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World News in Brief: UNHCR chief on frontlines in Ukraine, 10 million displaced in Sudan, instability grows in Lebanon

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UNHCR chief on frontlines in Ukraine, 10 million displaced in Sudan, instability grows in Lebanon 26 January 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Damaged buildings in a town in the Donetsk region. (file) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned of dramatic humanitarian suffering throughout Ukraine and worsening conditions as war-affected civilians…

UN world court calls for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN world court calls for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza 26 January 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 Friday declared that Palestinians had a right to be protected from acts of genocide, calling on Israel to “take all measures within its…

UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks 26 January 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file) Secretary-General António Guterres has asked the head of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, to “swiftly” investigate “extremely serious allegations” that several agency staffers were involved in the 7 October…

Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration 26 January 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Prayers and a moment of silence at the United Nations observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Hate is growing at an alarming speed, and the world must strongly denounce forces of division, especially in the wake of the abhorrent 7 October…

Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders 26 January 2024 © UNRWA/Hussein Owda Women and children take shelter in an overcrowded UNRWA facility in Khan Younis, Gaza, amid nearby gunfire and shelling. Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push them “into ever smaller areas” amid “ever-intensifying…

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

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Honduras Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 26 January 2024 Presentation of Credentials Marcela Arias Moncada, the new Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.…

Tatiana Valovaya Calls on the Conference on Disarmament to Steer the World Away from the Perilous Erosion of Disarmament Norms

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Tatiana Valovaya Calls on the Conference on Disarmament to Steer the World Away from the Perilous Erosion of Disarmament Norms 25 January 2024 Meeting Summaries Tatiana Valovoya, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today called on the Conference to demonstrate creativity and flexibility to steer the world away from the perilous erosion of…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Congratulate South Africa on Significant Progress Made on Birth Registration, Ask About Efforts to Improve Child Mortality and Malnutrition, and Forced Marriage

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Congratulate South Africa on Significant Progress Made on Birth Registration, Ask About Efforts to Improve Child Mortality and Malnutrition, and Forced Marriage 25 January 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to sixth periodic report of South Africa, with Committee Experts commending…

Stories from the UN Archive: Shakira speaks up for children

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Shakira speaks up for children 25 January 2024 ©UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira talks with Nipa, an 11-year-old Bangladeshi cyclone survivor. Shakira has long helped raise awareness for the rights of the world’s most vulnerable children, so on the heels of the International Day of Education, marked annually on 24 January, we took a…

Haiti crises have reached ‘a critical point’: UN envoy

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti crises have reached ‘a critical point’: UN envoy 25 January 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Displaced women and children are now living in a school in Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks. More than 8,400 people were victims of gang violence in Haiti last year, including killings, injuries and kidnappings – a 122 per cent increase over 2022, the UN Special…