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Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance 11 February 2025 © WHO/Ernest Ankomah A two-year-old boy diagnosed with leukemia and treated with chemotherap plays while he waits to see a doctor at a hospital in Ghana. A new UN-partnered project to distribute essential childhood cancer medicines has begun in Uzbekistan and Mongolia, the first rollout for a project due to be…

Reaching for the stars: ‘We know the answers’ to support women in STEM

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Reaching for the stars: ‘We know the answers’ to support women in STEM 11 February 2025 UN News/Pia Blondel Woman astronaut Amanda Nguyen addresses the UN General Assembly on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are crucial to economic growth – yet gender inequality in these fields remains widespread.…

Non-Governmental Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Sri Lanka

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Non-Governmental Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Sri Lanka 10 February 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of non-governmental organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Sri Lanka, the report of which the Committee will review this week.…

Gaza crisis: Amid winter storms, humanitarians appeal for full aid access

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza crisis: Amid winter storms, humanitarians appeal for full aid access 10 February 2025 联合国儿基会/Eyad El Baba 在加沙地带中部的努塞拉特，孩子们聚集在一栋被摧毁的建筑前。 As the Israeli military completed its withdrawal at the weekend from a key security corridor in Gaza that had cut the enclave in two, UN humanitarians issued a fresh appeal for an end to all aid restrictions which continue to prevent the delivery…

Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya 10 February 2025 © Unsplash/Ahmed Almakhzanji Migrants often cross the Libyan desert to reach smuggling routes across the Mediterranean Sea. Two mass graves likely containing the bodies of migrants have been discovered in Libya, highlighting the ongoing, deadly dangers facing vulnerable people fleeing conflict and poverty, the UN migration…

‘We all have someone missing’: Families of the thousands of Syrians ‘disappeared’ by Assad regime share stories of loss

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We all have someone missing’: Families of the thousands of Syrians ‘disappeared’ by Assad regime share stories of loss 10 February 2025 © IIMP Syria Karla Quintana (centre), head of the Independent Institution, visits Al Marjeh Square in Damascus, a focal point where families of missing persons display photos in hopes of finding their loved ones.  Tens of thousands of people went…

Israeli military operation displaces 40,000 in the West Bank

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Israeli military operation displaces 40,000 in the West Bank 10 February 2025 © UNRWA Part of a water and sewage network in Nur Shams camp in Gaza is damaged following an Israeli military operation. The forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern part of the West Bank is escalating at an alarming pace, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees UNRWA warned on Monday.…

UN rights office urges humane treatment of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office urges humane treatment of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees 10 February 2025 UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré مدخل قصر ويلسون في جنيف، سويسرا، مقر مكتب المفوض السامي لحقوق الإنسان التابع للأمم المتحدة. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for Israel and Hamas to ensure that all people they are holding are treated humanely.…

Security Council hears of persistent and evolving Da’esh threat

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council hears of persistent and evolving Da’esh threat 10 February 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, briefs Security Council members on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. The terrorist group Da’esh, also known as ISIL, remains a serious global security threat despite years of…

World News in Brief: Aid activities suspended in Yemeni governorate, Gaza humanitarian update, UN welcomes summit on DR Congo crisis

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Aid activities suspended in Yemeni governorate, Gaza humanitarian update, UN welcomes summit on DR Congo crisis 10 February 2025 © WFP/Jonathan Dumont Young boys stand in front of a damaged vehicle in Sa'ada, Yemen. The UN Secretary-General has instructed agencies, funds and programmes to pause all activities in Sa’ada governorate in Yemen for security reasons, the…