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‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea 20 May 2025 © UN/Marina Throne-Holst Buildings in the North Hamyong province in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (file photo) When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling her they were going in search of food. For six days and six nights, Ms. Kim counted from one to 100 over…

90 days to economic collapse: UN and experts sound alarm over security at sea

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home 90 days to economic collapse: UN and experts sound alarm over security at sea 20 May 2025 © US Navy/Ja'lon A. Rhinehart A counter-piracy operation in the Gulf of Aden, off the northeastern coast of Somalia. (file) The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday urged world powers to uphold international maritime law and overcome geopolitical rivalries, warning that growing threats are endangering…

UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount 20 May 2025 UN News All 25 bakeries supported by the UN World Food Programme closed at the beginning of April owing to a lack of supplies. Food stocks for most of the 177 hot meal kitchens are reportedly exhausted. Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far from enough to meet the soaring…

Permanent Mission of France Press Conference

3 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Permanent Mission of France Press Conference 20 May 2025 Press Conference Announcement Traité pandémies, politiques de développement françaises et européennes Thani Mohamed-Soilihi, Minister of State for Francophonie and International PartnershipsAnne-Claire Amprou, French Ambassador for Global HealthCéline Jurgensen, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations Office at Geneva and to the international organizations in Switzerland…

Gaza: Israel ‘approaches UN’ to resume limited aid deliveries, says aid agency

4 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Israel ‘approaches UN’ to resume limited aid deliveries, says aid agency 19 May 2025 UN News Some 63,000 people have been uprooted in Gaza in the last three days, UN aid teams say. Amid intensifying Israeli bombing and ground operations in Gaza, the UN’s relief coordination agency, OCHA, said on Monday that it was in talks with Israel to re-start deliveries of lifesaving supplies to…

UN relief chief welcomes limited Gaza aid resumption – but it’s a ‘drop in the ocean’

4 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home UN relief chief welcomes limited Gaza aid resumption – but it’s a ‘drop in the ocean’ 19 May 2025 © UNFPA/Yasmeen Sous People navigate streets amid rubble and bombed out buildings in Gaza (May, 2025) The UN humanitarian affairs chief has welcomed Israel’s decision to allow limited aid to cross into Gaza after 11 weeks of complete blockade – but significantly more is needed “starting tomorrow…

UN faces deepening financial crisis, urges members to pay up

4 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home UN faces deepening financial crisis, urges members to pay up 19 May 2025 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. The United Nations is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out vital work, Member States warned this week, as the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee met…

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

4 days 1 hour 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

4 days 1 hour 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

4 days 1 hour 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…