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Security Council adopts key resolution on Gaza crisis

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council adopts key resolution on Gaza crisis 22 December 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A view of the UN Security Council as members vote in favour of the draft resolution on the situation in the Middle East on 22 December 2023. The Security Council has adopted a resolution on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, with 13 votes in favour, and the US and Russia abstaining. The resolution, among…

Stories from the UN Archive: Audrey Hepburn on children’s rights

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Audrey Hepburn on children’s rights 21 December 2023 UN Photo/John Isaac In 1989, the UN General Assembly adopted a Convention on the Rights of the Child without a vote. Seated from left to right are Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights Jan Martenson, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Audrey Hepburn and UNICEF chief James Grant. Following the Second World War,…

UPDATED: Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down, amid rising 'catastrophic' hunger levels

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home UPDATED: Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down, amid rising 'catastrophic' hunger levels 21 December 2023 © UNICEF/Abed Zaqout A 3-year-old boy, whose house was bombed, recovers in Nasser hospital after the amputation of part of his right leg. There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza and injured patients who need surgery and…

Gaza: UN expert on sexual violence in conflict reiterates grave concern for hostages

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN expert on sexual violence in conflict reiterates grave concern for hostages 21 December 2023 UN Photo/Manuel Elías (File photo) Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia. (21 August 2019) The UN expert working to end rape during wartime remains gravely concerned…

World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’ 21 December 2023 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga Children who have fled with their families from Sudan eat food provided by WFP at a centre in South Sudan. The latest surge in fighting in Sudan has displaced up to 300,000 people as conflict spread to the country’s second largest…

‘Genuine progress’ towards political solution, essential to end war in Syria: UN envoy

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Genuine progress’ towards political solution, essential to end war in Syria: UN envoy 21 December 2023 © UNICEF/OCHA/Madevi Sun-Suon Syria was struck by devastating earthquakes in early 2023, displacing communities and worsening the humanitarian situation across the country. The year 2023 has presented more challenges for Syria, marked by devastating earthquakes, escalating humanitarian…

WHO Press Conference

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO Press Conference 21 December 2023 Press Conference Announcement Update on health situation in Gaza and on latest WHO visits to hospitals Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative on the occupied Palestinian territory Sean Casey, WHO Emergency Medical Teams coordinator

INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Two children sit in the rubble of what is left of their house in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip. The scale of the conflict in Gaza is having an “unprecedented” effect on UNRWA, with staff operating under fierce bombardments, whilst…

Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children in Khan Younis stop to look at the destruction as they go in search for water. As the UN Security Council was slated to meet for a third consecutive day on Wednesday in a new push for consensus to pause the fighting in Gaza, the head of the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF warned that…

Afghanistan: Taliban’s return to ‘international norms’ is non-negotiable says UN mission chief

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Taliban’s return to ‘international norms’ is non-negotiable says UN mission chief 20 December 2023 人道协调厅/Charlotte Cans 阿富汗超过2300万人需要人道主义援助。 Lack of progress in resolving human rights issues is a key factor behind the current impasse between Afghanistan and the international community, the UN Special Representative for the country said on Wednesday in a briefing to the Security…