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Intolerable conditions in northern Gaza ‘beyond imagination’

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Intolerable conditions in northern Gaza ‘beyond imagination’ 05 November 2024 UN News Muin Hadi, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory visits the northern Gaza Strip. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory appealed on Tuesday for an end to the war and suffering in Gaza during his first visit to the area since Israel…

Carbon markets could boost climate action in least developed countries

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Carbon markets could boost climate action in least developed countries 04 November 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Mangrove shoots being planted on Tarawa, an atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to protect against coastal erosion. While carbon markets have played a limited role in boosting sustainable development for the world’s least developed economies, a new report from UN Trade…

Green energy shift must also bring prosperity and equality: UN deputy chief

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Green energy shift must also bring prosperity and equality: UN deputy chief 04 November 2024 © ADB/Viet Tuan Power-generating windmills line the hills of Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam. The international community must ensure that the global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is equitable, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Monday in New York.…

Lebanon: UN condemns increasing loss of life and civilian suffering

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: UN condemns increasing loss of life and civilian suffering 04 November 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar The suburbs of Beirut have been heavily targeted by airstrikes. The increasing impact of fighting between Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and militants from Hezbollah on Lebanese civilians “is of grave concern”, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Monday, condemning…

DPR Korea’s latest missile launch a ‘grave threat’ to regional stability

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home DPR Korea’s latest missile launch a ‘grave threat’ to regional stability 04 November 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías A wide view of the Security Council meeting on non-proliferation and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The launch of “yet another” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) poses a “grave threat” to regional stability, a…

‘It all starts at home’: global UN forum opens in Cairo to rethink urban development

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘It all starts at home’: global UN forum opens in Cairo to rethink urban development 04 November 2024 UN News/Khaled Haridy Mohamed Participants at the opening ceremony at the World Urban Forum in Cairo On Monday, thousands of delegates joined United Nations representatives gathered in Cairo to kick off the twelfth edition of the World Urban Forum (WUF12), which will bring together voices…

First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn Sudan

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn Sudan 04 November 2024 © Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital تعرض مستشفى الفاشر في دارفور لتدمير جزئي بعد قصف مدفعي في تشرين الأول/أكتوبر. War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system to collapse, just as cases of cholera and dengue fever are surging and hunger levels remain “above the…

Gaza: Polio campaign reaches 94,000 children in besieged north

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Polio campaign reaches 94,000 children in besieged north 04 November 2024 © UNRWA A second round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza. The UN-supported polio vaccine campaign concluded in besieged northern Gaza on Monday, with agencies inoculating 94,000 children, but thousands still remain out of reach…

Aid restrictions and dismantling UNRWA will compound Gazans’ suffering

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Aid restrictions and dismantling UNRWA will compound Gazans’ suffering 04 November 2024 近东救济工程处 近东救济工程处工作人员为加沙有需要的人提供医疗服务。 Aid entering Gaza reached a new low in October, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Monday, highlighting the continued need for its lifesaving work even as Israel moves to end its activities.…

Human Rights Committee Adopts Report on Views Concerning Individual Communications on Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, Greece, New Zealand, Sweden, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Ukraine

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Adopts Report on Views Concerning Individual Communications on Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, Greece, New Zealand, Sweden, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Ukraine 04 November 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today adopted a follow-up progress report on individual communications, presented by the Special Rapporteur for follow-up on Views, which concerned communications on Colombia, Ecuador,…