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Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’ 14 June 2024 © UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene The authorities in Ethiopia stopped the circumcision of a young girl after they were alerted. The global fight to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is being undermined by the movement of some girls across national borders and beyond to undergo the procedure, the UN…

Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP 14 June 2024 © UNRWA Children collect water in the Gaza Strip. Escalating fighting in the south and centre of Gaza makes it near-impossible for humanitarians to deliver desperately needed food aid, the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, said on Friday at the end of a two-day mission to the…

New Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 13 June 2024 Presentation of Credentials Akillino Harris Susaia, the new Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the…

UN reports ‘shocking’ rise in violations against children in conflict in 2023

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN reports ‘shocking’ rise in violations against children in conflict in 2023 13 June 2024 © UNICEF/Tess Ingram A young boy recovers in hospital in Gaza after the shelter he was living in with his family was bombed. Violence against children caught in armed conflict reached “extreme levels” last year, with a “shocking” 21 per cent increase in extreme violations, UN Secretary-General António…

Gaza: 8,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition amid ongoing shelling

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 8,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition amid ongoing shelling 13 June 2024 © UNRWA According to UNICEF, only two of three specialized nutrition stabilization centres for seriously undernourished youngsters in Gaza still open. Heavy shelling reported in the so-called safe zone of Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza on Thursday came despite the ongoing international push for a ceasefire and as…

Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate 13 June 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet and Nobel Laureate, reads an original poem written for children at the General Assembly's high-level meeting marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2019. (file) This #ThrowbackThursday, when the…

UN envoy warns Yemenis not to return to the battlefield

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy warns Yemenis not to return to the battlefield 13 June 2024 © UNICEF A community health volunteer visits a displaced persons camp in Dhale, Yemen. After months of relative stability in Yemen between Government and Houthi forces, a return to all-out war is looking inevitable unless the current escalation in violence is halted, the top UN envoy for the country said on Thursday…

Security Council demands end to siege of El Fasher in Sudan

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council demands end to siege of El Fasher in Sudan 13 June 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria A woman who fled her home due to conflict rests at a centre for displaced people in El Fasher, Darfur. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Thursday that calls for the paramilitary Rapid Security Forces (RSF) in Sudan to halt their siege on El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state.…

Taliban assault on women’s rights continues in Afghanistan

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Taliban assault on women’s rights continues in Afghanistan 13 June 2024 © UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell Now unemployed, a woman sits at home with her two daughters. It has been almost three years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and women’s rights continue to be under attack. …

Haiti: UN chief welcomes new government amid ongoing challenges

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: UN chief welcomes new government amid ongoing challenges 13 June 2024 © WFP/Theresa Piorr A helicopter flies over Haiti. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday welcomed the swearing in of Haiti’s new Government, urging stakeholders to continue making progress towards restoring democratic institutions through elections…