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UN calls for restraint following Iran consulate attack in Syria

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN calls for restraint following Iran consulate attack in Syria 02 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. A senior UN official on Tuesday urged the…

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Unravelling the legacies of slavery 02 April 2024 © UNSPLASH/Clay Banks The Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement is dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality. Racism, discrimination and crippled economies and health are among centuries-old legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and part of the stark messages behind the #…

Gaza: Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as humanitarians renew access call

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as humanitarians renew access call 02 April 2024 UN News Footage of destruction of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, following the end of the latest Israeli siege. The World Health Organization (WHO) reiterated that hospitals must be respected and protected; they must not be used as battlefields. The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World…

World News in Brief: Aid worker deaths ‘inevitable result’ of Gaza war tactics, ‘waste trafficking’ update, Malawi drought

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Aid worker deaths ‘inevitable result’ of Gaza war tactics, ‘waste trafficking’ update, Malawi drought 02 April 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A child looks out a bus window in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. The killing of seven humanitarians by an Israeli strike in Gaza on Tuesday – 196 overall since hostilities began last October – is “an inevitable result” of the…

Haitians ‘cannot wait’ for reign of terror by gangs to end: Rights chief

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Haitians ‘cannot wait’ for reign of terror by gangs to end: Rights chief 02 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Barricades are regularly erected to block roads in Port-au-Prince. Restoring public order and ensuring access to aid must be priorities in Haiti, where criminal gangs continue to terrorize the population, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday in Geneva.…

Ukrainians suffer Russia-imposed ‘violence, intimidation, and coercion’

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Ukrainians suffer Russia-imposed ‘violence, intimidation, and coercion’ 02 April 2024 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov Pedestrians pass in front of destroyed buildings in Kurakhove, Ukraine. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called for the fighting and occupation of Ukraine to end, so the country can begin “healing the deep wounds and painful divisions” caused by Russia’s invasion…

Director-General's remarks at the Exhibition of artworks and handmade crafts on the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Exhibition of artworks and handmade crafts on the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day 02 April 2024 Tatiana Valovaya  World Autism Awareness Day, organized by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to UNOGTuesday, 2 April 2024, at 13:00 3rd floor, Exhibition gallery, Palais des Nations Ambassador Israfilov, Excellencies,  Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear children, A warm welcome to the…

Explainer: Feeding Haiti in times of crisis

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: Feeding Haiti in times of crisis 01 April 2024 WFP Haiti/Theresa Piorr Farmers in the south of Haiti are struggling to get their goods to markets Almost five million Haitians are going hungry and need food assistance, according to recent UN figures, but the violence and related insecurity created by heavily armed rival gangs operating mainly in the capital are posing more…

World News in Brief: Haiti support continues, deadly Afghan mine blasts, autism awareness day

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti support continues, deadly Afghan mine blasts, autism awareness day 01 April 2024 © WFP/Pedro Rodrigues Children in Haiti eat a hot meal provided by the UN and partners at school. Humanitarians continue to support Haitians affected by rampant gang violence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, while an appeal for the country remains underfunded, the UN said on Monday.…

Israel continues to block aid into northern Gaza; UN sending team to shattered Al-Shifa Hospital

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Israel continues to block aid into northern Gaza; UN sending team to shattered Al-Shifa Hospital 01 April 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children walk through the streets of Rafah in southern Gaza. Israeli forces are blocking aid deliveries into famine-stricken northern Gaza as the five-month-long war grinds on despite recent strong demands from the top UN court and the Security Council for open…