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Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’ 17 May 2024 © US Army Central A floating dock for the delivery of humanitarian supplies is built off the coast of Gaza. Trucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock built by the United States military, but this is not enough to meet the needs of…

UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared 17 May 2024 © UNICEF/Dan Thomas In 2005, a warning about the presence of landmines and other unexploded ordinance in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka. The area saw some of the worst fighting during the island's civil war. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday urged the Sri Lankan Government to take decisive action to…

UN’s rights chief horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s rights chief horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer 17 May 2024 © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani A mother walks with her children to their shelter at an IDP camp in North Darfur. The UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s having a terrifying impact on millions of civilians, who humanitarians say are…

India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights 17 May 2024 UNAIDS Due to social prejudices, gay couples are still forced to hide their identity. While there has been some recent progress for India’s LGBTQIA+ community, there is still a long way to go to overcome social stigma and prejudice, and to ensure that all people in the…

Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle 16 May 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children travel in the trunk of a car as they leave Rafah in southern Gaza. UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as aid teams issued increasingly urgent appeals for safe passage throughout Gaza, to…

At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity 16 May 2024 UN News UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the Summit of the League of Arab States in Manama-Bahrain. UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his longstanding call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held in the enclave, and unimpeded access…

World News in Brief: More Ukraine attacks, rights appeal for jailed Nigerian singer, International Day against Homophobia

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: More Ukraine attacks, rights appeal for jailed Nigerian singer, International Day against Homophobia 16 May 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Children walk past a destroyed house in Kherson, Ukraine. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine condemned air strikes in Kherson city on Thursday, which injured dozens of civilians, including two children, and damaged homes and…

Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force 16 May 2024 UN Photo Jelaskovic Ibrahim of the then-Yugoslav medical staff of the UN Emergency Force in Egypt treats a child in El Kuntilla in the Sinai in Egypt in 1959. (file) As the world celebrates the International Day of Living Together in Peace, marked annually on 16 May, we are taking you back to the 1950s, when the…

Global economic growth improves but ‘downsides’ lurk

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Global economic growth improves but ‘downsides’ lurk 16 May 2024 © ILO/Marcel Crozet Porters work at a metal market in Narayana in New Delhi, India. The global economic picture has improved since January, but vulnerabilities remain, the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report published on Thursday has revealed…

Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry 16 May 2024 WHO People gather outside the remains of Al Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest health facility. A renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon’s death in Israeli detention has been labelled “horrifying’ by a UN human rights expert, prompting calls for an independent international…