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Guterres urges parties to find a way forward on next phase of Gaza ceasefire

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges parties to find a way forward on next phase of Gaza ceasefire 01 March 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in the Middle East. As the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal concludes, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following developments in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian…

‘This is our land’ – Building Gaza’s future from the wreckage of war

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘This is our land’ – Building Gaza’s future from the wreckage of war 01 March 2025 UN News Sufyan Al-Majdalawi inspects the rubble of his home in Jabalia in northern Gaza. At night he sleeps under a tarpaulin sheet on the ruins of his family home. Like others returning to northern Gaza after months of being displaced by war, Sufian Al-Majdalawi clings to whatever he can find…

Bahrain’s pearling legacy: Reviving a millennia-old culture

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Bahrain’s pearling legacy: Reviving a millennia-old culture 01 March 2025 Danat/Bahrain A diver is diving for pearls in Bahrain. Pearling in the Persian Gulf shaped Bahrain’s economy for millennia. Bahrain, with its shallow waters and rich oyster beds, has long been synonymous with pearls, which formed the backbone of the island nation’s economy for thousands of years. Diving for pearls,…

Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF 28 February 2025 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier People who fled their homes due to violence are now living in a school. The ongoing emergency in Haiti is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned…

Gaza: Unified Arab position will ‘help guide the way forward’

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Unified Arab position will ‘help guide the way forward’ 28 February 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel Los gazatíes regresan a sus vecindarios devastados en el norte de Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday stressed that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza must hold, urging all parties to honour their commitments and prevent a breakdown of the agreement…

US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres 28 February 2025 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press at the UN Headquarters, in New York. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding by the United States will have devastating consequences for…

Alarming trends in nuclear material trafficking highlight urgent security gaps

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Alarming trends in nuclear material trafficking highlight urgent security gaps 28 February 2025 © IAEA/D. Calma Continuity of evidence is important to ensure chain of custody in any investigation that involves nuclear forensics. There were just under 150 incidents of illegal or unauthorised activity involving nuclear and other radioactive material reported last year, according to the…

Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP 28 February 2025 WFP/Mohamed Galal Food aid is delivered to displaced people in Zamzam camp in North Darfur. UN humanitarians on Friday warned again that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks inside the Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur…

Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature 28 February 2025 © WWF-International/Suyash_Kesh A tiger at Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the world’s flora and fauna by 2030…

‘A litany of human suffering’ in Myanmar, warns UN rights chief

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘A litany of human suffering’ in Myanmar, warns UN rights chief 28 February 2025 © UNICEF/Minzayar Oo Rains lash an internally displaced persons camp in northern Myanmar. (file) Myanmar is mired in one of the world’s worst human rights crises, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday, describing conditions there as “a litany of human suffering…