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Young Venezuelan refugees get a fresh start in Trinidad’s schools

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Young Venezuelan refugees get a fresh start in Trinidad’s schools 04 January 2025 IOM Trinidad and Tobago Two Venezuelan children use tablets at school. Until recently, Venezuela child refugees and migrants in Trinidad and Tobago were barred from State-run schools. This year, a change in the law backed by the United Nations means that several dozen were able to benefit from formal education…

World Braille Day 2025

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World Braille Day 2025 04 January 2025 Palais des Nations Recently installed at the Palais des Nations, braille orientation tables mark an…

UN continues to call for timely Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN continues to call for timely Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon 03 January 2025 UNIFIL UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea provide assistance to people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon. Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country,…

‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse 03 January 2025 © UNRWA Debris and waste continue to pose a health threat to people in Gaza. With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating…

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system 03 January 2025 © UNRWA Patients are teated at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza (file photo). The UN Security Council met on Friday morning in New York to debate the collapse of health services in Gaza. The meeting was called by Algeria, the leading voice for the Arab world on the…

Syria: UN teams support cholera vaccination in northeastern camps

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: UN teams support cholera vaccination in northeastern camps 03 January 2025 © UNICEF UNICEF's cholera vaccination campaign is launched in Syria's Al Hol camp. In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on Friday, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across the war-torn country…

Haiti gangs crisis: Top rights expert decries attacks on hospitals

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti gangs crisis: Top rights expert decries attacks on hospitals 03 January 2025 © WHO/David Lorens Mentor PAHO and its partners are providing medical assistance to 18,000 people in Haiti using mobile clinics. The UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti on Friday condemned “intentional” attacks on hospitals, clinics and healthcare workers by armed gangs there, warning that medical…

World News in Brief: Deaths on the Mediterranean, rights in Venezuela, new Security Council members take their seats

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Deaths on the Mediterranean, rights in Venezuela, new Security Council members take their seats 02 January 2025 UN News/Victoria Fernandez Caracas the capital city of Venezuela. Governments must do more to address the root causes of mass migration, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s Special Coordinator for the refugee and migrant response in Europe said on Thursday…

UN chief condemns New Orleans truck attack

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns New Orleans truck attack 02 January 2025 © Unsplash/Kristina Volgenau Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the scene of the horrific attack on New Year's revellers. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Wednesday’s truck attack that killed at least 15 people in the city of New Orleans…

Gaza: ‘Every day without a ceasefire will bring more tragedy’

4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Every day without a ceasefire will bring more tragedy’ 02 January 2025 © UNRWA Children in Gaza are living in often unsanitary conditions. The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA again underlined the need for a ceasefire in Gaza in a statement posted on the social media platform X on Thursday.…