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Syria: WHO Regional Director calls for greater investment in health sector

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: WHO Regional Director calls for greater investment in health sector 19 May 2024 © UNICEF/Khudr Al-Issa A child holds medicine he received from health workers at a mobile health clinic in a neighbourhood of eastern Aleppo, Syria. Failure to invest in the health of the Syrian people will only deepen instability in the war-ravaged country and pose threats to regional and global security…

Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah 18 May 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A Palestinian family flees Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza,…

Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny 17 May 2024 © UNEP/Duncan Moore There are hundreds of landfill dumpsites spread across Kenya with the largest being Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi. Global efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by glaring differences in environmental protection laws among countries…

Israel refutes South Africa’s accusations at UN world court

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Israel refutes South Africa’s accusations at UN world court 17 May 2024 © ICJ/Wendy van Bree A view of the International Court of Justice courtroom at The Hague in the case of South Africa v. Israel. The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Friday, heard the response from Israel on the case brought forward by South Africa requesting emergency provisional measures to immediately halt…

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…