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World News in Brief: Burkina Faso, refugees and climate change, Afghan women deserve seat in Doha: CEDAW

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Burkina Faso, refugees and climate change, Afghan women deserve seat in Doha: CEDAW 28 June 2024 © UNHCR/Ricardo Ara An area of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil, once home to refugee families, that was devastated by unprecedented floods in May 2024. Resources are desperately needed to ramp up aid supplies for Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, which is…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights Is Intensifying

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights Is Intensifying 27 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, and started an interactive…

Stories from the UN Archive: How the UN was founded amid the ashes of war

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: How the UN was founded amid the ashes of war 27 June 2024 UN Photo/Mitsugu Kishida Hiroshima, shortly after a nuclear bomb was dropped on this Japanese city in August 1945. (file) Take a front seat to how it all began: the birth of the United Nations amid the ashes of the Second World War that devastated continents and communities around the world…

Global leaders address security and peacekeeping challenges at UN Police summit

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global leaders address security and peacekeeping challenges at UN Police summit 27 June 2024 MINUSMA/Marco Dormino Senegalese and Nigerian UNPOL Officers attend crowd control training along with Malian Police Officers at a police academy in Bamako, Mali. Police chiefs and government leaders convened at UN Headquarters on Thursday for the opening session of UNCOPS 2024.…

‘Fragility of peace’ depicted in giant new mural on UN tower in Vienna

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Fragility of peace’ depicted in giant new mural on UN tower in Vienna 27 June 2024 © UNIS Vienna The United Nations in Vienna and Calle Libre join forces to create a mural at the Vienna International Centre. In a landmark art project for the Austrian capital Vienna, the UN building there has become a giant canvas representing the challenges of forging peace in a world that is still all too…

Road safety gets a boost with new UN fix for ‘pedal error’

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Road safety gets a boost with new UN fix for ‘pedal error’ 27 June 2024 UN Photo/JC McIlwaine Electric cars. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine Have you ever been driving in your car and pressed the accelerator instead of the brake? It happens more than you might think and it’s a cause of serious accidents that UN road safety experts have found a fix to, they announced on Thursday…

World News in Brief: Trafficking victims need more support, deadly risks of inactivity, executions in Iraq

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Trafficking victims need more support, deadly risks of inactivity, executions in Iraq 27 June 2024 UNICEF/Patrick Brown A man helps a woman to the shore as a boat arrives with Rohingya refugees in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (file) Victims of people-trafficking need more countries to respect international law and protect them, but thousands continue to die along…

UN mission boosts presence in Central African Republic’s conflict-stricken southeast

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN mission boosts presence in Central African Republic’s conflict-stricken southeast 27 June 2024 © MINUSCA/Herve Serefio MINUSCA peacekeepers on patrol in rural Central African Republic. The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has expanded its presence in the country’s southeast to prevent further violence in areas heavily affected by conflict and systemic issues…

Gaza: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict 27 June 2024 © UNRWA More than 1 million people have been displaced in Gaza, the majority multiple times. Delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza remains a difficult and frustrating task for UN and partner agencies as the conflict there grinds on amid intense civilian suffering…

Security Council demands Houthis cease attacks in the Red Sea

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council demands Houthis cease attacks in the Red Sea 27 June 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Security Council members vote on a resolution concerning maintenance of international peace and security on 27 June 2024. The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded that Houthi rebels in Yemen immediately cease all attacks against merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea…