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‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable

7 hours 25 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home ‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable 23 May 2025 © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard Obstetric fistula is a completely treatable health condition. Yet it affects over 500,000 women worldwide. Five days – that is how long it took Dah, a 14-year-old prospective mother from Côte d’Ivoire, to give birth. The child was stillborn and she developed obstetric…

Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza

7 hours 25 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza 23 May 2025 UN News Mais, a displaced girl in Gaza, was unable to get a meal of cooked lentils due to overcrowding. The UN Secretary-General on Friday outlined a five-stage plan to provide lifesaving aid to the stricken population of Gaza, making clear the organization will not take part in any scheme that fails…

UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting

7 hours 25 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting 23 May 2025 © UNICEF/Phil Hatcher-Moore Waves of fighting have displaced families in the Upper Nile State in South Sudan. (file) The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan amid an uptick in hostilities, arbitrary arrests and hate speech since February…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Qatar’s Investments in Child Health and Education, Ask about the Age of Criminal Responsibility and Penalties for Child Offenders

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Qatar’s Investments in Child Health and Education, Ask about the Age of Criminal Responsibility and Penalties for Child Offenders 22 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth and sixth combined periodic reports of Qatar under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with…

Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week 22 May 2025 UN News A displaced family travels on a donkey-pulled cart carrying their belongings. More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters and residential buildings, the UN human rights office OHCHR said on Thursday.…

World News in Brief: UK cedes sovereignty over Chagos Islands, suffering in Sudan deepens, UN releases new emergency relief funds

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UK cedes sovereignty over Chagos Islands, suffering in Sudan deepens, UN releases new emergency relief funds 22 May 2025 UNDP Mauritius/Stéphane Bellero The United Kingdom agreed to cede its control over the Chagos Islands to the Republic of Mauritius. The United Kingdom agreed to cede its control over the Chagos Islands to the Republic of Mauritius in an agreement…

All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months 22 May 2025 UN News UN-supported bakeries throughout Gaza have closed as supplies of flour have run out. UN agencies in Gaza confirmed on Thursday that desperately needed aid has finally arrived at warehouses inside the enclave after an 11-week blockade by Israeli authorities…

Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital 22 May 2025 © Wiki/Ajay Suresh The Capital Jewish Museum is a historical society and museum in Washington, D.C. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the “appalling killing” of two Israeli embassy officials in the United States capital, stressing that “nothing can justify such a horrific act,” his…

Kenya: Refugees facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisis

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Kenya: Refugees facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisis 22 May 2025 © UNHCR/Mohamed Maalim UNHCR staff prepare relief items to be distributed to refugee families in Dadaab camp. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut food aid to unprecedented lows in Kenya’s sprawling refugee camps, as a result of severe funding shortages…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors debate safety of civilians with 36,000 lives lost during conflict last year

1 day 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors debate safety of civilians with 36,000 lives lost during conflict last year 22 May 2025 © UNICEF/Dar Al Mussawir Smoke billows from a site targeted by shelling in the southern Lebanese village of Zaita. We're live as the Security Council convenes for its annual open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, with the UN relief chief and the…