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Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital

16 hours 53 minutes 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

16 hours 53 minutes 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…

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

16 hours 53 minutes 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

16 hours 53 minutes 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…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Romania on Deinstitutionalisation Process, Raise Questions on Corporal Punishment and Segregation in Education

1 day 14 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Romania on Deinstitutionalisation Process, Raise Questions on Corporal Punishment and Segregation in Education 21 May 2025 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Romania, with Committee Experts commending the State on the deinstitutionalisation process of…

Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave

1 day 16 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave 21 May 2025 © UNFPA/Media Clinic A displaced family leaves the eastern area of Deir Albalah after Israeli authorities issued an evacuation order for the area. UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel to distribute five trucks worth of lifesaving relief that was allowed into…

Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward

1 day 16 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward 21 May 2025 UN Photo/Mark Garten A woman holds the new Syrian flag outside UN Headquarters in New York. (April 2025) After years of stalemate and suffering, Syria is beginning to see renewed international engagement. The United States, European Union and…

Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals

1 day 16 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals 21 May 2025 © UNICEF/Mustafa Abdalrasol A ten-year-old boy plays football in an internally displaced camp in Abushok, Sudan. Football unites fans worldwide – but on Wednesday it matched the sport’s global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up to World Football Day, marked on 25 May…

Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk

1 day 16 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk 21 May 2025 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier Haitians displaced by violence find refuge on the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Wednesday…

Urgent action needed to ‘pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe’

1 day 16 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Urgent action needed to ‘pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe’ 21 May 2025 © YPN-UNOCHA/Ahmed Basha A father holds his child amid the rubble of a destroyed house in Taiz city, Yemen. Noor, a 16-month-old toddler, is from the Lahj governorate in the southwest corner of Yemen. A UN-partner volunteer diagnosed her with severe malnutrition – and her story became headline news when the…