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UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030 22 July 2024 © UNAIDS Thailand/Cedriann Mart The Ozone Foundation offers a range of harm reduction measures to prevent the spread of HIV. An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic to end AIDS by 2030, according to a new report by the Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in…

Gaza City-bound UN aid convoy comes under Israeli fire, says UNRWA

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza City-bound UN aid convoy comes under Israeli fire, says UNRWA 22 July 2024 UNRWA A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes in a classroom at shelter run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. A UN convoy has been hit by “heavy shooting” from Israeli forces at a checkpoint while en route to Gaza City, the United Nations agency for Palestine…

UN leaders urge ‘maximum political will’ to rescue SDGs

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN leaders urge ‘maximum political will’ to rescue SDGs 22 July 2024 © UNICEF/Ricardo Franco Urgent efforts are needed to get the Sustainable Development Goals back on track. Top UN officials on Monday called for urgent reforms to the international financial system to boost efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030…

Forests face increasing risk of wildfires and pests due to climate change

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Forests face increasing risk of wildfires and pests due to climate change 22 July 2024 © FAO/Luis Tato A woman carries goods through Uluguru Nature Forest Reserve in Morogoro, Tanzania. The world’s forests are becoming increasingly susceptible to wildfires and pests due to climate change, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released Monday.…

World News in Brief: UN Commission of Inquiry accepts ICJ opinion, continued attacks in Ukraine, improved neurological medicines access

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN Commission of Inquiry accepts ICJ opinion, continued attacks in Ukraine, improved neurological medicines access 22 July 2024 UNRWA Palestinian families move possessions after they are told by the Israeli authorities to move to new locations. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Monday welcomed the…

Middle East: ‘One rash move could trigger a catastrophe’

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: ‘One rash move could trigger a catastrophe’ 22 July 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. A recent surge in cross-border deadly attacks risks escalating violence across the Middle East and requires immediate de-escalation…

UN Special Envoy warns of escalation risk in Syria

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN Special Envoy warns of escalation risk in Syria 22 July 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Geir Pedersen (on screen), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, briefs the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the country. The threat of regional conflict affecting Syria has not abated, particularly in the face of recent Israeli strikes on the war-torn country, UN Special Envoy…

UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation 21 July 2024 UN Tajikistan/Didor Sadulloev UN Secretary-General António Guterres (file) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has responded to Israel’s airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, which reportedly killed at least six people and injured more than 80, by calling for all parties…

Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth 21 July 2024 UN News At the Al-Istiqlal camp for displaced persons in central Deir al-Balah, Ajith Sunghay, Director of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, visited one of the classrooms set up in tents for [...] The voices of young female students sounded out across a makeshift…

Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa

9 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa 20 July 2024 UN Photo/Pernaca Sudhakaran Nelson Mandela addresses the the Special Committee Against Apartheid in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York in June 1990. (file) On the heels of this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, marked annually on 18 July, we are taking you back in time…