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Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank 13 May 2024 © UNRWA Gazans are on the move again as Israeli forces intensify bombardments. Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week amid continuing Israeli bombardment that has crippled humanitarian aid deliveries and is believed to have killed another UN aid worker, the UN agency for…

Complementary admissions for refugees reach record highs: UNHCR report

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Complementary admissions for refugees reach record highs: UNHCR report 13 May 2024 IOM/Muse Mohammed A migrant family looks out the window and take pictures as they undertake their journey for resettling. A new report jointly issued by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals a significant increase in the issuance of study,…

UN security staff killed in Gaza; Guterres calls for probe

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN security staff killed in Gaza; Guterres calls for probe 13 May 2024 © UNRWA/Fadi El Tayyar UNRWA flag-lowering ceremony at the UNRWA Lebanon Field Office in Beirut. A staff member of the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) died and another was injured when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, on Monday…

World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti 13 May 2024 © WFP/Benjamin Anguandia People displaced by conflict are living in a temporary camp near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday for urgent action to support diplomatic and long-term solutions to…

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Opens Eighty-Eighth Session

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Opens Eighty-Eighth Session 13 May 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-eighth session, hearing a statement from Ibrahim Salama, Chief, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting…

Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the Asian Women's Forum

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the Asian Women's Forum 13 May 2024 Tatiana Valovaya  Opening of the Asian Women’s Forum “Regional approach to expanding the economic, social and political rights and opportunities of women”Monday, 13 May 2024, at 10:30 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,Dear friends,Let me begin by thanking the President and Government of Uzbekistan and UN Women for organizing this important and…

Japan: Safeguarding a mother tongue and mother nature

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Japan: Safeguarding a mother tongue and mother nature 12 May 2024 Sao Family The Sao's youngest son picks up plastic bottles from the beach. When asked what might be the most beautiful word in Shimamuni, the Indigenous language variety spoken on Okinoerabu Island in Kagoshima prefecture of southwestern Japan, Nami Sao pondered for a moment before replying “mihedirodoo…

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…