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New $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugees

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugees 28 March 2024 © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo South Sudanese refugees living in Kenya's Kakuma camp buy produce to sell from a farm run by both Kenyans and refugees. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees in five African countries…

Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens 28 March 2024 © ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek The International Court of Justice delivers its ruling in the case of South Africa v. Israel in The Hague. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues to…

Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end 28 March 2024 © UNRWA A young boy waits to collect water in Gaza. Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday…

Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan 27 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided by Finland,…

New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 27 March 2024 Presentation of Credentials Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…

Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began   

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began    27 March 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A young girl walks through destroyed streets in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has included “direct hits” on 212 schools in the enclave, UN-partnered analysis indicated on…

With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste 27 March 2024 © FAO/Sumy Sadurni Food waste, pictured here at Lira market in Uganda, is a significant challenge for farmers and vendors alike. While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday…

DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’ 27 March 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A woman in South Kivu province, DR Congo, is given a mobile phone by UNICEF so she can receive cash transfers to support her family. Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special…

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia 27 March 2024 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov A school in Kharkiv, Ukraine, destroyed by shelling (February 2024) The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine said on Wednesday that she was “shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports” of civilians, including small…

First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur 27 March 2024 © WFP/Jacques David Food is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad. A former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan’s Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told UN News how she had to “avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets” as she fled for…