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FAO calls for action amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks

1 day 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home FAO calls for action amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks 05 May 2025 © FAO/Hashim Azizi Foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious disease which affects farm animals including cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. Greater awareness and action are needed as Europe and parts of the Middle East grapple with fresh outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) which can have devastating impacts on both…

‘Step back from the brink’, Guterres urges India and Pakistan

1 day 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Step back from the brink’, Guterres urges India and Pakistan 05 May 2025 © Unsplash/Pijus Ghosh A view of Pahalgam. (file photo) UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for “maximum restraint” from India and Pakistan, warning that escalating tensions over a recent deadly terror attack in Kashmir risk spiralling into outright military confrontation…

Sudan drone attacks raise fears for civilian safety and aid efforts

1 day 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan drone attacks raise fears for civilian safety and aid efforts 05 May 2025 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih A displaced child at a UNICEF-supported site in Port Sudan. The UN is sounding the alarm over escalating violence in Sudan following drone strikes near Port Sudan airport reportedly carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF…

Guterres alarmed by Israeli plans to expand Gaza ground offensive

1 day 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres alarmed by Israeli plans to expand Gaza ground offensive 05 May 2025 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A girl stands amidst the rubble of her destroyed home in Rafah, Gaza. The UN Secretary-General is alarmed by reports of Israeli plans to expand ground operations and prolong its military presence in Gaza, a spokesperson for António Guterres said on Monday.…

World News in Brief: Deadly attacks in South Sudan and Ukraine, World Court rejects Sudan case, lifesaving aid in Yemen

1 day 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Deadly attacks in South Sudan and Ukraine, World Court rejects Sudan case, lifesaving aid in Yemen 05 May 2025 UN Photo/Isaac Billy Local communities in Jonglei in South Sudan have been impacted by ongoing intercommunal violence. (file) The United Nations has condemned a deadly aerial bombardment on a hospital in South Sudan’s Jonglei state that killed multiple civilians…

UN warns of growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

2 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN warns of growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza 04 May 2025 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba UN staff administer polio vaccines at a health clinic in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, in September 2024. The UN and partners on Sunday issued a stark warning over the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as Israeli authorities maintain a near-total blockade on the delivery of aid for a ninth consecutive week…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

3 days 22 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 02 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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Grave situation in GazaJens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reminded that it…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Kyrgyzstan on Eradicating Statelessness, Ask about Measures to Prevent Hate Speech and Bride Kidnapping

4 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Kyrgyzstan on Eradicating Statelessness, Ask about Measures to Prevent Hate Speech and Bride Kidnapping 02 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eleventh and twelfth periodic reports of Kyrgyzstan, with Committee Experts commending the State on…

Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation

4 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation 02 May 2025 © WFP The people in Gaza are running out of food as the aid blockade continues. Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people are fighting over water amid relentless bombing, the UN’s humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said on Friday…

Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow

4 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow 02 May 2025 © UNOCHA/Myaa Aung Thein Kyaw A neighbourhood in Mandalay lies in ruins after being engulfed by a fire sparked by the March 2025 earthquake. More than a month after two powerful earthquakes devastated Myanmar, the country is spiralling deeper into crisis as continued military attacks, obstructed aid access and…