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‘We must push for lasting peace in Gaza’, UN chief insists as starvation threat nears

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We must push for lasting peace in Gaza’, UN chief insists as starvation threat nears 25 March 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten During his Ramadan solidarity visit to Egypt, António Guterres visits El-Arish General Hospital to meet Palestinians from Gaza receiving care.  With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for a sustainable…

Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza 24 March 2024 © UNRWA One in three children under age two in northern Gaza are acutely malnourished. Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza…

At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire 23 March 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza that it is time for a ceasefire and for an "ironclad commitment by Israel" to allow…

Earth Hour: Lights off, climate action on

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Earth Hour: Lights off, climate action on 23 March 2024 UN News UN Headquarters shuts off its lights for the Earth Hour in 2023. (file) The largest global environment movement is happening on Saturday, when the UN invites people around the world to shut the lights to remember the planetary crisis during Earth Hour as young partners find new ways to drive climate action…

Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 22 March 2024 Tatiana Valovaya International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave TradeFriday, 22 March 2024, at 3.00 p.m.Room XXII, Palais des Nations Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,It is an honor to join you in commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the…

How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability?

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability? 22 March 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Displaced men, women, and children sheltering in a boxing arena in downtown Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks in August 2023. Haiti is in the grip of widespread gang violence, the country’s institutions are on the verge of collapse and its citizens…

Russia and China veto US resolution stating imperative of ‘immediate and sustained ceasefire’ in Gaza

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Russia and China veto US resolution stating imperative of ‘immediate and sustained ceasefire’ in Gaza 22 March 2024 United Nations Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of Russia to UN votes against a draft resolution during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. A draft resolution tabled by the United States was vetoed in the UN Security…

UN officials outraged at Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy plants

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials outraged at Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy plants 22 March 2024 Angels of Salvation CSO/Mariia Ostashko Civil society groups work at the site of a recent attack in Dnipro. Top UN officials and agencies on the ground in Ukraine on Friday condemned overnight large-scale coordinated Russian strikes on energy plants across the country that killed at least five people and…

Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger 22 March 2024 © UNICEF/Omar Al-Qattaa Destruction in Gaza City in the sixth month of the conflict. Amid reports of ongoing bombardment across Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians highlighted “shocking levels of disease and hunger” after visiting an overwhelmed hospital in the north of the enclave…

World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo 22 March 2024 © WFP/Hugh Rutherford Families arrive in South Sudan after fleeing fighting in Sudan. Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed alarm over increased reports of sexual slavery and trafficking in Sudan, especially of women and girls…