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Security Council reform a must, to end ‘paralysis’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council reform a must, to end ‘paralysis’ 16 November 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe General Assembly meets on question of equitable representation and increase in membership of Security Council. As wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza, never before has the issue of reform of the Security Council been more pressing, the President of the General Assembly said on Thursday…

Gaza: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down entire humanitarian operation

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down entire humanitarian operation 16 November 2023 © WHO Thousands of displaced people are living in Khan Younis camp in southern Gaza. Lack of fuel is jeopardizing “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw sewage is now flowing in the streets, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on…

Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say 15 November 2023 © UNICEF/UNI470988/ UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell visits Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, where she met with patients and displaced families seeking shelter and safety, Children have been killed, maimed, abducted and denied assistance in Gaza, and the parties to…

World News in Brief: Dozens dead in Yemen shipwreck, Pakistan expulsions ‘must stop’, FAO aids Sudan farmers

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Dozens dead in Yemen shipwreck, Pakistan expulsions ‘must stop’, FAO aids Sudan farmers 15 November 2023 ©人道协调厅/Giles Clarke 一名年轻的移民从吉布提抵达也门后眺望大海。 The UN migration agency IOM on Wednesday appealed for safe migration pathways in the wake of a recent shipwreck off the coast of Yemen…

‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions: World Meteorological Organization

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions: World Meteorological Organization 15 November 2023 © Unsplash/Ehud Neuhaus Harmful gasses continue to be released into the atmosphere across the world. Greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2022 with “no end in sight to the rising trend”, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report published on Wednesday.…

Israel-Palestine crisis: UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’ 15 November 2023 © WHO Large areas of the Gaza Strip have been destroyed by missile strikes. The UN’s top emergency relief official unveiled a 10-point plan “to rein in the carnage” in Gaza on Wednesday which focuses on a major expansion of aid into into the wartorn enclave, along with a new…

Israel-Palestine crisis: Security Council calls for urgent, extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: Security Council calls for urgent, extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza 15 November 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Pauses and Corridors Throughout Gaza Strip The Security Council passed a resolution Wednesday calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and for urgent and extended…

First Person: UNICEF chief in Gaza visit, bears witness to grave violations against children

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: UNICEF chief in Gaza visit, bears witness to grave violations against children 15 November 2023 © UNICEF UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell (right) visits Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Grave violations against children, including killing, maiming and abductions, are taking place in the Gaza Strip, according to the Executive Director of the UN…

US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert 14 November 2023 © Unsplash/Colin Lloyd An anti-racism protest takes place in Colorado, USA. (file) The United States need to increase efforts to address “enduring systemic racism” at what is a critical juncture in the fight against discrimination, said the UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert on the issue,…

Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson 14 November 2023 UN Ukraine Human rights officers examine a kitchen where a rocket landed in Posad-Pokrovske in the Kherson region of Ukraine. The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson on Monday.…