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Humanitarians support civilians affected by recent attacks in Ukraine

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians support civilians affected by recent attacks in Ukraine 03 September 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider (file) Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric. UN Photo/Evan Schneider (file) Aid organizations continue to provide emergency support to people impacted by recent deadly attacks across Ukraine, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday.…

‘Major milestone’ immunization campaign begins in DPR Korea

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Major milestone’ immunization campaign begins in DPR Korea 03 September 2024 联合国儿童基金会/Simon Nazer 一名医护人员探望朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的一个家庭 。 More than 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women will be vaccinated in a nationwide campaign launched on Monday by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with the support of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF…

UN reports ‘lethal tactics’ by Israeli forces in West Bank

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN reports ‘lethal tactics’ by Israeli forces in West Bank 03 September 2024 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh Damaged roads, buildings, and infrastructure due to the ongoing escalation of violence in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces continue to employ “lethal war-like tactics” in the West Bank, including airstrikes, with people being killed, injured and displaced, the UN Spokesperson…

Planning ahead: 5 things to know about the UN’s landmark Summit of the Future

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Planning ahead: 5 things to know about the UN’s landmark Summit of the Future 03 September 2024 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas A view of the Eduardo Kobra mural at UN Headquarters. Is there another way the world could be run? And in the face so much global turmoil, how can we make the future fairer? This September, a major event at UN Headquarters is being billed as once in a generation opportunity…

Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio 02 September 2024 UN News Ferial, a grandmother took her two granddaughters to Deir El Balah health center to get polio vaccination. If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza is to be successful in halting the spread of a virus that has resurfaced in the Strip after 25…

Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign 02 September 2024 © UNRWA Despite constant challenges, UNRWA opened four temporary health clinics in Gaza, with its medical teams providing thousands of consultations every day. The UN-led mass polio vaccination campaign entered its second day in central Gaza on Monday with pauses in fighting holding sufficiently for thousands…

UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway 01 September 2024 WHO UN-led polio vaccination campaign gets underway in middle areas of Gaza The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of Gaza. The operation aims to inoculate 600,000 children in the coming days…

Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’ 31 August 2024 UN Photo/Teddy Chen Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the press at UN Headquarters in New York in 1967. (file) When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters in the 1960s to protest the Viet Nam conflict, the civil rights leader likened the anti-war movement to the…

‘Giving help and giving hope’, an aerial lifeline to the world’s most isolated

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Giving help and giving hope’, an aerial lifeline to the world’s most isolated 31 August 2024 © WFP/Theresa Piorr UNHAS flies helicopters to the inaccessible parts of Haiti. A humanitarian air service, which has been described by the World Food Programme chief as “giving help and giving hope” to the world’s most remote and disadvantaged communities, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary…

UN chief demands global action to end racism against people of African descent

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief demands global action to end racism against people of African descent 30 August 2024 Unsplash/Thomas de Luze Protestors take part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Paris, France. The UN Secretary-General has called for global action to “vanquish racism and discrimination” towards people of African descent, in his message marking the international day highlighting the diaspora…