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World News in Brief: Sudan aid challenges, Myanmar quake update, UN support for victims of sexual abuse

1 day 18 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sudan aid challenges, Myanmar quake update, UN support for victims of sexual abuse 28 April 2025 © WFP/Leni Kinzli A boy walks in the Al Salaam camp for displaced people in North Darfur. Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is deepening as escalating violence blocks aid deliveries and forces thousands more civilians to flee, the UN warned on Monday…

Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months

1 day 18 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months 28 April 2025 © UNRWA People clamour for food in Gaza. Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become a desperate reality in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian aid has been blocked for nearly two months. …

‘Season of war,’ as norms of humanitarian law ‘cast aside’ UN refugee chief

1 day 18 hours ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Season of war,’ as norms of humanitarian law ‘cast aside’ UN refugee chief 28 April 2025 © UNFPA/Karel Prinsloo Refugees from Sudan gather at Korsi refugee camp in the Central African Republic, in 2024. Thousands of lives have been “destroyed in the pursuit of supremacy”, as international humanitarian law has been “dismissed” and “cast aside”, said UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR…

UN warns of $4 trillion shortfall threatening global development goals

1 day 18 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN warns of $4 trillion shortfall threatening global development goals 28 April 2025 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin None of the targets under SDG 6 on water and sanitation are on track to be met. Globally, over two billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and more than three billion lack access to safe sanitation. Facing a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap for development and…

Israel’s restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court

1 day 18 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Israel’s restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court 28 April 2025 UN News Gaza City in the north of the war-shattered enclave has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli strikes since 7 October 2023 following Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of…

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

2 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of France Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 April 2025 Presentation of Credentials Céline Jurgensen, the new Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. …

Gaza: UN official warns of 'assault on dignity' as blockade cripples humanitarian response

3 days 18 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN official warns of 'assault on dignity' as blockade cripples humanitarian response 26 April 2025 UN News Jonathan Whittall, Head of UN OCHA’s Office for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, speaks with journalists in Gaza. The coming days in Gaza are set to be critical, the UN warned on Saturday, as humanitarian operations are severely curtailed amid an intensifying…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Hold Half Day of General Discussion on Reparations for the Injustices from the Transatlantic Trade of Enslaved Africans

4 days 12 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Hold Half Day of General Discussion on Reparations for the Injustices from the Transatlantic Trade of Enslaved Africans 25 April 2025 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held a half day of general discussion on reparations for the injustices from the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans,…

Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Measures to Prevent Torture in Ukraine, Ask about Alleged Torture of Russian Prisoners of War and Reports of Corruption and Torture in Prisons

4 days 13 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Measures to Prevent Torture in Ukraine, Ask about Alleged Torture of Russian Prisoners of War and Reports of Corruption and Torture in Prisons 25 April 2025 Meeting Summaries  The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Ukraine, with Committee Experts praising the State’s legislative and policy measures to prevent…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

4 days 17 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 25 April 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Health Organization.Food Assistance to Famine-Risk Populations in…