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World News in Brief: North Gaza under siege, aid to millions in Syria, tensions in Mozambique

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: North Gaza under siege, aid to millions in Syria, tensions in Mozambique 14 January 2025 © UNRWA A family sits outside a shelter in Gaza. The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Tuesday reported further attacks on displacement shelters in Gaza which have been ongoing since 9 January…

US: UN rights expert welcomes court ruling reaffirming sex-based protections in education

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home US: UN rights expert welcomes court ruling reaffirming sex-based protections in education 14 January 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has welcomed a ruling by a federal district court in the United States that reaffirms sex-based…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Eighth Session

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Eighth Session 13 January 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-eighth session, which is being held in Geneva from 13 to 31 January, during which the Committee will review reports on the efforts to adhere to the Convention on the Rights of the Child of Ecuador, Eritrea, Gambia, Honduras, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis and…

Al Jazeera ban must be lifted, rights experts urge Palestinian Authority

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Al Jazeera ban must be lifted, rights experts urge Palestinian Authority 13 January 2025 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh Damaged roads, buildings, and infrastructure due to the ongoing escalation of violence in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Top independent human rights experts urged the Palestinian authorities on Monday to end its widely criticized ban on the broadcaster Al Jazeera and ensure…

World News in Brief: Solidarity with Ukraine, Haiti earthquake victims remembered, funding for Sudan healthcare

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Solidarity with Ukraine, Haiti earthquake victims remembered, funding for Sudan healthcare 13 January 2025 © UNOCHA/Yurii Veres Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, visits a missile-struck medical clinic in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. The UN’s top aid official has travelled to Ukraine where he’s expressed his solidarity with the country’s people,…

Humanitarians continue to call for Israel to facilitate aid delivery in Gaza

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians continue to call for Israel to facilitate aid delivery in Gaza 13 January 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel A displaced family receive winter clothes in Der Al Balah, central Gaza. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday reiterated its call for Israel to enable the delivery of lifesaving assistance to people across the Gaza Strip.…

New era of crisis for children, as global conflicts intensify and inequality worsens

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home New era of crisis for children, as global conflicts intensify and inequality worsens 13 January 2025 © UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez A a 5-year-old walks amongst the ruins of houses in southern Lebanon. The world is entering a new era of crisis for children; climate change, inequality and conflict are disrupting their lives and limiting their futures, an authoritative study from the UN…

‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk 13 January 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressing a General Assembly meeting. (file) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights defenders in today's tumultuous global landscape in a speech on Monday to Wilton Park,…

Guterres to conduct solidarity visit to Lebanon

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres to conduct solidarity visit to Lebanon 13 January 2025 UNIFIL In Lebanon, UNIFIL’s Italian contingent donates medical equipment to support villages close to the Blue Line. UN Secretary-General António Guterres will travel to Lebanon later this week for a solidarity visit with the country and its people, his Spokesperson announced on Monday during his daily briefing from New York.…

First Person: Syrian refugee shipwreck survivor vows to help reconstruct shattered country

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Syrian refugee shipwreck survivor vows to help reconstruct shattered country 13 January 2025 Doaa Al-Zamel Doaa Al-Zamel, Syrian Activist and Refugees' rights advocate. Syrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel’s harrowing tale of surviving a deadly shipwreck brought the horrors of fleeing war to a worldwide audience when it was told in the book “A Hope More Powerful Than The Sea” in…