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Sudan war: Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war: Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says 26 February 2025 Office of the President of Mauritania The Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra speaking to journalist during the third Consultative Meeting on Sudan Convenes in Nouakchott, Presidential Palace in Mauritania! As the war in Sudan approaches a third year, the UN Secretary-…

Syria: UN scales up aid deliveries as regional fighting continues

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: UN scales up aid deliveries as regional fighting continues 26 February 2025 © UNICEF/PAC Trucks carrying essential humanitarian supplies travel from Türkiye through the Bab al-Salam border crossing, into northwest Syria. UN humanitarians on Wednesday reported a scaling up of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria, even as hostilities continue to impact civilians and limit access in…

Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists 26 February 2025 UN Human Rights Council/Marie Bambi Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, presents his latest report on the obligation to ensure accountability and justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire…

New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response 26 February 2025 © UNICEF/Olivier Asselin In Côte d’Ivoire, a woman living with HIV holds three pills she takes daily as part of antiretroviral therapy. Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll the United States funding freeze is taking on the global AIDS response…

Director-General remarks at the Opening of the exhibition “The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Through the Eyes of Young People”

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General remarks at the Opening of the exhibition “The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Through the Eyes of Young People” 26 February 2025 Tatiana Valovaya  Opening of the exhibition “The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Through the Eyes of Young People”Wednesday, 26 February 2025 at 1.00 p.m.3rd floor, Exhibition gallery, Palais des Nations Minister Locatelli [Italian Minister for Disabilities],Ambassador…

‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity 25 February 2025 © WFP/Michael Castofas Timusifu is one of around 700,000 people who fled Goma. Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) when it fell in January to rebels, known as M23. With the conflict spreading,…

Success for polio campaign in Gaza while West Bank tensions continue

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Success for polio campaign in Gaza while West Bank tensions continue 25 February 2025 © UNICEF/Omar Al-Qattaa Two women cross the road in the center of Gaza City. (file) UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that aid workers in Gaza supporting local health authorities have now managed to vaccinate nearly 550,000 children under 10 – nearly all those it aimed to reach…

Ukraine: Post-war reconstruction set to cost $524 billion

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Post-war reconstruction set to cost $524 billion 25 February 2025 © Relief Coordination Centre A building in Izyum, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine lies in ruins after being struck by a missile. The total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is estimated at $524 billion (€506 billion) over the next decade, according to a new study published on Tuesday.…

UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions 25 February 2025 Unsplash/Maria Oswalt A protest against the death penalty outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC in the United States. (file) International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, where UN human rights chief Volker Türk decried a substantial…

‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN envoy

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN envoy 25 February 2025 © UNRWA A woman stands by a tent in Gaza. A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on political courage from all sides, the top UN official for the Middle East Peace Process said on Tuesday…