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Gaza: UN Middle East envoy reiterates call for ceasefire, hostage release agreement

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN Middle East envoy reiterates call for ceasefire, hostage release agreement 29 May 2024 UN Photo/Ariana Lindquist Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. (file) The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Wednesday urgently called for an immediate return to negotiations, the release of hostages and a humanitarian ceasefire in the…

Global unemployment set to decline slightly this year: UN labour agency

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global unemployment set to decline slightly this year: UN labour agency 29 May 2024 © ILO/Marcel Crozet Garment workers stand next to a line of sewing machines in a clothing plant in Lesotho. Global unemployment numbers will fall modestly this year, but unequal access to jobs is still a problem worldwide, particularly for women in poorer countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO…

Funding is needed to support Sudanese refugees in Chad: UNHCR

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Funding is needed to support Sudanese refugees in Chad: UNHCR 29 May 2024 © UNHCR/Ying Hu Sudanese refugees are living in makeshift shelters in the border town of Adre after fleeing to Chad due to violence and hunger. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is calling on partners to assist them in supporting about 185,000 Sudanese who have journeyed into Chad and are trying to escape dangerous borders…

Gaza medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low: WHO

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low: WHO 29 May 2024 © WHO Patient with severe acute malnutrition and dehydration at a field hospital in south Gaza - 24 April 2024 Vital medical supplies are fast running out in Gaza’s remaining hospitals, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, amid reports of continuing Israeli bombing and hostilities in the…

Explainer: Five practical tools for keeping peace

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: Five practical tools for keeping peace 29 May 2024 © UNICEF/Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi A UN soldier from the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission stands guard as a UN helicopter delivers aid and humanitarian personnel to Rhoe IDP camp, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1948, the United Nations took a pivotal step by deploying peacekeepers to support countries in their journey…

More climate funding needed to ‘transition from rhetoric to decisive action’

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home More climate funding needed to ‘transition from rhetoric to decisive action’ 29 May 2024 © UNICEF/Lasse Bak Mejlvang Workers construct barriers to combat sea erosion along the coastline of Tuvalu. Climate action taken so far to help fund efforts in cash-strapped small island developing States (SIDS) “does not measure up to what has been said” in the wake of COP28 in Dubai last year…

Stories from the UN Archive: Keeping the peace over decades

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Keeping the peace over decades 29 May 2024 UN Photo Members of the UN Military Observer Group meet with Indian and Pakistani officers on the ceasefire line in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1955. (file) UN Member States have been deploying “Blue Helmets” (or peacekeepers) since 1948, so on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, marked…

UNICEF reports surge in violence against children in Africa’s central Sahel

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF reports surge in violence against children in Africa’s central Sahel 29 May 2024 © UNICEF Niger/Islamane Abdou Violence and insecurity has driven thousands of families from their homes in central Sahel. Pictured here, a displaced mother and her child who have sought shelter in Niger. Violence against children in the central Sahel region of Africa surged dramatically in the last…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 28 May 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/World Weather…

Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities 28 May 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden Much of Khan Younis in Gaza lies in ruins. (file) Amid further reported bombardment of Gaza overnight into Tuesday, UN and partner organizations have expressed deep concern over the “inhuman” detention of suspected Palestinian fighters in the enclave by Israeli authorities, alleging…