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Middle East: Beirut and Tehran attacks ‘represent a dangerous escalation’, Guterres warns

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: Beirut and Tehran attacks ‘represent a dangerous escalation’, Guterres warns 31 July 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Sudan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to prevent escalation in the Middle East, following an Israeli strike on Lebanon’s capital and the reported killing…

World News in Brief: Gaza update, Venezuela election violence, executions in South Sudan

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Gaza update, Venezuela election violence, executions in South Sudan 31 July 2024 © UNRWA In Khan Younis, thousands of people are fleeing for their lives again. Thousands of people have returned to parts of Khan Younis in Gaza following the announced completion of Israeli ground operations in these areas earlier in the week, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said…

More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say 31 July 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson A young mother in Madagascar breastfeeds her newborn at a hospital in the south of the country. The heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for greater access to breastfeeding support to both reduce health…

Security Council debates ‘serious and dangerous escalation’ in the Middle East

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council debates ‘serious and dangerous escalation’ in the Middle East 31 July 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wide view of the UN Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East. The UN’s top political affairs official reiterated the urgent need for de-escalation in the Middle East, appealing in the Security Council on Wednesday for “swift and effective diplomatic action”, as…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 30 July 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 of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Situation in GazaAnswering questions from the media, James Elder, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), stated that the blowing up of a large water facility in…

Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies 30 July 2024 © UNRWA A woman attends a health clinic with a baby in the Gaza Strip. (file) In a bid to prevent a polio epidemic in Gaza, UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated continuing international calls for a ceasefire to allow a mass vaccination campaign to get underway…

UN rights office condemns forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office condemns forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem 30 July 2024 © UNRWA/Kazem Abu Khalaf Israeli police at the entrance of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in Jerusalem. The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed concern on Tuesday over the forced evictions of over 80 Palestinian families in the Silwan area of occupied East…

Kazakhstan tightens laws to combat trafficking of newborns

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Kazakhstan tightens laws to combat trafficking of newborns 30 July 2024 © Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan A woman checks on her newborn as a nurse monitors the baby's condition at a perinatal centre in Astana, Kazakhstan. Babies are being sold for up to $4,500 in Kazakhstan, but the government is cracking down on traffickers with a new law adopted earlier this month…

Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence 30 July 2024 UN News National Assembly of Venezuela in Caracas. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern over the situation in Venezuela following the recent presidential election.…

Security Council lifts arms embargo on Central African Republic forces

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council lifts arms embargo on Central African Republic forces 30 July 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A view of the UN Security Council as members vote in favour of the draft resolution on the Central African Republic sanctions regime. The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted the arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) government forces, while calling on all nations to…