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World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced 08 April 2024 © FAHDRIS/Richy Mix A UNFPA-supported mobile health team visits a site for displaced people near Haïti’s capital Port-au-Prince. UN humanitarians on Monday made clear the emergency response in Haiti’s capital continues despite ongoing…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens its One Hundred and Twelfth Session in Geneva

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens its One Hundred and Twelfth Session in Geneva 08 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and twelfth session, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Albania, Mexico, Qatar, Republic of Moldova and San Marino. The Committee heard four newly elected members…

Ecuador-Mexico: ‘Cardinal principle’ of diplomatic inviolability must be upheld says UN chief

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Ecuador-Mexico: ‘Cardinal principle’ of diplomatic inviolability must be upheld says UN chief 07 April 2024 United Nations/Mario Naranjo Quito's Plaza Grande, a much-visited area of the Ecuadorian capital, is empty these days following the recent escalation of violence and the government's announcement of a 60-day state of emergency. The decision by Ecuador to forcibly enter the…

Hope grows for UN mission to ‘flood’ Gaza with food, despite fears of imminent Rafah invasion

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Hope grows for UN mission to ‘flood’ Gaza with food, despite fears of imminent Rafah invasion 07 April 2024 UN News Destruction of a residential block in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip The UN’s overriding mission in Gaza to ‘flood the place with food’ and avert famine has moved forward this week thanks to Israel’s public pledge to increase the flow…

Getting children back to school in deadly gang-ravaged Haiti

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Getting children back to school in deadly gang-ravaged Haiti 07 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A mother helps her child to study at the Delmas 4 Olympique Boxing Arena where they are now sheltering. Against the backdrop of a humanitarian crisis and gang violence in Haiti, UN agencies are warning that children are suffering not just from a lack of schooling but also through witnessing…

Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza 06 April 2024 UN News A residential block in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood in the city of Rafah, lies in ruins. The destruction wrought across the Gaza Strip by Israel in the six months since the massacre of Israeli and other citizens by Hamas on 7 October 2023 makes for grim reading – over 33,000 people killed and, according to the…

Gaza: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO 06 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. With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action,…

First Person: The genocide survivor protected by a mass murderer

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: The genocide survivor protected by a mass murderer 06 April 2024 © Eric Eugene Murangwa A girls team at the Play2Remember tournament at the Togetherness Cooperative Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. When the Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda began in April 1994 Eric Eugene Murangwa was a footballer at one of the country’s top clubs. Although he is a Tutsi, he was protected by a…

Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby 06 April 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson A premature baby is fed in a hospital incubator. A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she was forced to make a 200km emergency journey on challenging rural roads to a specialist regional hospital after she experienced difficulties giving birth at home…

Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Fifth Regular Session after Adopting 32 Resolutions and Two Decisions

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Fifth Regular Session after Adopting 32 Resolutions and Two Decisions 05 April 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Urgently Establishes Group of Three Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus, Extends 11 Country and Four Thematic Mandates  The Human Rights Council today concluded its fifty-fifth regular session after adopting 32 resolutions, and…