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Trans in Türkiye: The UN ‘breathed life back into my dreams’

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trans in Türkiye: The UN ‘breathed life back into my dreams’ 06 January 2024 © IOM/Enver Mohammed Shiraz was referred to the migrant centre that provides comprehensive assistance to vulnerable individuals. Shiraz, a 23-year-old trans woman from Alexandria, Egypt, attempted suicide when she was not accepted by her family. Today, with support from the UN migration agency (IOM), she sees a…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 05 January 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Health Organization. Monthly update on global food commodity prices (FAO Food Price Index)Monika…

Nearly 600 attacks on healthcare in Gaza and West Bank since war began: WHO

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Nearly 600 attacks on healthcare in Gaza and West Bank since war began: WHO 05 January 2024 © UNICEF/Abed Zaqout A mother cares for her daughter at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza. Hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank have been attacked nearly 600 times since war erupted in the enclave in response to the Hamas-led terror attack in…

World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food prices fall

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food prices fall 05 January 2024 © UNICEF/Hafiz Al Asad A student hygiene ambassador demonstrates how to properly wash hands at a school in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The UN’s relief chief on Friday warned that “Gaza has simply become uninhabitable” and demanded Israeli forces and…

Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder’s boost for World Braille Day

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder’s boost for World Braille Day 04 January 2024 UN Photo/JC McIlwaine “Someone being sighted doesn’t mean that they should be blind to those things in the world that we need to fix,” said Stevie Wonder. Music legend Stevie Wonder had a strong and powerful message marking the 10th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…

Gaza crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays and obstacles

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays and obstacles 04 January 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba 4,000 blankets are delivered to two hospitals in southern Gaza in December. (file) Amid reports of continued Israeli airstrikes overnight in southern and central Gaza and more rocket fire into Israel from the enclave, UN teams said on Thursday they have been unable to deliver urgently needed…

Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key 04 January 2024 © IMF/Yam G-Jun Prices at the Osh Bazaar in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic are rising due to inflation. The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 projects a slowdown in global growth from an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024…

First Person: Christmas under rocket fire in Ukraine

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Christmas under rocket fire in Ukraine 04 January 2024 © UNOCHA/Oleksii Holenkov A maternity care facility in Dnipro was severely damaged in air strikes over the festive period. In Ukraine, there was no respite from war over the holiday period, neither for the country’s citizens, nor the UN workers attempting to deliver aid and support, a senior official for the UN migration…

World News in Brief: Griffiths demands end to ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict, Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange, Iran bombings latest

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Griffiths demands end to ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict, Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange, Iran bombings latest 04 January 2024 © UNICEF/UNI492302/Mohamdeen Children and families flee by foot from Wad Madani, Al Jazirah state following recent fighting. The international community must take “decisive and immediate action” to bring nearly nine months of brutal civil war in Sudan…

Gaza war: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza war: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five 03 January 2024 © UNICEF/Abed Zagout People clamour for food in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Continuing airstrikes were reported across Gaza on Wednesday and “intense ground battles” between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in refugee camps in central areas that have reportedly left many dead…