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UN reports ‘shocking’ rise in violations against children in conflict in 2023

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN reports ‘shocking’ rise in violations against children in conflict in 2023 13 June 2024 © UNICEF/Tess Ingram A young boy recovers in hospital in Gaza after the shelter he was living in with his family was bombed. Violence against children caught in armed conflict reached “extreme levels” last year, with a “shocking” 21 per cent increase in extreme violations, UN Secretary-General António…

Gaza: 8,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition amid ongoing shelling

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 8,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition amid ongoing shelling 13 June 2024 © UNRWA According to UNICEF, only two of three specialized nutrition stabilization centres for seriously undernourished youngsters in Gaza still open. Heavy shelling reported in the so-called safe zone of Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza on Thursday came despite the ongoing international push for a ceasefire and as…

Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate 13 June 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet and Nobel Laureate, reads an original poem written for children at the General Assembly's high-level meeting marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2019. (file) This #ThrowbackThursday, when the…

UN envoy warns Yemenis not to return to the battlefield

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy warns Yemenis not to return to the battlefield 13 June 2024 © UNICEF A community health volunteer visits a displaced persons camp in Dhale, Yemen. After months of relative stability in Yemen between Government and Houthi forces, a return to all-out war is looking inevitable unless the current escalation in violence is halted, the top UN envoy for the country said on Thursday…

Security Council demands end to siege of El Fasher in Sudan

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council demands end to siege of El Fasher in Sudan 13 June 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria A woman who fled her home due to conflict rests at a centre for displaced people in El Fasher, Darfur. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Thursday that calls for the paramilitary Rapid Security Forces (RSF) in Sudan to halt their siege on El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state.…

Taliban assault on women’s rights continues in Afghanistan

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Taliban assault on women’s rights continues in Afghanistan 13 June 2024 © UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell Now unemployed, a woman sits at home with her two daughters. It has been almost three years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and women’s rights continue to be under attack. …

Haiti: UN chief welcomes new government amid ongoing challenges

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: UN chief welcomes new government amid ongoing challenges 13 June 2024 © WFP/Theresa Piorr A helicopter flies over Haiti. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday welcomed the swearing in of Haiti’s new Government, urging stakeholders to continue making progress towards restoring democratic institutions through elections…

World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks continue, education in Africa, Albinism update

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks continue, education in Africa, Albinism update 13 June 2024 © OCHA/Tanya Lyubimova Iryna, an aid worker from the Relief Coordination Centre, comforts an evacuee now living in a site for displaced people. The UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown on Thursday said she was ‘appalled’ by the scale of Russia’s overnight attack on Kryviy Rih…

Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe 12 June 2024 © UNRWA Large parts of Gaza have been reduced to rubble amid the ongoing conflict. Palestinian armed groups and Israeli authorities have both committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the attack on 7 October and the subsequent military operations, according to a new report by a UN independent…

Guterres highlights ‘unique level of destruction’ in Gaza ahead of G7 summit

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres highlights ‘unique level of destruction’ in Gaza ahead of G7 summit 12 June 2024 © UNRWA In Gaza, people are taking shelter anywhere they can, including damaged UNRWA facilities in the north. UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his solidarity with the people of Gaza and the global body’s deep commitment to the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) on Wednesday, while…