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World News in Brief: Air travel boom erases COVID dip, ‘disturbing’ new anti-LGBT bill in Ghana, rights abuses in Crimea

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Air travel boom erases COVID dip, ‘disturbing’ new anti-LGBT bill in Ghana, rights abuses in Crimea 28 February 2024 © Unsplash/John Oswald Madrid airport, Spain. The UN aviation agency on Wednesday announced that air traffic levels are operating at around two per cent above their high in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded much of the world’s population in…

No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza 28 February 2024 UN News Part of the destruction that affected Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis. No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone has become in Gaza, according to a team of doctors trapped for weeks inside the besieged Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis…

Humanitarians launch $674 million appeal urging ‘increased solidarity’ with Haiti

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians launch $674 million appeal urging ‘increased solidarity’ with Haiti 28 February 2024 © UNICEF/Herold Joseph Children are taken by their mothers for nutrition screening in the Delams neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. Humanitarians are hoping that donors will robustly support a $674 million appeal for Haiti, where armed gangs continue to terrorize the population, a senior UN…

Stories from the UN Archive: Leap year events from UN history

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Leap year events from UN history 28 February 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre) briefing correspondents at UN Headquarters in 2004. (file) It’s leap year, which gives February a 29th day only once every four years. This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re looking at what has happened on 29 February in UN history…

World News in Brief: Noncommunicable diseases in emergencies, aid plan for Haiti, peace efforts in CAR

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Noncommunicable diseases in emergencies, aid plan for Haiti, peace efforts in CAR 27 February 2024 TANZAQRF3/Methew Makoba UN peacekeepers from Tanzania’s Quick Reaction Force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) diagnose non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for residents of Nzuma village in the North Kivu province territory of Beni during World Health Day. People…

Security Council hears Gaza famine 'almost inevitable' unless aid is massively scaled up

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council hears Gaza famine 'almost inevitable' unless aid is massively scaled up 27 February 2024 UN Photo A wide shot of the UN Security Council chamber as members meet on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Well over half a million Gazans are just a step away from famine, said senior UN humanitarians, briefing the Security Council Tuesday on food security in…

UN Syria envoy appeals for urgent de-escalation across the Middle East

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Syria envoy appeals for urgent de-escalation across the Middle East 27 February 2024 © OCHA/Bilal Al Hammoud Children in northwestern Syria stay in a reception centre after their homes were bombed. Fallout from conflict in the Middle East and ongoing fighting in Syria are having a devastating impact on civilians inside the country, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council…

Universal connectivity gets a $9 billion private sector boost

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Universal connectivity gets a $9 billion private sector boost 27 February 2024 © UNICEF/Almir Panjeta A girl in Bosnia studies English online. The mobile phone industry has pledged over $9 billion towards the goal of connecting the world, said the chief of the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Monday, addressing the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona…

Gaza: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital 27 February 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden A United Nations team attempts to deliver fuel to Nasser hospital through destroyed roads in mid-February 2024. UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access restrictions placed on them by the Israeli military, after…

With eyes on Gaza, Ukraine, UN chief launches rights protection pledge

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home With eyes on Gaza, Ukraine, UN chief launches rights protection pledge 26 February 2024 UN Photo / Elma Okic The UN Human Rights Council gathered in Geneva for its 55th session. An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would spell the end for UN-led humanitarian relief to the people of Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday, in a wide-ranging call to the international…