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World News in Brief: Myanmar violence intensifies, praise for Brazil refugee response, Baháí detainees in Yemen

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Myanmar violence intensifies, praise for Brazil refugee response, Baháí detainees in Yemen 20 May 2024 © UNHCR/Eduardo Aigner Floodwaters in the historic centre of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The UN is continuing to closely follow the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state where intercommunal tensions are being stoked by the military…

UN chief saddened at death of Iranian President in helicopter crash

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief saddened at death of Iranian President in helicopter crash 20 May 2024 UN Photo/Cia Pak Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi addressing the General Assembly in September 2022. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, alongside members of the Security Council, has extended sincere condolences to the people and Government of Iran following the death of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi…

With Gaza on the brink, hostage talks must resume, Security Council hears

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home With Gaza on the brink, hostage talks must resume, Security Council hears 20 May 2024 © UNOCHA A UN vehicle passes through the ruins of Gaza City. Gaza stands at “yet another precipice of further catastrophe” as the latest round of hostage negotiations in Cairo failed to reach an agreement, a senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday…

Second draft resolution on weapons-free outer space fails in Security Council

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Second draft resolution on weapons-free outer space fails in Security Council 20 May 2024 Scott Kelly A view from the International Space Station, in orbit above the Earth. For the second time in less than a month, the UN Security Council failed to adopt a Russian-sponsored draft resolution aimed at preventing an arms race in outer space. This follows Russia’s veto of a text co-led by the US…

Haiti: Multinational mission and the ‘inexorable requirement to restore security conditions’

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Multinational mission and the ‘inexorable requirement to restore security conditions’ 20 May 2024 © Giles Clarke Some 200,000 Haitians, mainly in Port-au-Prince (pictured) have been forced by insecurity to flee to temporary locations. The establishment of a multinational security support mission for Haiti is moving closer as the Caribbean nation continues to face a crisis of violence…

ICC seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home ICC seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu 20 May 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), briefs UN Security Council members on the situation in Libya. Arrest warrants are being sought for the leaders of Hamas and Israel for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to the war in Gaza, the International…

Syria: WHO Regional Director calls for greater investment in health sector

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: WHO Regional Director calls for greater investment in health sector 19 May 2024 © UNICEF/Khudr Al-Issa A child holds medicine he received from health workers at a mobile health clinic in a neighbourhood of eastern Aleppo, Syria. Failure to invest in the health of the Syrian people will only deepen instability in the war-ravaged country and pose threats to regional and global security…

Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah 18 May 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A Palestinian family flees Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza,…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Paraguay’s Educational Initiatives, Ask about the Low Birth Registration Rate and “Criadazgo” Child Labour Practices

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Paraguay’s Educational Initiatives, Ask about the Low Birth Registration Rate and “Criadazgo” Child Labour Practices 17 May 2024 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fourth to sixth combined periodic report of Paraguay, with Committee Experts praising the State’s educational initiatives, including…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 17 May 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…