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

1 day 3 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

1 day 3 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

1 day 3 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

1 day 3 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

1 day 3 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…

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

1 day 3 hours 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’

1 day 3 hours 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

1 day 3 hours 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…

Countries set to adopt ‘vital’ pandemic preparedness accord

2 days 3 hours 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

2 days 3 hours 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…