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Live updates: UN humanitarians highlight global needs for 2025

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Live updates: UN humanitarians highlight global needs for 2025 04 December 2024 IOM/Léo Torréton Afghanistan is one of the world's most vulnerable countries. Every year, the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview is an opportunity to highlight where needs are greatest and how much funding is needed to help some of the most vulnerable people on Earth. Read our live updates of events…

Middle East crisis: Live updates for 4 December

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates for 4 December 04 December 2024 © UNRWA فلسطينيون يتجمعون أمام مركز تابع للأونروا لتوزيع الدقيق في وسط غزة، حيث يشتد الجوع والاحتياجات الإنسانية مع استمرار الحرب. The Middle East crisis continues to deepen, with families in Gaza struggling to secure basic food amid constant displacement, plummeting temperatures, and relentless conflict. Meanwhile, civil war…

Ukraine: UNICEF chief urges greater protection for children ‘caught in this nightmare’

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: UNICEF chief urges greater protection for children ‘caught in this nightmare’ 04 December 2024 © UNICEF A two-year-old girl was seriously injured when a rocket struck her home in Lviv, Ukraine. The plight of children impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was the focus of debate in the UN Security Council on Wednesday.…

‘Major milestone’ on solutions to internal displacement: Top adviser

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Major milestone’ on solutions to internal displacement: Top adviser 04 December 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfati Children attend an e-learning session at Abdullah Naj internally displaced people's gathering point in Port Sudan. There have been significant advances in addressing the worldwide internal displacement crisis, but urgent action is still needed as numbers continue to rise…

Director-General's remarks at the 2024 Edition of the Women in Diplomacy Index

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the 2024 Edition of the Women in Diplomacy Index 04 December 2024 Tatiana Valovaya 2024 Edition of the Women in Diplomacy IndexWednesday, 4 December 2024 at 9.00 a.m.Room XXV, Building E, Palais des NationsExcellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,Dear friends,It is a great honour to welcome you all to the launch of the 2024 edition of the Women in Diplomacy Index. I wish to thank the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research for…

The ‘slow onset, silent killer’: Droughts explained

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home The ‘slow onset, silent killer’: Droughts explained 03 December 2024 © UNHCR/Caroline Irby Dans l'est de la Mauritanie, le bétail meurt à cause de la sécheresse. Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a “slow onset, silent killer” to which no country is immune, according to the UN’s most senior official working on desertification, drought and land restoration issues…

Syria escalation: Deadly attacks continue, healthcare and access compromised

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syria escalation: Deadly attacks continue, healthcare and access compromised 03 December 2024 © UNOCHA Aleppo city, February 2023 The ongoing escalation of violence in northwest Syria linked to the wider conflict in Gaza and Lebanon has left civilians dead and injured, hospitals “overwhelmed” with healthcare attacks on the rise, the UN warned on Tuesday…

UNHCR secures record $1.5 billion in early funding for 2025

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR secures record $1.5 billion in early funding for 2025 03 December 2024 © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell Sudanese refugees arrive at the border town of Adre in Chad. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has secured early funding commitments of $1.5 billion for 2025, as global forced displacement surges to 123 million people worldwide.…

Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts 03 December 2024 © UNICEF/Sebastian x Gil With the climate crisis, global conflict and generational inequalities running rampant, the inputs, perspectives and representation of youth are needed more than ever. Here pictured are environmental activists and founders of Youth for Climate Argentina. Peace is in peril…

Sudan: UN deplores deadly shelling on Zamzam camp

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: UN deplores deadly shelling on Zamzam camp 03 December 2024 Zam Zam ERR Les familles du camp de Zamzam se rassemblent pour recevoir un repas fourni par la salle d'intervention d'urgence du camp. The United Nations has condemned deadly shelling on Zamzam camp, the largest site for internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Darfur region of Sudan…