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World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions 14 May 2025 © UNHCR/Caitlin Kelly A UN worker in Chad talks to newly arrived refugees from Sudan.thousands in desperate need More than 40,000 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad in the past month to escape intensifying violence in Darfur…

US-Houthi ceasefire ‘a welcome opportunity’ to advance peace efforts in Yemen

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home US-Houthi ceasefire ‘a welcome opportunity’ to advance peace efforts in Yemen 14 May 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the country. The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern…

A historic course correction: How the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home A historic course correction: How the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero 14 May 2025 © Unsplash/Chris Linnett The global shipping sector is a vital engine of world trade—and a significant contributor to the climate crisis, responsible for nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping…

8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home 8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF 14 May 2025 UNICEF/Chris Farber/UNICEF via Getty Images UNICEF’s ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at the UN Headquarters in New York. Each empty desk and chair represents the million children living in countries where schools have been almost entirely closed. Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw…

UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital 14 May 2025 © WHO United Nations agencies like the World Health Organization, continue to support the people of Gaza The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday.…

In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount 14 May 2025 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz UN peacekeepers conduct a foot patrol along the Blue Line in southern Lebanon. More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support…

Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’ 14 May 2025 © UNICEF/Amin Meerzad A mother fills a prescription for her child at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (file photo) In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit of…

‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots'

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots' 14 May 2025 Crown Copyright A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is pictured airborne over Afghanistan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight –…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Norway on Child Welfare Act, Raise Questions on Proposed Increased Use of Force in Schools and Data on Children with Disabilities

2 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Norway on Child Welfare Act, Raise Questions on Proposed Increased Use of Force in Schools and Data on Children with Disabilities 13 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the seventh periodic report of Norway, with Committee Experts commending the State on the new child welfare act, while raising questions…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 13 May 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, and UN Women.Deportations from the United States of AmericaElizabeth Throssell, for…