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Gaza: UN expert on sexual violence in conflict reiterates grave concern for hostages

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN expert on sexual violence in conflict reiterates grave concern for hostages 21 December 2023 UN Photo/Manuel Elías (File photo) Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia. (21 August 2019) The UN expert working to end rape during wartime remains gravely concerned…

World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’ 21 December 2023 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga Children who have fled with their families from Sudan eat food provided by WFP at a centre in South Sudan. The latest surge in fighting in Sudan has displaced up to 300,000 people as conflict spread to the country’s second largest…

‘Genuine progress’ towards political solution, essential to end war in Syria: UN envoy

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Genuine progress’ towards political solution, essential to end war in Syria: UN envoy 21 December 2023 © UNICEF/OCHA/Madevi Sun-Suon Syria was struck by devastating earthquakes in early 2023, displacing communities and worsening the humanitarian situation across the country. The year 2023 has presented more challenges for Syria, marked by devastating earthquakes, escalating humanitarian…

WHO Press Conference

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO Press Conference 21 December 2023 Press Conference Announcement Update on health situation in Gaza and on latest WHO visits to hospitals Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative on the occupied Palestinian territory Sean Casey, WHO Emergency Medical Teams coordinator

INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Two children sit in the rubble of what is left of their house in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip. The scale of the conflict in Gaza is having an “unprecedented” effect on UNRWA, with staff operating under fierce bombardments, whilst…

Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children in Khan Younis stop to look at the destruction as they go in search for water. As the UN Security Council was slated to meet for a third consecutive day on Wednesday in a new push for consensus to pause the fighting in Gaza, the head of the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF warned that…

Afghanistan: Taliban’s return to ‘international norms’ is non-negotiable says UN mission chief

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Taliban’s return to ‘international norms’ is non-negotiable says UN mission chief 20 December 2023 人道协调厅/Charlotte Cans 阿富汗超过2300万人需要人道主义援助。 Lack of progress in resolving human rights issues is a key factor behind the current impasse between Afghanistan and the international community, the UN Special Representative for the country said on Wednesday in a briefing to the Security…

UN’s Grandi welcomes EU deal overhauling regional migration system

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s Grandi welcomes EU deal overhauling regional migration system 20 December 2023 UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII Refugees in an inflatable boat approach the shores of the island of Lesbos, in northern Greece. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Wednesday welcomed a key deal by members of the European Union (EU) to overhaul their joint migration system which promises a fresh and unified…

World News in Brief: WFP forced to halt some food aid in Sudan, DR Congo elections, peacekeeping chief visits CAR

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: WFP forced to halt some food aid in Sudan, DR Congo elections, peacekeeping chief visits CAR 20 December 2023 © WFP/Muna Abdelhakim Nearly 18 million people across Sudan are facing acute hunger in 2023, more than double the number in 2022. The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday that it has temporarily suspended assistance in some parts of Al Jazirah State…

INTERVIEW: Ukrainian children express ‘innocent hope for peace’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Ukrainian children express ‘innocent hope for peace’ 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Three siblings pose in clothes provided by UNICEF. The "innocent hope for peace" demonstrated by Ukrainian children and the determination of all citizens there to look to the future, is helping the country survive into a second winter of Russia’s full-blown invasion, according to the…