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Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak 23 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Ala Kheir Women waiting for aid distribution in Wad Madani, Sudan. Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge challenge for aid teams after more than 16 months of heavy fighting, combined with flooding and ongoing access obstacles, they reported on…

At World Women's Forum, UN deputy chief urges action on gender equality

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home At World Women's Forum, UN deputy chief urges action on gender equality 23 August 2024 UN Mongolia/Enkhbold Orosoo The Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed delivers remarks at the 2024 World Women’s Forum in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The UN Deputy Secretary-General called for stronger efforts in women’s empowerment, gender equality, and climate action in remarks to the World Women's…

Guterres calls for end to Myanmar violence, persecution of Rohingya

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls for end to Myanmar violence, persecution of Rohingya 23 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Vincent Tremeau A man carries food aid through the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Seven years since the forced mass displacement of Rohingya and other communities from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the UN Secretary-General has called for an end to the violence and full protection…

Gaza: Vital aid supplies running low as schools hit in further strikes

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Vital aid supplies running low as schools hit in further strikes 22 August 2024 © UNRWA Families continue to shelter in school buildings in the Gaza Strip. UN aid teams have warned that vital chorine supplies that are essential for purifying water are running out and deteriorating in Gaza, while humanitarians condemned new strikes on schools sheltering people displaced by the war.…

UN chief urges climate justice for Pacific nations beset by rising oceans

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief urges climate justice for Pacific nations beset by rising oceans 22 August 2024 UN Photo/Kiara Worth UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets a local community member from Lalomanu, Samoa. Pacific island nations threatened by rising oceans, debt and geopolitical tensions can only fight back if international lenders agree to fairer terms for vital development funding and…

Driving Progress: Botswana prepares for historic UN conference on landlocked countries

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Driving Progress: Botswana prepares for historic UN conference on landlocked countries 22 August 2024 World Bank/Dominic Chavez Men unload sacks of onions from a truck in Bamako, Mali, a landlocked developing country. Their lack of direct access to the vital trade links often result in landlocked countries paying high transport and transit costs. Leaders from landlocked developing countries…

Mozambique makes great strides towards Early Warnings for All

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Mozambique makes great strides towards Early Warnings for All 22 August 2024 WFP/Deborah Nguyen A woman and her baby stand in the rubble of Cyclone Idai, that struck central Mozambique in 2019. Mozambique is playing a leading role in a UN-led global initiative to ensure that all people on the planet are protected against weather-related hazards through early warning systems, the World…

Middle East: Security Council urged to find path away from ‘vicious cycles of despair’

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: Security Council urged to find path away from ‘vicious cycles of despair’ 22 August 2024 © UNRWA Gazans respond to evacuation orders issued by the Israeli authorities. The Security Council met on Thursday to hear from top officials about the situation on the ground in the Middle East, a region roiling from the ongoing war in Gaza as the conflict enters its 11th month. Council…

Nepal: New transitional justice law aids wider search for truth

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Nepal: New transitional justice law aids wider search for truth 22 August 2024 Unsplash/Sujitabh Chaudhary Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. The adoption of new transitional justice legislation in Nepal marks an important step in the nation’s long journey towards accountability and reconciliation, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said Thursday.…

World News in Brief: UN chief condemns religious hate, threats to freedom in Sri Lanka, four young people executed in Somalia, human rights office for Caribbean

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN chief condemns religious hate, threats to freedom in Sri Lanka, four young people executed in Somalia, human rights office for Caribbean 22 August 2024 OCHA/Yaye Nabo Sène A group of people advocate against hate and discrimination based on ethnicity and religion in the Central African Republic. (2017) As the world marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims…