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UPDATED: Besieged Gaza hospital horror continues; fuel supplies now exhausted

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UPDATED: Besieged Gaza hospital horror continues; fuel supplies now exhausted 14 November 2023 © WHO Al Shifa hospital is being used as shelter for displaced families in Gaza. UN health agency WHO hailed on Tuesday the “heroic efforts” of staff at Gaza City’s besieged Al-Shifa hospital and expressed concern for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the enclave where heavy…

UNIDIR press conference

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNIDIR press conference 14 November 2023 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Landmine Monitor 2023 report Hardy Giezendanner, Senior Researcher, UNIDIR Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme Tamar Gabelnick, Director, ICBL-CMC Mark Hiznay, Landmine Monitor 2023 Ban Policy Editor Katrin Atkins, Landmine Monitor 2023 Impact Team Senior Researcher Loren Persi, Landmine Monitor 2023 Impact Team Lead

New round of talks on global plastic pollution treaty underway in Nairobi

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home New round of talks on global plastic pollution treaty underway in Nairobi 13 November 2023 © UNEP Dandora landfill in Nairobi, Kenya, where much of the waste in the landfill is plastic. Negotiators from around the world gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday for fresh talks over a landmark international treaty to combat plastic pollution.…

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza 13 November 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Aid convoys enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing border. Trucks transporting desperately needed aid into Gaza could stop rolling on Tuesday due to a lack of fuel, a senior official with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, has warned.…

UN honours 101 staff killed in Gaza conflict

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN honours 101 staff killed in Gaza conflict 13 November 2023 © UNRWA/Fadi El Tayyar UNRWA flag-lowering ceremony at the UNRWA Lebanon Field Office in Beirut. From the hustle and bustle of New York City to the edge of the Karura Forest in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, offices across the global UN system paid tribute on Monday to the 101 staff killed so far during the war raging in Gaza – the…

Gaza City: Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza City: Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation 13 November 2023 © WHO A man injured in a missile attack is rushed for treatment in Naser hospital in Khan Younis. More patients, including premature babies, have reportedly died in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital which has gone three days without electricity amid intensifying Israeli military operations, making a ceasefire more…

World News in Brief: Water crisis for children, hunger in East Africa, new Yazidi memorial

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Water crisis for children, hunger in East Africa, new Yazidi memorial 13 November 2023 © UNICEF/Mark Condren A young girl sits outside her family tent in at a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu. Some 739 million children worldwide – or one in three - already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to…

Gaza: UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks 12 November 2023 © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda A newborn is delivered at the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, as Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in the heart of the Gaza Strip…

Indonesian peacekeeper wins UN Woman Police Officer of the year award

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Indonesian peacekeeper wins UN Woman Police Officer of the year award 12 November 2023 © Herve Serefio Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti, of Indonesia, is the winner of the 2023 UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti of Indonesia, who serves with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), has been named this year’s…

‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia 11 November 2023 © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda A woman recovers in Al Hilo Hospital in Gaza City after being buried in rubble and having an emergency cesarean section. A political solution to end the cycle of conflict in Israel and Palestine has become a stark “matter of life and death” for…