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World News in Brief: Water crisis for children, hunger in East Africa, new Yazidi memorial

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Water crisis for children, hunger in East Africa, new Yazidi memorial 13 November 2023 © UNICEF/Mark Condren A young girl sits outside her family tent in at a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu. Some 739 million children worldwide – or one in three - already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to…

Gaza: UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks 12 November 2023 © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda A newborn is delivered at the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, as Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in the heart of the Gaza Strip…

Indonesian peacekeeper wins UN Woman Police Officer of the year award

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Indonesian peacekeeper wins UN Woman Police Officer of the year award 12 November 2023 © Herve Serefio Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti, of Indonesia, is the winner of the 2023 UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti of Indonesia, who serves with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), has been named this year’s…

‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia 11 November 2023 © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda A woman recovers in Al Hilo Hospital in Gaza City after being buried in rubble and having an emergency cesarean section. A political solution to end the cycle of conflict in Israel and Palestine has become a stark “matter of life and death” for…

UPDATED: Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UPDATED: Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief 11 November 2023 © WHO Al Shifa hospital is being used as shelter for displaced families in Gaza. Senior UN officials said on Saturday there could be no justification for any “acts of war” in or around any healthcare facilities, amidst reports that Gaza’s largest hospital has come under…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 10 November 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. …

UPDATED: Israel-Palestine crisis: Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages 

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UPDATED: Israel-Palestine crisis: Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages  10 November 2023 © OHCHR The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, (left) stands outside the Rafah crossing point into Gaza with Spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani. The UN rights chief Volker Türk reiterated increasingly urgent calls on Friday for a humanitarian ceasefire to…

Sudan: UNHCR warns Darfur atrocities of 20 years ago may reoccur

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: UNHCR warns Darfur atrocities of 20 years ago may reoccur 10 November 2023 © UNHCR/Jutta Seidel Une famille du Darfour, au Soudan, fuit vers le Tchad. Escalating violence across the Darfur region in Sudan has sparked fears that atrocities committed two decades ago could be repeated, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, voicing grave concern over the development.…

Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies fear

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies fear 10 November 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A 9 -year-old boy stands inside the rubble of his house destroyed by an aerial bombardment in Rafah city. Nearly 20 years of development progress could be wiped out in the Occupied Palestine Territories if the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues for a second full month, according to a…

70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home 70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza 10 November 2023 UN Geneva 70 Ambassadors to the UN Office in Geneva, issue a joint call to end the bloodshed in Gaza.  The international community must act now to end the bloodshed and suffering in Gaza, scores of UN Ambassadors in Geneva said in a joint call on Friday.…