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World News in Brief: UAE urged to free activists, mass school closures in Haiti, aid for Sudanese refugees in Libya

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UAE urged to free activists, mass school closures in Haiti, aid for Sudanese refugees in Libya 30 July 2024 ©UNSPLASH/ Kamil Rogalinski A view on Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates must immediately release 43 activists who have been sentenced to life imprisonment for terror offences, independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday.…

Healthcare in Sudan ‘hanging by a thread,’ warns UN agency

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Healthcare in Sudan ‘hanging by a thread,’ warns UN agency 29 July 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria Families in North Darfur have moved to centres for displaced people. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday strongly denounced the increasing attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, reporting over 20 such incidents in the last two months…

UN official describes Gaza situation as ‘absolutely catastrophic’ amid severe shortages

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN official describes Gaza situation as ‘absolutely catastrophic’ amid severe shortages 29 July 2024 © UNRWA Remains of a UNRWA-run school in central Gaza after an airstrike. The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza said on Monday that the situation in the war-ravaged enclave remains “absolutely catastrophic”, with Palestinian civilians enduring a “horrendous maelstrom of human misery…

Venezuela: Guterres calls for ‘complete transparency’ following disputed presidential election

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Venezuela: Guterres calls for ‘complete transparency’ following disputed presidential election 29 July 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the media at UN Headquarters on the situation in Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has commended the people of Venezuela “for their determination to express their will peacefully through the ballot box,” his…

Gaza: Fresh evacuation orders compound misery for enclave’s displaced

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Fresh evacuation orders compound misery for enclave’s displaced 29 July 2024 © UNRWA Palestinians continue to flee the most heavily bombarded areas of the Gaza Strip. New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalate after a deadly strike in the Syrian Golan Heights, where 12 youngsters were killed over the weekend, UN humanitarians have said.…

UN officials alarmed by civilian targeting amid renewed fighting in Myanmar

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials alarmed by civilian targeting amid renewed fighting in Myanmar 29 July 2024 © UNOCHA/Siegfried Modola An IDP camp in Kayah state, eastern Myanmar. Senior UN officials on Monday voiced alarm over the continued escalation in conflict in Myanmar, amid reports of direct targeting of civilians in aerial attacks, and the abduction and forced recruitment of children by armed forces…

Stories from the UN Archive: Pope Francis’s message to the world

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Pope Francis’s message to the world 29 July 2024 UN Photo/Rein Skullerud Secretary-General António Guterres (right) has an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome. In 2015, His Holiness Pope Francis paid an historic visit to UN Headquarters, calling the United Nations “necessary…

Millions of young women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners: WHO

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Millions of young women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners: WHO 29 July 2024 © UNICEF/Olivier Asselin WHO says that adolescent girls are the victims of intimate partner violence. Nearly a quarter of all adolescent girls who have been in a relationship – close to 19 million – will have experienced intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20, the UN World Health Organization…

Torrential rains and floods in South Asia endanger millions of children, warns UNICEF

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Torrential rains and floods in South Asia endanger millions of children, warns UNICEF 29 July 2024 © UNICEF/Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash Houses and infrastructures are submerged by floodwaters in Kurigram, northern Bangladesh. More than six million children in South Asia are at risk following severe torrential rains, flash floods, and landslides that have devastated the region, leaving many…

UN officials condemn Golan rocket attack that leaves children and teens among at least 12 dead

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials condemn Golan rocket attack that leaves children and teens among at least 12 dead 28 July 2024 UN Photo/Gernot Maier قوة الأمم المتحدة لمراقبة فض الاشتباك (أوندوف) في مرتفعات الجولان، سوريا. Secretary-General António Guterres and other United Nations officials have condemned Saturday’s rocket attack on a football field in the Golan Heights that killed at least 12 civilians,…