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UN chief demands global action to end racism against people of African descent

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief demands global action to end racism against people of African descent 30 August 2024 Unsplash/Thomas de Luze Protestors take part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Paris, France. The UN Secretary-General has called for global action to “vanquish racism and discrimination” towards people of African descent, in his message marking the international day highlighting the diaspora…

UN deputy chief appeals for global solidarity as crises roil East Africa

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN deputy chief appeals for global solidarity as crises roil East Africa 30 August 2024 © UNICEF/Satti Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (centre) tours a site for displaced people at Abdullah Naji in Port Sudan. Spotlighting crises roiling parts of eastern Africa, the UN deputy chief concluded a regional visit in Adré, Chad, on Friday, calling for global solidarity to tackle famine…

In battle for development ‘you can count on us’, Guterres tells Timor-Leste, marking 25 years of self-determination

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home In battle for development ‘you can count on us’, Guterres tells Timor-Leste, marking 25 years of self-determination 30 August 2024 United Nations/Michele Zaccheo People in Timor-Leste observe voting during the August 1999 referendum. UN Secretary-General António Guterres told parliamentarians in Timor-Leste on Friday the world has much to learn from their inspirational struggle for self-…

World News in Brief: Terror attacks in Pakistan and Burkina Faso, Yemen floods update, mass graves in Libya

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Terror attacks in Pakistan and Burkina Faso, Yemen floods update, mass graves in Libya 30 August 2024 © Asim Ahmed People gather outside a hospital in Quetta following the bomb blast in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. A UN independent human rights expert on Friday condemned recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, which resulted in approximately 200 deaths, and in…

UN provides emergency cash injection for global crisis hotspots

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN provides emergency cash injection for global crisis hotspots 30 August 2024 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A UNICEF team delivers health and nutrition supplies, including vaccines, to communities in northeast Ethiopia. The UN’s top relief official on Friday allocated $100 million from the Organization’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster critically underfunded humanitarian…

Kyiv hospital struggles to care for patients amid air strikes

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Kyiv hospital struggles to care for patients amid air strikes 30 August 2024 © UNFPA Ukraine/Isaac Hurskin A family celebrates a birth outside the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre. Oksana, who is 26 weeks pregnant, described a harrowing scene in a Kyiv hospital in Ukraine during air raids, with staff scrambling to help patients and newborns into shelters…

Afghanistan: UN will ‘continue to engage’ with Taliban, following threat to withdraw cooperation

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: UN will ‘continue to engage’ with Taliban, following threat to withdraw cooperation 30 August 2024 © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani A woman walks through a corridor in a village in Zindajan district, Afghanistan. (File) The United Nations will continue engaging with all stakeholders in Afghanistan, advocating for human rights and equality, the global body’s Spokesperson said on Friday,…

Sudan: ‘Dire consequences for survivors’ lacking medical and trauma services

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: ‘Dire consequences for survivors’ lacking medical and trauma services 30 August 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria An estimated 6.7 million people are at risk of gender-based violence in Sudan, with displaced, refugee and migrant women and girls particularly vulnerable. The devastating lack of adequate care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Sudan, including sexual and…

Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations 30 August 2024 © UNRWA Children collect water in the Gaza Strip. UN aid teams have reached a tentative agreement with parties involved in the war in Gaza for humanitarian pauses to allow 640,000 children to be vaccinated amid an outbreak of the virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Congratulate Turkmenistan on Achievements in Child Rights, Raise Questions on Stateless Children and Military Schools

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Congratulate Turkmenistan on Achievements in Child Rights, Raise Questions on Stateless Children and Military Schools 29 August 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Turkmenistan, with Committee Experts congratulating the State on all its achievements in child rights,…