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Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation

2 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation 14 April 2025 © UNRWA Patients are teated at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza (file photo). The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is…

Israeli attack puts Gaza City hospital out of service

2 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Israeli attack puts Gaza City hospital out of service 14 April 2025 United Nations Medical instruments have been destroyed in an attack on Al Ahli hospital in Gaza. A Gaza City hospital has been put out of action by an Israeli strike at the weekend, while a child patient with reported head trauma died while being evacuated, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday…

Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine

2 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine 14 April 2025 © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell Sudanese refugees arrive at the border town of Adre in Chad. More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including over 3.3 million refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries – as two years of civil war fuel famine, disease outbreaks and the…

World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill update

2 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill update 14 April 2025 UN News Gaza residents lining up near the water truck to fill their jugs. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is now likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the outbreak of hostilities, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, reported on Monday. …

Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture

2 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture 14 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, María Luisa Romero, this morning presented the Subcommittee’s eighteenth annual report to the Committee against Torture.Ms. Romero said she was presenting the report in an increasingly complex global context, marked by armed…

Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza

2 weeks 3 days ago Breadcrumb Home Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza 13 April 2025 UN News Ibrahim Aloush inside his truck parked in front of the desalination station in Jabaliya! In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands out as an unsung hero, providing a lifeline to the thirsty people of the Strip.…

The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future?

2 weeks 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future? 12 April 2025 © UNU-EHS/Rodrigo Jardón Gal Xochimilco, is located in Mexico City. Xochimilco, nestled in the heart of Mexico City, is home to the ‘chinamperos,’ farmers who have used indigenous techniques to grow food for centuries. Today, their way of life is under threat from environmental…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 weeks 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 11 April 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva , chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the International Trade Centre, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women, the World Food Programme, the…

Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions

2 weeks 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions 11 April 2025 IMO The International Maritime Organization (IMO) urges continued sustainable support to the important work of the regional navies and entities within the Yaoundé architecture to protect seafarers and to the operational piracy response, in line with UN [...] After years of intense negotiations, countries on Friday reached…

UN refugee agency calls for greater investment in Syrian returnees

2 weeks 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN refugee agency calls for greater investment in Syrian returnees 11 April 2025 © UNHCR/Hameed Maarouf Syrian refugees return home from Türkiye across the Bab Al-Hawa border. Roughly 400,000 Syrians have returned home from the region since the fall of the Assad regime last December, while more than a million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have gone back to their communities.…