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Dreams of returning home dashed by reality in Gaza City

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Dreams of returning home dashed by reality in Gaza City 30 January 2025 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Families begin their journey back home from the south of Gaza to Gaza City and the northern areas People continue to stream back into Gaza City in the wake of the temporary ceasefire across the Strip, with some 500,000 reportedly returning so far, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on…

Hospitals overwhelmed in DR Congo, food running out: Goma faces ‘devastation’

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Hospitals overwhelmed in DR Congo, food running out: Goma faces ‘devastation’ 30 January 2025 MONUSCO/Aubin Mukoni UN peacekeepers patrol Goma in the eastern DR Congo after the city is overrun by rebel forces. After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has reached alarming levels – with humanitarian needs…

Myanmar: UN chief urges return to civilian rule as crisis worsens

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: UN chief urges return to civilian rule as crisis worsens 30 January 2025 © UNICEF/Minzayar Oo A child who lost his left leg after accidentally stepping on a landmine in his family's paddy fields in central Myanmar. The UN Secretary-General on Thursday said Myanmar’s military must relinquish power to allow a return to civilian rule through an inclusive democratic transition, as…

African schools gear up for the AI revolution

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home African schools gear up for the AI revolution 30 January 2025 UN Women/Geno Ochieng Girls attend a robotics bootcamp in Rwanda. The widespread awareness and growing availability of low-cost tools powered by artificial intelligence is putting them on the radar of African governments and entrepreneurs keen to develop home-grown digital solutions to improving education.…

Director-General's remarks at the Plenary Meeting of the 2025 Session of the Conference on Disarmament

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Plenary Meeting of the 2025 Session of the Conference on Disarmament 30 January 2025 Tatiana Valovaya 2025 Session of the Conference on DisarmamentThursday, 30 January 2025 at 10.00 a.m.Tempus, Palais des Nations Mr. President, (Ambassador Bencini)Excellencies,Distinguished delegates,Ladies and gentlemen,It is a pleasure to address you at the beginning of the 2025 session of the Conference on Disarmament. Let me begin by wishing…

Director-General's remarks at the Session with students of the Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance (MEIG)

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Session with students of the Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance (MEIG) 29 January 2025 Tatiana Valovaya  Director-General’s session with the students of the Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance (MEIG)“The UN today, reimagining multilateralism for the 21st century”Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 2.00 p.m.Room S4, Building S2, Palais des Nations Dear students, …

Israel’s new laws banning UNRWA already taking effect

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Israel’s new laws banning UNRWA already taking effect 29 January 2025 UN News Palestinians, some still sheltering in UNRWA schools, are fearful that the agency will stop providing lifesaving assistance in Gaza. Israeli legislation banning the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is due to enter into force in the coming hours, bringing fundamental changes to its operations in the Occupied…

DR Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns WHO

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns WHO 29 January 2025 © WHO/Guerchom Ndebo Patients receive treatmen for mpox in eastern DR Congo in August 2024. The violent escalation has interrupted the vital work of tracing infections to prevent community transmission. As UN agencies reported “relative calm” on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of…

Four years after the coup, Myanmar remains on the brink

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Four years after the coup, Myanmar remains on the brink 29 January 2025 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Between 2020 and 2024, Myanmar’s gross domestic product (GDP) has contracted by nine per cent, reversing the economic progress of the previous decade. Four years after the military coup which plunged Myanmar into turmoil, the country is facing an unprecedented “polycrisis,” marked by economic…

UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment 29 January 2025 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A woman in Moutarwa, Cameroon, holds up an HIV test which shows a negative result. UNAIDS has welcomed Wednesday’s emergency waiver from the United States Secretary of State that will allow the continuation of life-saving HIV treatment funded by the US across 55 countries worldwide.…