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World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis

6 days 9 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis 19 May 2025 © WHO/Pierre Albouy WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus address the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates from around the world gather in Geneva to confront…

International Criminal Court: Deputies take over amid Prosecutor misconduct probe

6 days 9 hours ago Breadcrumb Home International Criminal Court: Deputies take over amid Prosecutor misconduct probe 19 May 2025 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The International Criminal Court is based in The Hague, Netherlands. The Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court have assumed leadership of the Office of the Prosecutor following Karim Khan’s decision to take a leave of absence amid an ongoing UN investigation…

Syrians heading home find few of the basics needed to survive

6 days 9 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Syrians heading home find few of the basics needed to survive 19 May 2025 © UNICEF/Johnny Shahan Children walk through a neighbourhood in Zabadani, rural Damascus, in Syria. Syrians trying to rebuild their lives in their war-torn country urgently need the support of the rest of the world to help them start again, UN aid agencies insist…

Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert

6 days 9 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert 19 May 2025 © WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei An eight-month-old girl receives treatment for severe acute malnutrition after receiving rations at a WFP-supported nutrition centre in Port Sudan. Repeated drone strikes over the past two weeks in Port Sudan have damaged key infrastructure across the crucial Sudanese aid hub,…

World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week

6 days 9 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week 19 May 2025 UN Photo/Stuart Price The skyline beyond the northern suburbs of Mogadishu is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a hotel in Somalia. The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), called on Monday for renewed global commitment to…

Countries set to adopt ‘vital’ pandemic preparedness accord

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Countries set to adopt ‘vital’ pandemic preparedness accord 18 May 2025 © UNICEF/Ulet Ifansasti During the pandemic, this health centre in Indonesia was forced to close three times due to a high number of COVID-19 infections among staff (file, 2021) Could the world be better prepared for the next pandemic? As nations continue to deal with COVID-19’s lasting effects, that question is at the…

In Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home In Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack 18 May 2025 UNAMI Secretary-General during the wreath-laying ceremony for the victims of the Canal Hotel attack in 2003. The United Nations will never forget the staff members killed nearly 23 years ago in the attack on its headquarters in Iraq, the Secretary-General said in the capital on Sunday…

UN humanitarian chief demands resumption of aid in Gaza

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UN humanitarian chief demands resumption of aid in Gaza 17 May 2025 UN News A child in Gaza carrying an empty plate. Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver life-saving assistance to civilians, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a strong call issued late on Friday evening…

At Arab League Summit, Guterres reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home At Arab League Summit, Guterres reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire 17 May 2025 Iraqi PM Media Office Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks to the League Arab Summit in Baghdad! The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and upheld the need for a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians, in a speech on Saturday to the League of Arab…

Civilians killed in drone strike in eastern Ukraine: UN rights monitors

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Civilians killed in drone strike in eastern Ukraine: UN rights monitors 17 May 2025 © Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine/Anastasiia Honcharuk Rescue workers search through the rubble of a destroyed building in Kyiv. A drone strike in eastern Ukraine on Saturday could possibly be the deadliest in recent weeks, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has said…