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First Person: ‘My eggs are too expensive to eat’ (and that’s a good thing)

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘My eggs are too expensive to eat’ (and that’s a good thing) 11 February 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Lucette Vognentseva can sell her eggs for four times the price of a local egg. Small-scale chicken farmers in the south of Madagascar are hatching a plan to boost their incomes and improve the stock of local poultry breeds, thanks to support from the UN’s Food and Agriculture…

Gender bias in science ‘deprives our world of great talent’: Guterres

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gender bias in science ‘deprives our world of great talent’: Guterres 11 February 2024 © UNICEF/Mary Gelman A Brazilian student working on a robot in Rio de Janeiro On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed that gender equality in science is essential to building a better future for all…

A lullaby for children sleeping under bombs in Gaza

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home A lullaby for children sleeping under bombs in Gaza 10 February 2024 Oliva Films The Spanish-Palestinian singer Marwán has composed a lullaby to raise funds for UNRWA. The latest song by Spanish-Palestinian singer Marwán, one of Spain's most acclaimed songwriters, is a lullaby for the children living under Israeli bombardment in Gaza. He tells UN News about his enduring links to the…

Gaza: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare 09 February 2024 © UNICEF/Abed Zaqout (archivo) Un niño herido recibe atención en el hospital Nasser en Khan Younis. The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday as it unveiled data indicating more than 350 attacks on…

Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition 09 February 2024 © UNOCHA/Ala Kheir Women at the IDP cam in Sudan A staggering 700,000 children in Sudan face the worst and most life-threatening form of hunger after 300 days of war, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. “The…

Haiti: Human rights deteriorating as gang violence spreads

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Human rights deteriorating as gang violence spreads 09 February 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clark A newly-displaced woman at the Gymnasium Vincent, a school and sports complex in downtown Port-au-Prince. The already dire human rights situation in Haiti has deteriorated even further amid unrelenting and expanding gang violence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Friday…

UN Special Adviser ‘horrified’ at suffering of civilians in the Middle East

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Special Adviser ‘horrified’ at suffering of civilians in the Middle East 09 February 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on Friday expressed profound horror at the ongoing situation in the Middle East, reiterating the call for a humanitarian ceasefire and protection of…

Mongolian dzud: Extreme weather puts 90% of country at ‘high risk’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Mongolian dzud: Extreme weather puts 90% of country at ‘high risk’ 09 February 2024 © UNICEF/Andrew Cullen Men use sticks to wade through thigh-deep snow in rural Khovd province in far-western Mongolia. (file) The ongoing “white and iron” dzud in Mongolia has reached a “critical” level, with over 90 per cent of the country facing high levels of risk from the unique weather phenomenon, UN…

World News in Brief: Rafah escalation fears, Gaza war’s unprecedented death rate, Pakistan terrorist attacks condemned

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rafah escalation fears, Gaza war’s unprecedented death rate, Pakistan terrorist attacks condemned 09 February 2024 © UNRWA أسر فلسطينية تضطر إلى الفرار من القصف المستمر في خان يونس إلى رفح-أقصى جنوب القطاع- التي زاد عدد سكانها بأربعة أضعاف منذ أكتوبر 2023. The unprecedented population density in Rafah in southern Gaza makes it nearly impossible to protect civilians in…

Stories from the UN Archive: Biggest moments in UN history

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Biggest moments in UN history 08 February 2024 UN Photo/Milton Grant Nelson Mandela Meets with United States Boxers South African leader Nelson Mandela speaks out about crushing apartheid. US Secretary of State Colin Powell holds up a vial in the UN Security Council. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg asks “How dare you…