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Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’

22 hours 30 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’ 14 May 2025 © UNICEF/Amin Meerzad A mother fills a prescription for her child at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (file photo) In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit of…

‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots'

22 hours 30 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots' 14 May 2025 Crown Copyright A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is pictured airborne over Afghanistan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight –…

US-Houthi ceasefire ‘a welcome opportunity’ to advance peace efforts in Yemen

22 hours 30 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home US-Houthi ceasefire ‘a welcome opportunity’ to advance peace efforts in Yemen 14 May 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the country. The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern…

8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF

22 hours 30 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home 8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF 14 May 2025 UNICEF/Chris Farber/UNICEF via Getty Images UNICEF’s ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at the UN Headquarters in New York. Each empty desk and chair represents the million children living in countries where schools have been almost entirely closed. Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw…

UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital

22 hours 30 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital 14 May 2025 © WHO United Nations agencies like the World Health Organization, continue to support the people of Gaza The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday.…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Norway on Child Welfare Act, Raise Questions on Proposed Increased Use of Force in Schools and Data on Children with Disabilities

1 day 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Norway on Child Welfare Act, Raise Questions on Proposed Increased Use of Force in Schools and Data on Children with Disabilities 13 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the seventh periodic report of Norway, with Committee Experts commending the State on the new child welfare act, while raising questions…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 day 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 13 May 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, and UN Women.Deportations from the United States of AmericaElizabeth Throssell, for…

UN aviation council finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight

1 day 22 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN aviation council finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 13 May 2025 OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka Members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine examine the MH17 crash site in July 2014. Photo: OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka A UN body has found that Russia was responsible for the 17 July 2014 downing of Malaysia…

As funding cuts bite, UN chief announces new dawn for peacekeeping

1 day 22 hours ago Breadcrumb Home As funding cuts bite, UN chief announces new dawn for peacekeeping 13 May 2025 © MONUSCO/Ado Abdou Brazilian peacekeepers train the soldiers serving with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (file). The future of peacekeeping took centre stage on Tuesday in Berlin as UN chief António Guterres urged Member States to do more to support the global body’s 'blue helmets' and stave off the worst…

Gaza: 57 children reported dead from malnutrition, says WHO

1 day 22 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 57 children reported dead from malnutrition, says WHO 13 May 2025 © UNRWA/Mohammed Hinnawi Gaza: People are trapped in this cycle where a lack of diversified food, malnutrition and disease fuel each other. In the aid desert of Gaza, malnourished children are dying while survivors can now expect a lifetime of dire health problems, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday…