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Haiti: Over one million displaced by gang violence

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Over one million displaced by gang violence 27 February 2025 © OHCHR/Marion Mondain People shop at a market in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Ongoing gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than a million people, nearly a tenth of the population, or three times more than last year, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday.…

West Bank security situation remains alarming, warn UN aid agencies

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home West Bank security situation remains alarming, warn UN aid agencies 26 February 2025 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh فتاة صغيرة تركض بين أنقاض المباني المتضررة بعد غارة عسكرية إسرائيلية على مخيم نور شمس للاجئين في الضفة الغربية في أغسطس/آب 2024. Weeks of deadly Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank have turned Palestinian communities into “battlefields” and left 40,000 people homeless, UN…

Somalia faces escalating crisis amid drought, conflict and price hikes

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Somalia faces escalating crisis amid drought, conflict and price hikes 26 February 2025 © UNICEF Somalia A woman with her one-year-old child who is being treated for malnutrition in Dollow, Somalia. An additional 4.4 million people across the country are at risk of falling into hunger and malnutrition. The humanitarian situation in Somalia is worsening as drought, conflict and soaring food…

Conflict has turned parts of Sudan ‘into a hellscape,’ Security Council hears

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Conflict has turned parts of Sudan ‘into a hellscape,’ Security Council hears 26 February 2025 WFP Displaced Sudanese people wait to receive food from WFP. A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for civilians in Sudan together with unhindered humanitarian access, as the brutal war between rival militaries approaches a second year.…

Greatest threat to UN Peacekeeping is divisions between nations, says UN Peace Operations Chief

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Greatest threat to UN Peacekeeping is divisions between nations, says UN Peace Operations Chief 26 February 2025 UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz Blue helmets and bulletproof vests belonging to peacekeepers serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL). Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations are being challenged by growing disunity between Member States, the UN head of Peace…

Sudan war: Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war: Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says 26 February 2025 Office of the President of Mauritania The Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra speaking to journalist during the third Consultative Meeting on Sudan Convenes in Nouakchott, Presidential Palace in Mauritania! As the war in Sudan approaches a third year, the UN Secretary-…

Syria: UN scales up aid deliveries as regional fighting continues

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: UN scales up aid deliveries as regional fighting continues 26 February 2025 © UNICEF/PAC Trucks carrying essential humanitarian supplies travel from Türkiye through the Bab al-Salam border crossing, into northwest Syria. UN humanitarians on Wednesday reported a scaling up of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria, even as hostilities continue to impact civilians and limit access in…

Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists 26 February 2025 UN Human Rights Council/Marie Bambi Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, presents his latest report on the obligation to ensure accountability and justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire…

New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response 26 February 2025 © UNICEF/Olivier Asselin In Côte d’Ivoire, a woman living with HIV holds three pills she takes daily as part of antiretroviral therapy. Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll the United States funding freeze is taking on the global AIDS response…

HRC Press Conference

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home HRC Press Conference 26 February 2025 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the latest report by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua. Jan-Michael Simon, Chair of the Group of Human Rights Experts on NicaraguaAriela Peralta Distefano, Member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on NicaraguaReed Brody, Member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua