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Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’ 27 January 2025 世界粮食计划署/Melese Awoke 世界粮食计划署继续在埃塞俄比亚索马里地区分发粮食。 The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider “additional exemptions” to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days…

Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities 27 January 2025 © UNICEF/Annadjib Ramadane Mahamat Réfugiés soudanais à Adre, un poste frontière entre le Soudan et le Tchad qui constitue une aide vitale pour des millions de personnes au Soudan. (fichier) The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday called on the UN Security Council to act decisively…

DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds 27 January 2025 联合国难民署/Guerchom Ndebo 人们走过刚果民主共和国东部戈马附近的流离失所者营地。 As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC’s regional capital Goma, describing the crisis as “volatile and…

UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon 26 January 2025 © UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez A a 5-year-old walks amongst the ruins of houses in southern Lebanon. Top UN officials in Lebanon are calling for compliance with the ongoing ceasefire after reports that Israeli forces killed 15 people, including a Lebanese soldier, along the buffer zone with Israel,…

Saints and liars: The story of American aid workers who helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Saints and liars: The story of American aid workers who helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust 26 January 2025 © National Archives in Krakow A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in the Krakow ghetto. Poland. Circa 1941. Long before the United States entered the Second World War in December 1941, American aid workers were fanning out across territory…

DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’ 26 January 2025 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire Fighting has displaced thousands of people in eastern DR Congo, with many fleeing to camps near Goma. (file) Spiralling violence and killings in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo triggered an emergency Security Council meeting Sunday…

‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief 26 January 2025 © Unsplash/Frederick Wallace Suitcases and bags confiscated from prisoners at a concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland. On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camps were liberated by allied soldiers…

UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo 25 January 2025 UNOCHA/Francis Mweze من الأرشيف: نازحون بسبب القتال يسيرون في شوارع غوما في شرق جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية. The UN is temporarily relocating non-essential staff from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday without interrupting its operations in the country at a time heightened security concerns…

What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border 25 January 2025 © UNDOF UNDOF units patrol Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights in the Israel-Syria border area year-round. More than 1,100 UN peacekeepers are currently deployed in the Golan, a demilitarised zone along the Israel-Syria border at what is a tense and dangerous time in the history of the region. But, why are the…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Ecuador’s Social Expenditure for Children, Ask about December 2024 Child Murders and Excessive Use of Force against Child Demonstrators

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Ecuador’s Social Expenditure for Children, Ask about December 2024 Child Murders and Excessive Use of Force against Child Demonstrators 24 January 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Ecuador, with Committee Experts praising the State’s social expenditure for children…