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Boost for UNRWA as UK decides to restore funding

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Boost for UNRWA as UK decides to restore funding 19 July 2024 © UNRWA UNWRA staff are providing children with support to help them through the trauma of war. The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees UNRWA welcomed the decision by the United Kingdom on Friday to resume funding of the agency “at a critical time, as the agency continues to come under harsh and unprecedented attacks…

Guatemala: UN rights chief concerned over polarization, inequality, racism

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guatemala: UN rights chief concerned over polarization, inequality, racism 19 July 2024 UN Photo/Violaine Martin United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday highlighted changes and ongoing challenges in Guatemala – including corruption, racism and gender inequality - following a four-day official visit to the Central…

No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza 18 July 2024 © UNRWA Two women sit outside their temporary shelter in Gaza. Wars are never gender neutral and Gaza is further evidence of this as some one million women and girls bear “the worst brunt” of nine months of conflict, the UN Women Special Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Thursday.…

World News In Brief: Bangladesh student protests, Yemen’s maternal deaths, Mandela Day, honouring LGBT rights at EuroGames 2024

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News In Brief: Bangladesh student protests, Yemen’s maternal deaths, Mandela Day, honouring LGBT rights at EuroGames 2024 18 July 2024 © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani Children play in an area outside their home that has been turned into a large dumpsite of waste from leather industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The UN chief urged the Government of Bangladesh on Thursday to create an environment…

‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agencies

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agencies 18 July 2024 UNRWA Following Israeli relocation orders, Palestinians take as much belongings as they can to move to a new place. Nowhere is safe in Gaza. UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Thursday about having to cut rations in Gaza where fresh evacuation orders by the Israeli military have prompted “the…

Human Rights abuses in CAR detention centres need urgent response: UN experts

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights abuses in CAR detention centres need urgent response: UN experts 18 July 2024 MINUSCA Visiting time at Ngaragba Prison in Bangui, CAR during COVID-19 pandemic. Immediate action is needed to address human rights abuses in detention centres across the Central African Republic (CAR) according to a new UN report released on Thursday. …

UN forum on sustainable development concludes with renewed commitment, call for urgent action

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN forum on sustainable development concludes with renewed commitment, call for urgent action 18 July 2024 © UNDP The Sustainable Development Goals are a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development concluded on Wednesday, with nations reiterating the need for renewed impetus and accelerated actions to…

Eastern Afghanistan reels from fatal storms; dozens dead, hundreds homeless

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Eastern Afghanistan reels from fatal storms; dozens dead, hundreds homeless 18 July 2024 © UNICEF/Madina Qati Musadiq A house severely damaged by floods in eastern Afghanistan. (file photo) UN teams and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are mobilizing in response to devastating windstorms and flash floods that have ravaged eastern regions of the country, resulting in dozens of fatalities…

Books offer novel way to counter prison overcrowding in the Philippines

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Books offer novel way to counter prison overcrowding in the Philippines 18 July 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson A prisoner arranges books in the library at Iligan City Jail. A reading programme for prisoners in jails in the Philippines is supporting their education as well as enabling them to shorten their sentences…

New support needed amid preparations for Ukraine’s third wartime winter

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home New support needed amid preparations for Ukraine’s third wartime winter 18 July 2024 © UNHCR In Kharkiv, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged the international community to help people of Ukraine prepare for third wartime winter. A new $100 million financial contribution will be given to support displaced and war-affected people in Ukraine as they prepare for the third…