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‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN envoy

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN envoy 25 February 2025 © UNRWA A woman stands by a tent in Gaza. A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on political courage from all sides, the top UN official for the Middle East Peace Process said on Tuesday…

WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty 25 February 2025 © Unsplash/Jonathan Kemper The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is 20 years old. A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the past two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.…

Farmers must be at the heart of biodiversity action

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Farmers must be at the heart of biodiversity action 25 February 2025 © CIAT/Neil Palmer A farmer plants rice in Rupan, Nepal. “Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation” – that was the stark message delivered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General on Tuesday to delegates attending the latest round of UN biodiversity talks in Rome.…

Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month 25 February 2025 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A family displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, lives in a tent on the roof of a former government building. More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering aid efforts by humanitarian agencies, the United Nations…

World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad 25 February 2025 © UNFPA DRC/Jonas Yunus A displacement camp in Goma, capital of the North Kivu region, which is now sheltering hundreds of thousands of people fleeing violence. Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and…

New Permanent Representative of Portugal Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Portugal Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 24 February 2025 Presentation of Credentials João António da Costa Mira Gomes, the new Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment…

Secretary-General's remarks to the Conference on Disarmament [as delivered]

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Secretary-General's remarks to the Conference on Disarmament [as delivered] 24 February 2025 Statements and Speeches  Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,I will start by apologising for the fact that I will be extremely impolite.  I will speak and I will leave, which is something I hate to do, but I have a plane to catch.  So, my apologies for this horrible behaviour. You…

World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists 24 February 2025 © WFP/Niema Abdelmageed Humanitarian aid is delivered by the UN to Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the day since the full-scale Russian invasion - UN chief António Guterres on Monday scorned the world’s “warmongers” for…

UKRAINE LIVE: Diplomatic debate intensifies as world marks three years since full-scale Russian invasion

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UKRAINE LIVE: Diplomatic debate intensifies as world marks three years since full-scale Russian invasion 24 February 2025 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov Roma, 4, stands in front of his destroyed home in Kobzartsi, Mykolaiv region February 24 marks three years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of civilians have been killed and injured, the economy shattered and…

Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns 24 February 2025 © UNICEF Ghana Women are raising awareness against breast cancer in Ghana. Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 percent globally by 2050, with annual deaths from the disease projected to rise by 68 percent, according to a new report from the International Agency for Research on…