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Gaza: UNRWA programme aims to get children ‘back to learning’

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UNRWA programme aims to get children ‘back to learning’ 01 August 2024 © UNRWA Since the war started, 625,000 children across Gaza have been denied an education as schools have been forced to remain closed. The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls in the Gaza Strip back to learning – and to just being children – amid the ongoing…

Guinea: Senior UN officials welcome verdict in 2009 stadium massacre trial

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guinea: Senior UN officials welcome verdict in 2009 stadium massacre trial 01 August 2024 World Bank/Dominic Chavez Daily life in Conakry, Guinea The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday, welcoming the long-awaited verdict in the trial into the 2009 massacre at a stadium in the capital, Conakry…

UN appeals for ‘maximum restraint’ following Israeli strikes in Beirut

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN appeals for ‘maximum restraint’ following Israeli strikes in Beirut 31 July 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider (file) Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric. UN Photo/Evan Schneider (file) The United Nations has voiced grave concern over Israeli strikes in the densely populated southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Tuesday, which resulted in scores of civilian…

Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of Palestinians

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of Palestinians 31 July 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden Khan Younis lies in ruins following the withdrawal of Israeli forces. A new UN report published Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained by the Israeli authorities since war erupted in Gaza last October has documented a range of…

Skyrocketing violence against children in Sudan demands urgent protection measures: UN report

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Skyrocketing violence against children in Sudan demands urgent protection measures: UN report 31 July 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria Children shelter in the shade in Tambasi centre in El Fasher, North Darfur. The conflict in Sudan has led to a horrifying surge in violence against children, a new UN report has revealed, underscoring the need for urgent and tangible protection measures…

UN ramps up assistance to survivors of Papua New Guinea massacre

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN ramps up assistance to survivors of Papua New Guinea massacre 31 July 2024 © Spotlight Initiative/Rachel Donovan Papua New Guinea highlands region. UN agencies have stepped up emergency support to survivors of a massacre in a remote region of Papua New Guinea that occurred earlier this month.…

Middle East: Beirut and Tehran attacks ‘represent a dangerous escalation’, Guterres warns

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: Beirut and Tehran attacks ‘represent a dangerous escalation’, Guterres warns 31 July 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Sudan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to prevent escalation in the Middle East, following an Israeli strike on Lebanon’s capital and the reported killing…

World News in Brief: Gaza update, Venezuela election violence, executions in South Sudan

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Gaza update, Venezuela election violence, executions in South Sudan 31 July 2024 © UNRWA In Khan Younis, thousands of people are fleeing for their lives again. Thousands of people have returned to parts of Khan Younis in Gaza following the announced completion of Israeli ground operations in these areas earlier in the week, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said…

More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say 31 July 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson A young mother in Madagascar breastfeeds her newborn at a hospital in the south of the country. The heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for greater access to breastfeeding support to both reduce health…

Security Council debates ‘serious and dangerous escalation’ in the Middle East

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council debates ‘serious and dangerous escalation’ in the Middle East 31 July 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wide view of the UN Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East. The UN’s top political affairs official reiterated the urgent need for de-escalation in the Middle East, appealing in the Security Council on Wednesday for “swift and effective diplomatic action”, as…