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World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs 03 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy People survey the damage caused by a missile attack on a building in Kharkiv City, Ukraine. Russian shelling has hit another apartment block in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, UN aid teams said on…

Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace 02 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A wide view of the Security Council meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. Despite the significant peace and security challenges facing Africa, there are reasons to be hopeful, the…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges 02 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Residents survey the damage in a suburb of southern Beirut left in ruins after being targeted by airstrikes. Security Council members met in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war.…

UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation 02 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Destruction in Beirut's Haret Hreik neighbourhood has been mirrored elsewhere across Lebanon following recent Israeli bombardment.. Hours after Iran fired a reported 200 missiles at Israel in response to Israeli military incursions in southern Lebanon raising…

World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa 02 October 2024 © WFP Haiti Some people who have fled their homes in Haiti are now living in schools. A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children – the UN migration office, IOM…

Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal with ‘limited’ Israeli ground incursion underway

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal with ‘limited’ Israeli ground incursion underway 01 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar A suburb of southern Beirut lies in ruins after being targeted by airstrikes. UN humanitarians launched a $426 million appeal for Lebanon on Tuesday to support one million people uprooted by widespread Israeli shelling amid what Israel has…

All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres 01 October 2024 © UNICEF/Fouad Choufany Distribution of water, blankets and hygiene kits in Beirut, Lebanon, where rural communities have fled seeking assistance. The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants, as Israel launched what it described as a “…

‘Broad impunity persists’ for law enforcement violations against Africans and people of African descent: rights experts

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Broad impunity persists’ for law enforcement violations against Africans and people of African descent: rights experts 01 October 2024 © Sarah Scaffidi Protesters demonstrate against police brutality and racial injustice in Brooklyn, New York. Africans and people of African descent who have encountered human rights violations by law enforcement officials rarely receive justice as…

Ukraine: Top UN aid official condemns deadly marketplace strike in Kherson

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Top UN aid official condemns deadly marketplace strike in Kherson 01 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Oleksandr Ratushniak A girl holds her doll in the central square in Kherson, Ukraine. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine condemned a deadly Russian strike in Kherson on Tuesday morning and underscored the need to protect civilians caught in the war, which is entering its 30th month.…

Explainer: What is Security Council resolution 1701?

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: What is Security Council resolution 1701? 01 October 2024 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz قافلة لوجستية تابعة لقوات اليونيفيل في لبنان، في يوليو/تموز 2024. Diplomats have been highlighting Security Council resolution 1701 in official meetings and in the corridors over the busy High-Level Week at UN Headquarters…