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Gaza: A struggle to keep young hopes alive, amid shattered dreams

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: A struggle to keep young hopes alive, amid shattered dreams 31 January 2024 UN News Deir El Balah School in Gaza. Children in Gaza will likely lose at least a year of education, with the school year suspended and classrooms closed or turned into shelters. Ziad Taleb, a correspondent for UN News, has been talking to teachers and children at a school in the central Gaza city of Deir Al-…

Guterres: Two-State solution the only path to a just, lasting peace

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres: Two-State solution the only path to a just, lasting peace 31 January 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addressing the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Secretary-General António Guterres underscored on Wednesday the critical role of the UN committee on the rights of Palestinians in the face of the ongoing and…

‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA 31 January 2024 © UNRWA Food aid arrives at a UNRWA school-turned-shelter in Gaza. Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top UN humanitarians and NGO chiefs warned of the “catastrophic consequences” of defunding …

Gaza economic recovery could take decades: UN report

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza economic recovery could take decades: UN report 31 January 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Women bake bread surrounded by destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, Gaza during the recent humanitarian pause. The war in Gaza has resulted in an unprecedented level of destruction to its economy which will take tens of billions of dollars and decades to reverse, UN trade and development body UNCTAD said…

Myanmar: Military’s ‘campaign of violence’ must end, UN chief says on anniversary of coup

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: Military’s ‘campaign of violence’ must end, UN chief says on anniversary of coup 31 January 2024 Unsplash/Kyle Petzer A pagoda at dawn in downtown Yangon, the commercial hub of Myanmar. On the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced grave concern over the deteriorating situation in the country…

World court rejects bulk of Ukraine’s terrorism charges against Russia

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World court rejects bulk of Ukraine’s terrorism charges against Russia 31 January 2024 © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson People walk past a residential building destroyed by shelling in Donetsk in late 2017. (file) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday that Russia had violated global anti-terrorism and anti-racial discrimination treaties, but rejected most of the charges Kyiv…

World News in Brief: Haiti child displacement, Hong Kong torture claims, support Sudan refugees

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti child displacement, Hong Kong torture claims, support Sudan refugees 31 January 2024 WFP Children in Haiti are facing high levels of food insecurity. Escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Niger for Efforts to Remove Barriers to Women’s Rights, Ask About Measures to Eradicate Child Forced Marriages and Increase Girls’ Participation in Education

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Niger for Efforts to Remove Barriers to Women’s Rights, Ask About Measures to Eradicate Child Forced Marriages and Increase Girls’ Participation in Education 30 January 2024 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the fifth periodic report of Niger, with Committee Experts…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 30 January 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and…

Amid UNWRA funding crisis, desperate Gazans scour trucks for food

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Amid UNWRA funding crisis, desperate Gazans scour trucks for food 30 January 2024 © UNRWA Palestinians queue for food in the rain at a shelter in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza. As the UN chief prepares to meet representatives from countries who donate to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) late on Tuesday following allegations of collusion with Hamas, the UN health agency, WHO, reiterated…