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Somalia: UN official reports on electoral progress, ongoing security challenges

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Somalia: UN official reports on electoral progress, ongoing security challenges 03 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe James Swan, Acting Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the country. Authorities in Somalia remain focused on national priorities, and the battle against Al-Shabaab…

Lebanon: UN peacekeepers to stay the course amid escalating hostilities

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: UN peacekeepers to stay the course amid escalating hostilities 03 October 2024 UN/Haidar Fahs UNIFIL peacekeeper on patrol in south Lebanon. (File) Peacekeepers positioned along the “Blue Line” of separation between Israel and Lebanon remain committed to their mandate, and will remain in place until conditions allow, the UN’s peacekeeping chief said on Thursday…

Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’ 03 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Un hombre trepa por un edificio destruido en los suburbios del sur de Beirut, Líbano. People in Lebanon uprooted by Israeli airstrikes including in central Beirut have described being forced to flee “total destruction”, amid fresh reports of Hezbollah projectile…

Sudan war: ‘Horror’ grows as reports of summary executions emerge

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war: ‘Horror’ grows as reports of summary executions emerge 03 October 2024 © UNICEF/Proscovia Nakibuuka Clashes and insecurity in Sudan continues to force people to flee their homes in search of safety. The UN-designated human rights expert on Sudan has called for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), along with their allied militias, to take…

WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports 03 October 2024 © Unsplash/Joan Oger Skiers ride the lifts in a resort in the French Alps. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Thursday they are partnering to raise awareness about climate change’s harmful effects on winter sports and…

World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs 03 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy People survey the damage caused by a missile attack on a building in Kharkiv City, Ukraine. Russian shelling has hit another apartment block in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, UN aid teams said on…

Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace 02 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A wide view of the Security Council meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. Despite the significant peace and security challenges facing Africa, there are reasons to be hopeful, the…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges 02 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Residents survey the damage in a suburb of southern Beirut left in ruins after being targeted by airstrikes. Security Council members met in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war.…

UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation 02 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Destruction in Beirut's Haret Hreik neighbourhood has been mirrored elsewhere across Lebanon following recent Israeli bombardment.. Hours after Iran fired a reported 200 missiles at Israel in response to Israeli military incursions in southern Lebanon raising…

World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa 02 October 2024 © WFP Haiti Some people who have fled their homes in Haiti are now living in schools. A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children – the UN migration office, IOM…