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Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread: UN humanitarians

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread: UN humanitarians 30 October 2023 © WHO A man injured in a missile attack is rushed for treatment in Naser hospital in Khan Younis. UPDATED: With the Israel-Palestine crisis in its fourth week, UN aid teams on Monday highlighted the mounting pressure on north Gaza hospitals where patients and health workers remain, amid reports of expanded Israeli…

Immediate de-escalation ‘only antidote’ to conflict in Syria

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Immediate de-escalation ‘only antidote’ to conflict in Syria 30 October 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Geir Pedersen (right, on screen), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, brief UN Security Council members on the situation in th [...] The UN Special Envoy for Syria on…

World News in Brief: ICC slams ‘unacceptable threats’, DR Congo displacement, UNEP ‘Champions of the Earth’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ICC slams ‘unacceptable threats’, DR Congo displacement, UNEP ‘Champions of the Earth’ 30 October 2023 © Yevhen Nosenko A playground lies in ruins near in the village of Groza in eastern Ukraine. The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday hit back at Russia’s recent decision to issue arrest warrants against senior judges, describing the move…

Upcoming COP28 summit must ‘respond decisively’ to gaps in global climate action

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Upcoming COP28 summit must ‘respond decisively’ to gaps in global climate action 30 October 2023 UN/Zumrad Normatova UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the preparatory meeting ahead of the UN climate conference (COP28) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Next month’s UN climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must respond decisively to the gaps in the intranational…

‘Stop the madness’ of climate change, UN chief declares

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Stop the madness’ of climate change, UN chief declares 30 October 2023 UN Photo/Narendra Shrestha UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits Syangbpoche in Solukhumbu district, Nepal. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on the world to “stop the madness” of climate change as he visited the Everest region in Nepal where melting glaciers are putting entire communities at…

Tackling climate mis/disinformation: ‘An urgent frontier for action’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Tackling climate mis/disinformation: ‘An urgent frontier for action’ 30 October 2023 United Nations (from left) Paul Goodloe, meteorologist, The Weather Channel; Jake Dubbins, co-founder, Conscious Advertising Network, member of Climate Action Against Disinformation; Vanessa Nakate, climate activist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador; Charlotte Scaddan, [...] Climate impacts are accelerating with…

Committee against Torture Opens its Seventy-Eighth Session in Geneva

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Opens its Seventy-Eighth Session in Geneva 30 October 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-eighth session, which is being held in Geneva from 30 October to 24 November, during which it will review efforts by Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture…

Israel-Palestine crisis has ‘reached an unprecedented level of dehumanisation’: Independent rights expert

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis has ‘reached an unprecedented level of dehumanisation’: Independent rights expert 29 October 2023 UN News Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied. The crisis sparked by the Hamas terrorist attack and ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip is a "political and humanitarian catastrophe of epic…

Situation in Gaza ‘growing more desperate by the hour’, says UN chief Guterres

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Situation in Gaza ‘growing more desperate by the hour’, says UN chief Guterres 29 October 2023 UN Nepal UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media in Kathmandu, Nepal. UN Secretary-General António Guterres began his official visit to Nepal by extending deep condolences to the families of the 10 Nepalese students killed in the terror attacks by Hamas in Israel, and once again…

UN seeks end to ‘colossal’ humanitarian tragedy as Sudan’s military factions resume Saudi-hosted talks

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN seeks end to ‘colossal’ humanitarian tragedy as Sudan’s military factions resume Saudi-hosted talks 29 October 2023 UN Photo/Albert González Farran People continue to be displaced by conflict in Sudan. The United Nations has welcomed the resumption of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to end the months-long conflict between the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary force which lefts…