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Syria: Relative of Assad regime’s disappeared speaks of anguish in search for truth and justice

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: Relative of Assad regime’s disappeared speaks of anguish in search for truth and justice 17 March 2025 © UNOCHA Aleppo city, February 2023 A relative of two Syrians tortured and murdered by the Assad regime has spoken of the anguish caused by their enforced disappearance during the country’s civil war…

Afghanistan: Security Council renews UN mission as WHO warns of health catastrophe

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Security Council renews UN mission as WHO warns of health catastrophe 17 March 2025 Фото ООН Заседание Совбеза ООН. Фото из архива The Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year, as UN agencies reported sharp declines in resources for lifesaving aid…

FAO warns of ‘unprecedented’ avian flu spread, in call for global action

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home FAO warns of ‘unprecedented’ avian flu spread, in call for global action 17 March 2025 World Bank A laboratory specialist doing research into avian influenza at a human health lab. (file) The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, wiping out hundreds of millions of birds worldwide and increasingly spilling over into mammals, the UN…

Funding shortages risk undermining a ‘watershed moment’ for Syria

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Funding shortages risk undermining a ‘watershed moment’ for Syria 17 March 2025 © UNICEF/Abdulahadi Salamoun A UNICEF staff member (left) speaking with two Syrian boys about dangers of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Fourteen years of war have left Syria’s people in desperate need – but international support is dwindling, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday, calling for urgent…

World News in Brief: US strikes on Yemen, Gaza aid update, debt burden weighs on developing world

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: US strikes on Yemen, Gaza aid update, debt burden weighs on developing world 17 March 2025 UNICEF/Taha Almahbashi A woman carries her severely malnourished child to a health centre in Houthi-held Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. The UN on Monday expressed concern over the continued threat posed to shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi attacks from their bases in Yemen as well as…

Joint UN meeting tackles small arms control to foster sustainable development

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Joint UN meeting tackles small arms control to foster sustainable development 17 March 2025 UNODC Firearms confiscated during border checks. On Monday, during a meeting of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, UN officials and disarmament experts emphasized the urgent need to tackle the widespread issue of small arms and light weapons. They warned that the stakes are…

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Eighth Session

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Eighth Session 17 March 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its twenty-eighth session, during which it will examine the reports of the Central African Republic, the Gambia and Malta on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.The…

‘Is this just a long, beautiful dream?’: Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on her country’s future

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Is this just a long, beautiful dream?’: Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on her country’s future 15 March 2025 © ForSamaFilm Waad Al-Kateab stands in front of a bombed-out building in Syria. For Waad Al-Kateab, the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria in December 2024 felt almost unreal. “I thought the ending of my story was dying in exile,” she told UN News.  “And it just…

‘Time for bold moves’: UN urges inclusive transition as Syria marks 14 years of conflict

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Time for bold moves’: UN urges inclusive transition as Syria marks 14 years of conflict 15 March 2025 © 联合国儿童基金会/Christopher Herwig 在约旦的叙利亚难民收到了过冬冬季衣物。（资料图片） Marking 14 years since the start of the Syrian conflict, top UN officials raised alarm over renewed violence and growing instability, warning that without urgent action, Syria’s fragile transition could be at risk…

UN chief affirms solidarity with Bangladesh amid political transition

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief affirms solidarity with Bangladesh amid political transition 15 March 2025 United Nations UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) speaks to the media at a press conference in Dhaka alongside Md. Towhid Hossain, Foreign Adviser of Bangladesh. On a visit to Bangladesh, UN Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the pivotal moment the country is facing as it navigates a…