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$414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home $414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan 03 April 2024 © UNICEF/Dalia Khamissy Palestinian children receive stationery items at an UNRWA school in south Lebanon. As hostilities continue in Gaza, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, urged donors not to forget about Palestinians affected by the ongoing war in Syria.…

World News in Brief: Rights chief dismay over Uganda anti-LGBT law, Haiti update, aid for Sudan, executions alert in Egypt

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rights chief dismay over Uganda anti-LGBT law, Haiti update, aid for Sudan, executions alert in Egypt 03 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke An ambulance at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince shows signs of being attacked. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday expressed dismay over the decision by Uganda’s Constitutional Court to uphold the country’s…

Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark 03 April 2024 UN News Night scenes of displaced persons’ tents in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to the killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen on…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 02 April 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 Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the Human Rights Council. Drought in MalawiPaul Turnbull, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director for Malawi, speaking from Lilongwe, informed that on 23…

UN calls for restraint following Iran consulate attack in Syria

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN calls for restraint following Iran consulate attack in Syria 02 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. A senior UN official on Tuesday urged the…

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Unravelling the legacies of slavery 02 April 2024 © UNSPLASH/Clay Banks The Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement is dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality. Racism, discrimination and crippled economies and health are among centuries-old legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and part of the stark messages behind the #…

Gaza: Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as humanitarians renew access call

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as humanitarians renew access call 02 April 2024 UN News Footage of destruction of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, following the end of the latest Israeli siege. The World Health Organization (WHO) reiterated that hospitals must be respected and protected; they must not be used as battlefields. The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World…

World News in Brief: Aid worker deaths ‘inevitable result’ of Gaza war tactics, ‘waste trafficking’ update, Malawi drought

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Aid worker deaths ‘inevitable result’ of Gaza war tactics, ‘waste trafficking’ update, Malawi drought 02 April 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A child looks out a bus window in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. The killing of seven humanitarians by an Israeli strike in Gaza on Tuesday – 196 overall since hostilities began last October – is “an inevitable result” of the…

Haitians ‘cannot wait’ for reign of terror by gangs to end: Rights chief

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Haitians ‘cannot wait’ for reign of terror by gangs to end: Rights chief 02 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Barricades are regularly erected to block roads in Port-au-Prince. Restoring public order and ensuring access to aid must be priorities in Haiti, where criminal gangs continue to terrorize the population, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday in Geneva.…

Ukrainians suffer Russia-imposed ‘violence, intimidation, and coercion’

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Ukrainians suffer Russia-imposed ‘violence, intimidation, and coercion’ 02 April 2024 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov Pedestrians pass in front of destroyed buildings in Kurakhove, Ukraine. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called for the fighting and occupation of Ukraine to end, so the country can begin “healing the deep wounds and painful divisions” caused by Russia’s invasion…