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UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism 04 April 2025 UNIC Rio Freddy Glatt performs the Hadlakat Nerot, a Jewish candle-lighting ceremony at dusk for the start of Shabbat. Amid rising concerns over antisemitism worldwide, the UN on Friday announced the roll out of a major action plan to combat the scourge – aimed at enhancing monitoring and response across the whole UN system…

‘Safe futures start here’: UN calls for global action to eliminate mine threat

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Safe futures start here’: UN calls for global action to eliminate mine threat 04 April 2025 UN Photo/Martine Perret Deminers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (file) More than 100 million people worldwide are at risk from landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, in his message for the …

UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 04 April 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Basel Adra (left), Palestinian film director, delivers testimony during a meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR…

Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers 04 April 2025 © UNOCHA A body bag lies in a ditch following an airstrike at Tal Al Sultan, Rafah, Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the…

World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise 04 April 2025 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A cholera rapid response team member adds chlorine to water collected from a reservoir in Goma, DR Congo. A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change,…

Sudan crisis: Türk condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: Türk condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum 03 April 2025 © Unsplash/Ammar Nassir Eighteen months of war have deeply affected urban households in Sudan. The fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent recapture by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on…

Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts 03 April 2025 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Devastation caused by the earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city. The UN chief on Thursday called for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Myanmar, where last week’s devastating earthquakes claimed over 3,000 lives and left millions in urgent need of aid…

AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action 03 April 2025 Public Domain Цифровые технологии могут стать важным инструментом в борьбе с изменением климата. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on course to become a $4.8 trillion global market by 2033 – roughly the size of Germany’s economy – but unless urgent action is taken, its benefits may remain in the…

DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens 03 April 2025 © UNICEF/Jospin Benek Children play football in an empty classroom at the UNICEF-supported Bulengo Primary School in the Bulengo displacement site, near Goma, North Kivu province in DR Congo, on 10 February 2025. Ongoing violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan talks

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan talks 03 April 2025 UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis Une famille a trouvé refuge dans une ancienne base de la MINUSS dans le sud-ouest du Soudan du Sud (Archives) The UN Special Envoy for Syria has condemned the repeated and intensifying military escalations by Israel in the country, including…