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World News in Brief: Ethiopia food aid resumes, ‘Stop the Lies’ campaign against big tobacco, Syria ruling, climate action – key to peace

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ethiopia food aid resumes, ‘Stop the Lies’ campaign against big tobacco, Syria ruling, climate action – key to peace 16 November 2023 © WFP/Michael Tewelde Vulnerable communities receive food aid from the UN in the Tigray region of Ethiopia (file photo). In drought and conflict-affected Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday it was restarting food…

UN’s top Woman Police Officer ‘a young agent of change’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s top Woman Police Officer ‘a young agent of change’ 16 November 2023 © Herve Serefio Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti, of Indonesia wins the 2023 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. An Indonesian police officer serving at the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, was on Thursday awarded a top peacekeeping honour.…

Sudan: Deadly spiral of violence continues as Khartoum calls for 'immediate termination' of UN mission

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Deadly spiral of violence continues as Khartoum calls for 'immediate termination' of UN mission 16 November 2023 © UNICEF/Zehbrauskas A child stands with water collected from an IDP camp in Nyala, Darfur. (file) The war between rival militaries in Sudan, which has been raging for over seven months has further intensified in recent weeks, particularly in the volatile Darfur…

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…

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Egypt for its Contribution to the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture, Raise Questions on the Death Penalty and Sharia Law

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Egypt for its Contribution to the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture, Raise Questions on the Death Penalty and Sharia Law 15 November 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Egypt on its efforts to…

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…