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DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens 03 April 2025 © UNICEF/Jospin Benek Children play football in an empty classroom at the UNICEF-supported Bulengo Primary School in the Bulengo displacement site, near Goma, North Kivu province in DR Congo, on 10 February 2025. Ongoing violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan talks

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan talks 03 April 2025 UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis Une famille a trouvé refuge dans une ancienne base de la MINUSS dans le sud-ouest du Soudan du Sud (Archives) The UN Special Envoy for Syria has condemned the repeated and intensifying military escalations by Israel in the country, including…

UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza 03 April 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further concerns over the commission of war…

UN envoy urges international support for West Africa and the Sahel

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy urges international support for West Africa and the Sahel 03 April 2025 © UNICEF/KC Nwakalor Children walk through the mud in a displaced persons camp in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria. In a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday, the UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel painted a mixed picture of the region, which is facing a growing terrorist threat but…

From bombs to beauty: ‘Every piece tells a story’

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home From bombs to beauty: ‘Every piece tells a story’ 03 April 2025 © Courtesy of Stanislav Drokin Ukrainian designer Stanislav Drokin uses shrapnel to make fine jewellery. What happens to bombs after they land? Some explode. Some don’t, leaving behind a deadly legacy of war, but now some of the remnants of conflict and devastation are being turned into wearable messages of peace…

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference 03 April 2025 Press Conference Announcement Presentation of the Technology and Innovation Report 2025: Inclusive Artificial Intelligence for development (Embargo 3 April at 14:30 Geneva) Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)Angel Gonzalez-Sanz, Head, Technology, Innovation and Knowledge Development Branch (UNCTAD)…

Director-General's remarks at the reception of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the reception of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region 02 April 2025 Tatiana Valovaya Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE RegionReceptionWednesday, 2 April 2025 at 6.15 p.m.Bar Serpent, Palais des Nations Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,Let me begin by extending my congratulations to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and its Executive Secretary, Ms. Tatiana…

Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls 02 April 2025 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Affected families in Sagaing, the epicenter of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, shelter under a tarp in a field. Friday’s devastating earthquakes in Myanmar not only caused mass casualties and widespread destruction, they also deepened long-standing gender inequalities – leaving…

World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief 02 April 2025 © UNICEF/Gabriel Vockel A young girl in a wheelchair moves along a path in Kyrgyzstan. The “world is failing” people living with disabilities, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has told a major summit which aims to galvanize global efforts to ensure they are fully integrated into all parts of society…

Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief 02 April 2025 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefs a General Assembly informal meeting on missing persons. 2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 new cases recorded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross…