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Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa 20 July 2024 UN Photo/Pernaca Sudhakaran Nelson Mandela addresses the the Special Committee Against Apartheid in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York in June 1990. (file) On the heels of this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, marked annually on 18 July, we are taking you back in time…

‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues 20 July 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Local displaced and homeless Haitians gather for free medical treatment at an IOM mobile clinic in Place Clercine in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince. The entire social fabric of families is unraveling in Haiti as displacement in the country reaches record numbers due largely to insecurity and…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 19 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 spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Situation in the Gaza StripJeremy Laurence, for the United Nations Human Rights (…

Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort 19 July 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih A child and mother peer through a window in Alsabaat community, Kassala state. Heavy fighting in Sudan has severely curtailed humanitarian aid deliveries across vast areas of the southeast, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday…

Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn 19 July 2024 © UNRWA Clean water and nutritious food remain scarce in the Gaza Strip, fuelling a surge in disease linked to falling immunity levels among the population.. To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked…

World News In Brief: UN rights chief on Bangladesh protests, alarm over Gershkovich sentence, Afghanistan floods latest, decriminalising LGBT laws

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News In Brief: UN rights chief on Bangladesh protests, alarm over Gershkovich sentence, Afghanistan floods latest, decriminalising LGBT laws 19 July 2024 © UNDP Afghanistan Floods in Baghlan, Afghanistan, in May 2024 (file) As student protests continue to rage in Bangladesh, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is urging authorities to quickly restore internet access…

Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight 19 July 2024 UN News/Ezzat El-Ferri A girl sitting on the steps to her home in the Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees in northern Lebanon. On the outskirts of Lebanon’s second capital, Tripoli, lies a Palestinian refugee camp that is almost as old as their plight itself…

UN stresses value of cooperation with key organizations across Eurasia

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN stresses value of cooperation with key organizations across Eurasia 19 July 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Elizabeth Spehar, ASG for Peacebuilding Support, briefs the Security Council meeting on Cooperation between the UN and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. The UN relies on cooperation with regional and subregional organizations “now…

The life of Aristides de Sousa Mendes: An example for us all

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home The life of Aristides de Sousa Mendes: An example for us all 19 July 2024 © Wikipedia/Namaacha Aristides de Sousa Mendes' house in Cabanas de Viriato, Portugal, has been transformed into a memorial museum. Secretary-General António Guterres heralded the opening of a new museum in central Portugal on Friday which honours the extraordinary life of a man who showed “immense…

Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’: UN world court

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’: UN world court 19 July 2024 UN Photo A view of the Peace Palace in The Hague, which is the seat of the International Court of Justice. The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an…