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World Oceans Day event highlights immediate protection measures needed

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World Oceans Day event highlights immediate protection measures needed 07 June 2024 © Henley Spiers Marine biologists tend to a coral nursery at COMO Cocoa Island, Maldives. UN World Oceans Day, celebrated on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York, focused on “opening minds, igniting senses, and inspiring possibilities” to protect marine life worldwide.…

World News in Brief: UN staff detained in Yemen, cyclone threat for Haiti, rights chief Lao PDR, climate change

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN staff detained in Yemen, cyclone threat for Haiti, rights chief Lao PDR, climate change 07 June 2024 UNICEF/Abdulhaleem The port of Hudaydah in crisis-ridden Yemen. (file) UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric confirmed on Friday that Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen have detained 11 UN national staff working for the Organization there…

Ukraine: Security Council hears of escalating toll of Kharkiv attacks

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Security Council hears of escalating toll of Kharkiv attacks 07 June 2024 © IOM Aftermath of attack in the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine. A recent escalation in fighting in Ukraine, particularly in the Kharkiv region, has left nearly 200 people dead, displaced thousands more and further crippled critical infrastructure, with implications for global food security, a senior UN…

Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza 06 June 2024 UNRWA More than 35 displaced people were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit an UNRWA-run school in Nuseirat, Central Gaza Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight into Thursday left dozens dead, humanitarians warned that cholera and other potentially deadly diseases stalk…

Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza, despite best efforts

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza, despite best efforts 06 June 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden A shredded UN flag flies over a destroyed school building in Khan Younis. In a sombre ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, the Organization remembered and honoured the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2023…

Philemon Yang of Cameroon elected President of upcoming General Assembly session

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Philemon Yang of Cameroon elected President of upcoming General Assembly session 06 June 2024 United Nations Philemon Yang of Cameroon, President-elect of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected by acclamation Philemon Yang, former Prime Minister of Cameroon, President for its seventy-ninth session which gets underway in September…

UN chief condemns escalating violence and civilian attacks in Myanmar

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns escalating violence and civilian attacks in Myanmar 06 June 2024 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Des enfants jouant dans le camp de personnes déplacées musulmanes de Thet Kel Pyin à Sittwe, la capitale de l'État de Rakhine (archive) The UN Secretary-General António Guterres is deeply concerned about escalating violence in Myanmar, he said in a statement released on Thursday…

Pakistan, Somalia, Panama, Denmark and Greece elected to UN Security Council

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Pakistan, Somalia, Panama, Denmark and Greece elected to UN Security Council 06 June 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The UN Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning…

Sudan: WFP expands emergency response; scores dead in village massacre

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: WFP expands emergency response; scores dead in village massacre 06 June 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdeen A girl sells ice cream in Kassala state in eastern Sudan. Escalating hunger and violence in Sudan are reaching unprecedented levels as it teeters on the verge of becoming the world’s largest hunger crisis and faces increasingly violent attacks by paramilitary groups, the World…

There is an exit off ‘the highway to climate hell’, Guterres insists

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home There is an exit off ‘the highway to climate hell’, Guterres insists 05 June 2024 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres delivers his special address on climate action from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. “It’s climate crunch time” when it comes to tackling rising carbon emissions, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, stressing that while the need for…