…

Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts

2 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts 12 May 2025 UN News All 25 bakeries supported by the UN World Food Programme closed at the beginning of April owing to a lack of supplies. Food stocks for most of the 177 hot meal kitchens are reportedly exhausted. Gazans remain at “critical risk of famine,” UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a full…

World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, child migrant deaths at sea, nursing shortages, invasive pest scourge

2 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, child migrant deaths at sea, nursing shortages, invasive pest scourge 12 May 2025 © WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei A WFP humanitarian convoy heads from Port Sudan to deliver lifesaving food aid to conflict-affected communities. The UN expressed deep concern on Monday over the impact of ongoing drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan…

UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily

2 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily 12 May 2025 © Unsplash/Х. Мендоса Здание Капитолия в Вашингтоне. The United States has asked the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist undocumented migrants who choose to return to their home countries.…

UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency

2 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency 12 May 2025 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The Secretariat building at United Nations Headquarters, in New York. Amid financial strain and growing global challenges, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is pushing for wide-ranging structural reforms to enhance the world body’s effectiveness…

Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps

3 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps 11 May 2025 © IOM/Haithm Abdulbaqi Player in football tournament for displaced people in Ma'rib, Yemen Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers a rare kind of hope. For hundreds of displaced youth living across more than a dozen sites, it’s a chance to unite, to belong,…

Guterres welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire

4 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire 10 May 2025 © PTI Dal Lake, Srinagar (file) Following pronouncements of an end to hostilities between India and Pakistan, neighbouring nuclear powers, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said that the organisation stands ready to support efforts aimed at promoting peace and stability in the region…

‘We can do better’ for pedestrian and cyclist safety worldwide

4 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We can do better’ for pedestrian and cyclist safety worldwide 10 May 2025 UN News Bicycle lanes outside the UN Headquarters in New York City. A cycling network expanded from 70 kilometres to over 400 kilometres in Fortaleza, Brazil. A project to create a bike lane in every street of Paris. And the longest pedestrian and cycle tunnel in the world, in the Norwegian coastal city of Bergen.…