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Security Council: Africa deserves permanent seat at the table, says Guterres

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council: Africa deserves permanent seat at the table, says Guterres 12 August 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías A wide view of the Security Council meeting on enhancing Africa’s effective representation in the Council. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for urgent reform of the Security Council, criticizing its outdated structure and lack of representation for Africa,…

Sudan: UNICEF condemns deadly strike as war grinds on

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: UNICEF condemns deadly strike as war grinds on 12 August 2024 © UNICEF/Mohammed Elibrahimi Isamaldeen A 13-year-old boy lies on a hospital bed in Al Nau hospital after being hit by shrapnel at a UNICEF child-friendly space in Khartoum. An attack on a UN facility for displaced people in Sudan has left two dead and at least eight others injured, humanitarians have reported…

World News in Brief: Myanmar’s child victims, disenfranchisement in Thailand, aid breakthrough in Syria

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Myanmar’s child victims, disenfranchisement in Thailand, aid breakthrough in Syria 12 August 2024 UNICEF/Minzayar Oo An IDP camp in northern Myanmar. (file photo) The UN on Monday condemned the ongoing escalation of violence in Myanmar that has led to heavy civilian casualties in recent weeks, including children and families…

Stories from the UN Archive: Tumbling for peace and development

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Tumbling for peace and development 11 August 2024 UN Photo/Teddy Chen A team composed of Sweden's top gymnasts perform at UN Headquarters in 1973. (file) The UN has long recognised the power and universality of sport, from forging alliances with athletic organizations small and large around the world to lending support for the ongoing Paris Olympics and…

‘Protect civilians’ amid clashes in famine-stricken El Fasher, Sudan: UN chief

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Protect civilians’ amid clashes in famine-stricken El Fasher, Sudan: UN chief 11 August 2024 © UNICEF A six-month-old baby is screened for malnutrition during a visit to the hospital in Blue Nile state, Sudan. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep alarm at the evolving situation in El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, where fierce fighting in the famine-stricken area has been…

First Person: Stitching together a future following deadly siege

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Stitching together a future following deadly siege 11 August 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson A cooperative member sews a garment at Olango Sindaw Ko Kauyagan Producer cooperative in Piagapo, village. A woman who fled her home following a terrorist attack on a city on the Filipino island of Mindanao in 2017 is pinning her future on sewing and selling bags as part of a close-knit…

‘Another day of horror’: UN rights office condemns Israeli strikes at Gazan school

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Another day of horror’: UN rights office condemns Israeli strikes at Gazan school 10 August 2024 © UNRWA An UNRWA-run school, which was converted into a shelter, was severely damaged by previous strikes. (file) The UN Human Rights Office condemned on Saturday the increasing frequency of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) strikes on schools, where hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced…

Witness to the Nakba: A Palestinian teacher is still waiting for a solution 76 years after becoming a refugee in Lebanon

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Witness to the Nakba: A Palestinian teacher is still waiting for a solution 76 years after becoming a refugee in Lebanon 10 August 2024 UN News/Ezzat El-Ferri Mahmoud Al-Said goes through some of his family photos gathered over 76 years of refuge in Lebanon. Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Said remembers his birthplace and the ancestors who came before him. Sevent six years ago, the Palestinian refugee,…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 09 August 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme. El Niño drought emergency in southern AfricaValerie Guarnieri, Assistant…

Indigenous Day celebrates ‘guardians of the environment’

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Indigenous Day celebrates ‘guardians of the environment’ 09 August 2024 © UNEP/Florian Fussstetter Francisca Arara, the head of Acre’s Indigenous Peoples Secretariat, says Indigenous groups are providing a “service to the world” by countering deforestation, seen as crucial to limiting climate change. As countries celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on…