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Guterres urges governments to free detained UN personnel and ensure their safety

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges governments to free detained UN personnel and ensure their safety 24 March 2025 © IOM/Majed Mohammed At IOM’s Migrant Response Point in Aden, migrants receive the cholera vaccine as part of a nationwide effort to tackle the outbreak. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the immediate release of 52 United Nations personnel currently detained worldwide, including…

‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi 24 March 2025 © UNHCR/Susan Hopper The Kutupalong refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar where the majority of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh live. The plight of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya is intensifying almost eight years since hundreds of thousands fled persecution and sought shelter in Bangladesh, the UN said…

UN peace missions strained, with trust ‘in short supply’ and widening divisions

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN peace missions strained, with trust ‘in short supply’ and widening divisions 24 March 2025 UN Photo/Michael Ali UN peacekeepers patrol Mutwanga in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. United Nations peace operations are facing mounting challenges as conflicts become more protracted, geopolitical divisions widen and transnational threats multiply, Secretary-General António…

Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse 24 March 2025 © UNFPA Two Gazans walk through a bomb site following renewed attacks on the enclave. The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes – but pledged that “the UN is not leaving” the…

South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns 24 March 2025 © WFP/Peter Louis Displaced people in Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. (file) South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) warned on Monday…

Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI 23 March 2025 © Unsplash/С. Джонсон Только 20 процентов населения мира говорит дома на английском, но на этом языке представлена почти половина обучающих данных для основных моделей ИИ. For two years, one international organization under the umbrella of the UN has been leading a relentless campaign in the corridors of global…

3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home 3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief 23 March 2025 © UNFPA الموت والدمار في غزة بعد الغارات الجوية في الصباح الباكر يوم 18 مارس. The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday…

Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis 21 March 2025 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A UNICEF team delivers health and nutrition supplies, including vaccines, to communities in northeast Ethiopia. Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced…

Middle East crisis spirals amid mounting civilian deaths, aid blockade

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis spirals amid mounting civilian deaths, aid blockade 21 March 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Sigrid Kaag (on screen), UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim, briefs the Security Council. The Israel-Palestine conflict is descending further into violence, with mounting civilian casualties in the West Bank and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza,…

‘The poison of racism continues to infect our world’, Guterres warns on International Day

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘The poison of racism continues to infect our world’, Guterres warns on International Day 21 March 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The UN General Assembly meets to commemorate International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday, calling on the global community to uphold its…