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UN teams dispatch aid as deadly flash floods hit northern Afghanistan

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN teams dispatch aid as deadly flash floods hit northern Afghanistan 12 May 2024 © UNICEF/Hasinullah Qayoumi UN agencies worked with local authorities in Afghanistan to distribute aid and emergency services following floods in 2023. (file) UN humanitarian teams scrambled to get lifesaving aid to communities devastated by deadly flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan over the weekend…

Gaza: We must prevent a large-scale offensive in Rafah, UN pleads

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: We must prevent a large-scale offensive in Rafah, UN pleads 12 May 2024 © UNRWA Forced displacement and military operations in Rafah are worsening an already catastrophic situation. The Secretary-General and the UN human rights chief said again on Sunday that a large-scale Israeli offensive in Rafah must be prevented at all costs, warning of catastrophic consequences in the densely…

Madagascar: Coordination, convergence and change from the grass roots up

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Madagascar: Coordination, convergence and change from the grass roots up 11 May 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Access to water is a priority amongst the largely rural population of southern Madagascar. How can people be best supported during humanitarian crises with limited aid budgets and what can be done to help those same people break out of the cycle of dependency caused by multiple…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Panama’s Child Protection Laws, Ask about Measures to Prevent Online Grooming of Children and Protect Migrant Children in the Darien Gap

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Panama’s Child Protection Laws, Ask about Measures to Prevent Online Grooming of Children and Protect Migrant Children in the Darien Gap 10 May 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Panama under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 10 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Welcome Mali’s Measures to Tackle Poverty, Ask about Efforts to Promote School Safety and Prevent the Use of Children in Armed Conflict

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Welcome Mali’s Measures to Tackle Poverty, Ask about Efforts to Promote School Safety and Prevent the Use of Children in Armed Conflict 10 May 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Mali, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s measures to tackle…

Gaza: As exodus from Rafah continues, UN urges reopening of aid lines

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: As exodus from Rafah continues, UN urges reopening of aid lines 10 May 2024 UN News Displaced persons build new tents in Al-Mawasi area in central Gaza. With no let-up in the Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah into Friday, UN humanitarians issued renewed calls for a ceasefire as “the only hope” to avert further bloodshed and restore desperately needed aid…

In Nairobi, Guterres reiterates appeal for end to Gaza war

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home In Nairobi, Guterres reiterates appeal for end to Gaza war 10 May 2024 UNEP/Duncan Moore UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media in Nairobi, Kenya on the margins of the UN Civil Society Conference. With the situation in Rafah “on a knife’s edge”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed again on Friday for Israeli and Hamas leaders “to demonstrate political courage…

UN General Assembly presses Security Council to give ‘favourable consideration’ to full Palestinian membership

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN General Assembly presses Security Council to give ‘favourable consideration’ to full Palestinian membership 10 May 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías UN General Assembly adopts a resolution that determines that the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations. The UN General Assembly convened again in New York on Friday for an emergency special session on the Gaza crisis…

UN expert raises alarm over unfair treatment of pro-Palestinian student protesters in US

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN expert raises alarm over unfair treatment of pro-Palestinian student protesters in US 10 May 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Protesters demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus in New York City. A UN independent human rights expert warned on Friday that the recent increase in student protest attacks across campuses in the United States indicates an “erosion of intellectual freedom…