Home
United Nations
The United Nations Office at Geneva

450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home 450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues 14 May 2024 UNRWA UNRWA Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on Tuesday that some 450,000 Gazans have been forcibly displaced from the southernmost city by Israeli evacuation orders in the last week…

Guterres deplores Rafah escalation

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres deplores Rafah escalation 14 May 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the escalation of Israeli military activity in and around Rafah in southern Gaza, his spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.…

Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams 13 May 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria Children shelter in the shade in Tambasi centre in El Fasher, North Darfur. Reports have been coming in that a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur has been damaged in a heavy uptick of hostilities, leaving two youngsters dead and fanning renewed famine fears, UN aid teams have said…

‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency 13 May 2024 Unsplash/David Clode A herd of elephants heads to a waterhole at a tourist safari camp in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to trafficking every year, a new report by the UN crime and drugs prevention office, UNODC,…

Calls for sustained peace efforts in Yemen as cholera outbreak worsens

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Calls for sustained peace efforts in Yemen as cholera outbreak worsens 13 May 2024 © UNICEF/Waleed Qadari Years of conflict have left millions across Yemen in need of humanitarian aid and protection. The suffering of civilians in Yemen, a country enduring nearly a decade of conflict, remains severe and is worsened by a growing cholera outbreak, the UN’s top humanitarian official cautioned on…

Nearly 2,000 children killed in Ukraine war: UNICEF

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Nearly 2,000 children killed in Ukraine war: UNICEF 13 May 2024 © UNICEF/Olena Hrom A young boy in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, sits in front of a sign that reads "Danger of Mines." Nearly 2,000 children in Ukraine have lost their lives amidst ongoing and escalating war,  the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, citing UN-verified data.…

Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank 13 May 2024 © UNRWA Gazans are on the move again as Israeli forces intensify bombardments. Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week amid continuing Israeli bombardment that has crippled humanitarian aid deliveries and is believed to have killed another UN aid worker, the UN agency for…

Complementary admissions for refugees reach record highs: UNHCR report

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Complementary admissions for refugees reach record highs: UNHCR report 13 May 2024 IOM/Muse Mohammed A migrant family looks out the window and take pictures as they undertake their journey for resettling. A new report jointly issued by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals a significant increase in the issuance of study,…

UN security staff killed in Gaza; Guterres calls for probe

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN security staff killed in Gaza; Guterres calls for probe 13 May 2024 © UNRWA/Fadi El Tayyar UNRWA flag-lowering ceremony at the UNRWA Lebanon Field Office in Beirut. A staff member of the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) died and another was injured when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, on Monday…

World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti 13 May 2024 © WFP/Benjamin Anguandia People displaced by conflict are living in a temporary camp near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday for urgent action to support diplomatic and long-term solutions to…