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Thousands in Gaza storm UN warehouses; a sign of desperation after weeks-long ‘siege’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Thousands in Gaza storm UN warehouses; a sign of desperation after weeks-long ‘siege’ 29 October 2023 © WFP/Amira Moussa A worker unloads ready-to-eat rations from a truck close to Alexandria, Egypt, in preparation for delivery to Gaza. Relief agencies warned on Sunday that civil order is starting to break down in Gaza after thousands of desperate people stormed UN-operated warehouses and…

Amid ‘unprecedented escalation’ in Gaza, UN calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Amid ‘unprecedented escalation’ in Gaza, UN calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire 28 October 2023 WHO The bombing of the Gaza Strip is continuing. The United Nations on Saturday ramped up appeals for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza after another night of ground incursions and intense bombardment by Israeli forces left healthcare facilities without electricity and civilians across the…

Türkiye: Rebuilding lives in quake-affected communities

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Türkiye: Rebuilding lives in quake-affected communities 28 October 2023 © IOM/Olga Borzenkova Emel stands by the door of her new home – a 32-square-metre container she moved into with her husband and four children after living in a tent for three months. The ancient city of Antakya, in Türkiye’s southeastern province of Hatay, was once a hub of history, culture and diversity. Today, it bears…

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Eighty-Sixth Session in Geneva

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Eighty-Sixth Session in Geneva 27 October 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Albania, Bhutan, France, Guatemala, Jamaica, Malawi, Philippines and Uruguay, and provisional concluding observations on the…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 27 October 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International…

Pakistan urged to halt Afghan deportations to avoid ‘human rights catastrophe’

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Pakistan urged to halt Afghan deportations to avoid ‘human rights catastrophe’ 27 October 2023 © UNOCHA/Sayed Habib Bidel A displaced family carries their belongings in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Pakistan’s plan to deport “undocumented” foreign nationals will disproportionately affect more than 1.4 million Afghans in the country, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, expressing…

Gaza: Testimonies highlight grim plight of civilians expecting to die

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Testimonies highlight grim plight of civilians expecting to die 27 October 2023 © UNICEF/Mohammad Ajjour The Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza has been hit by air strikes. The UN’s top human rights official issued a new appeal on Friday for an end to the Israel-Palestine crisis and the release of all hostages, amid rising civilian deaths and reports that children's names have been written…

Explainer: What is a UN General Assembly emergency special session and why it matters

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: What is a UN General Assembly emergency special session and why it matters 27 October 2023 UN Photo The first ever emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the Middle East takes place in 1956. As the UN’s 193 Member States meet on how to address the ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis, we took a look at how the current rarely convened General Assembly emergency…

Explainer: Fighting for facts amid crisis in Israel and Gaza

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: Fighting for facts amid crisis in Israel and Gaza 27 October 2023 © WFP/Ali Jadallah Children sheltering at an UNRWA school in Gaza enjoy bread distributed by WFP. As much needed aid starts to trickle into besieged Gaza, a war over facts is ratcheting up as conflicting narratives about the situation on the ground are being fuelled by social media…

‘History is judging us all,’ Guterres says in fresh appeal for Gaza aid access

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘History is judging us all,’ Guterres says in fresh appeal for Gaza aid access 27 October 2023 © UNRWA/Mohammed Hinnawi Air strikes have devastated much of the north of Gaza. With the humanitarian system in Gaza on the verge of "total collapse", UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday again appealed for greater aid access to the besieged enclave, where “misery is growing by the…