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Guterres calls for full Gaza ceasefire, rejecting ‘ethnic cleansing’

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls for full Gaza ceasefire, rejecting ‘ethnic cleansing’ 05 February 2025 UN News Children in Gaza stand on debris from a destroyed building. UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza, and “to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing” in the enclave, in a speech in New York…

DR Congo: UN mission offers protection to ‘vulnerable populations’, despite huge challenges

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: UN mission offers protection to ‘vulnerable populations’, despite huge challenges 05 February 2025 UN News A man carries water in a camp for displaced people in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels continued to consolidate their hold over North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, despite declaring a ceasefire…

‘The new generation is different’: In Djibouti, activists lobby to end female genital mutilation

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘The new generation is different’: In Djibouti, activists lobby to end female genital mutilation 05 February 2025 © UNFPA-UNICEF Women and girls in a village in Djibouti’s Tadjourah region, where a community-led movement has successfully lobbied to abandon female genital mutilation. “I still see the knife, and the lady who held me down,” said Hawa’a Mohamed Kamil, a peer educator in…

World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in Sudan, breast cancer alert in Africa, human rights in Tunisia

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in Sudan, breast cancer alert in Africa, human rights in Tunisia 05 February 2025 © OHCHR The UN Human Rights Council meeting on the human rights situation in Ukraine. New executive orders issued by the White House are set to further impact the cooperative, multilateral work of the United Nations, two weeks since the United States…

DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens 04 February 2025 © Blaise Irenge VIA Radio Okapi A scattering of people walk through a commercial district in Goma. The UN’s top humanitarian official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday called for Goma airport to be urgently reopened, warning its continued closure is paralyzing relief operations…

Stories from the UN Archive: Marian Anderson broke barriers with music and diplomacy

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Marian Anderson broke barriers with music and diplomacy 04 February 2025 UN Photo Chatting during intermission at New York's Metropolitan Opera House on Human Rights Day in 1950, Eleanor Roosevelt, UN General Assembly President Nasrollah Entezam and contralto Marian Anderson. (file) Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century,…

Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years?

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years? 04 February 2025 UN Photo Units of the UN Force in the Congo (ONUC) secured positions outside the perimeter of Elisabethville in 1963. (file) Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; these recent developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

Deadly attacks in eastern Aleppo highlight Syria’s vulnerability

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Deadly attacks in eastern Aleppo highlight Syria’s vulnerability 04 February 2025 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Aftermath of shelling in Aleppo (file) The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a deadly car bomb attack in the Syrian city of Manbij that killed 20 people, mostly women, and left many others critically injured…

World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World Cancer Day

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World Cancer Day 04 February 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal Fighting in and around Sudan's El Fasher has forced many families to flee in search of safety. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has again urged warring parties to stop targeting civilians.…

Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds 04 February 2025 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier Haitians displaced by violence find refuge on the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Gang violence in Haiti continues to have a devastating impact on the population, according to a new report from the UN office in the country (BINUH) on human rights violations recorded…