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Palestinian request for UN membership moves on to specialized committee

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Palestinian request for UN membership moves on to specialized committee 08 April 2024 UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré The flag of the State of Palestine is raised at the United Nations in Geneva. (file) The Security Council on Monday referred the application of the observer State of Palestine for full UN membership to the specialized committee set up to vet new members…

Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion 08 April 2024 UN News Recovering of bodies from under the rubble of a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. The Security Council prepared to convene on Monday to consider a Palestinian request for United Nations membership as humanitarians expressed deep concerns…

Security Council urged to ‘end the bloodshed’ in Gaza

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council urged to ‘end the bloodshed’ in Gaza 08 April 2024 © WHO A group of children get together in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza strip. The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Monday for “all those with leverage” to use their power to bring an end to the six-month-long war in Gaza.…

Attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities ‘must cease immediately’: UN atomic watchdog

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities ‘must cease immediately’: UN atomic watchdog 08 April 2024 © IAEA/Fredrik Dahl An IAEA expert mission team tours Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and its surrounding area. (file) The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency reiterated that attacks against nuclear power plants in Ukraine are “an absolute no go”, following direct military action targeting…

World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced 08 April 2024 © FAHDRIS/Richy Mix A UNFPA-supported mobile health team visits a site for displaced people near Haïti’s capital Port-au-Prince. UN humanitarians on Monday made clear the emergency response in Haiti’s capital continues despite ongoing…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens its One Hundred and Twelfth Session in Geneva

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens its One Hundred and Twelfth Session in Geneva 08 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and twelfth session, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Albania, Mexico, Qatar, Republic of Moldova and San Marino. The Committee heard four newly elected members…

Ecuador-Mexico: ‘Cardinal principle’ of diplomatic inviolability must be upheld says UN chief

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Ecuador-Mexico: ‘Cardinal principle’ of diplomatic inviolability must be upheld says UN chief 07 April 2024 United Nations/Mario Naranjo Quito's Plaza Grande, a much-visited area of the Ecuadorian capital, is empty these days following the recent escalation of violence and the government's announcement of a 60-day state of emergency. The decision by Ecuador to forcibly enter the…

Hope grows for UN mission to ‘flood’ Gaza with food, despite fears of imminent Rafah invasion

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Hope grows for UN mission to ‘flood’ Gaza with food, despite fears of imminent Rafah invasion 07 April 2024 UN News Destruction of a residential block in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip The UN’s overriding mission in Gaza to ‘flood the place with food’ and avert famine has moved forward this week thanks to Israel’s public pledge to increase the flow…

Getting children back to school in deadly gang-ravaged Haiti

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Getting children back to school in deadly gang-ravaged Haiti 07 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A mother helps her child to study at the Delmas 4 Olympique Boxing Arena where they are now sheltering. Against the backdrop of a humanitarian crisis and gang violence in Haiti, UN agencies are warning that children are suffering not just from a lack of schooling but also through witnessing…

Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza 06 April 2024 UN News A residential block in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood in the city of Rafah, lies in ruins. The destruction wrought across the Gaza Strip by Israel in the six months since the massacre of Israeli and other citizens by Hamas on 7 October 2023 makes for grim reading – over 33,000 people killed and, according to the…