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UN agency urges ‘all possible support’ for Sudanese civilians

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN agency urges ‘all possible support’ for Sudanese civilians 17 January 2024 © UNICEF/Adriana Zehbrauskas Women and girls collect water for their families at a camp for displaced persons in Sudan. The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday appealed for the international community to provide an urgent boost in funding and commitment to address Sudan’s…

UN coordinator for Gaza visits Egypt to ‘expedite all areas’ of aid

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN coordinator for Gaza visits Egypt to ‘expedite all areas’ of aid 17 January 2024 UN Sigrid Kaag, the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, visits Al-Arish in Egypt about 40 kilometres from the Rafah border crossing with Gaza. The UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza visited Al-Arish, Egypt, on Wednesday in efforts to scale-up assistance…

World News in Brief: Rights chief calls for calm in Comoros, DR Congo update, northern Ethiopia beset by ‘multiple crises’

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rights chief calls for calm in Comoros, DR Congo update, northern Ethiopia beset by ‘multiple crises’ 17 January 2024 MONUSCO/Nazar Voloshyn MONUSCO helicopters fly over Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (file) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has appealed for restraint in the wake of protests and heightened tensions following…

Gaza health system collapsing, as UN agencies renew ceasefire call

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza health system collapsing, as UN agencies renew ceasefire call 17 January 2024 © WHO Wounded people wait to be treated at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The World Health Organization (WHO) is continuing to do all it can to deliver critical medicines, supplies and fuel to Gaza hospitals, where the health system is collapsing, an agency official said on Wednesday.…

Gaza crisis: Back two-State solution urges UN chief, ‘once and for all’

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza crisis: Back two-State solution urges UN chief, ‘once and for all’ 17 January 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Palestinians flee northern Gaza. Unremitting conflict in Gaza has already sparked regional insecurity and is clear evidence that the international community needs to throw its weight behind a two-State solution in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to resolve the enduring crisis “once…

Europe: 1.4 million lives saved thanks to COVID-19 vaccines

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Europe: 1.4 million lives saved thanks to COVID-19 vaccines 16 January 2024 © WHO/Khaled Mostafa Une femme âgée reçoit sa troisième injection de rappel COVID-19 dans un centre de vaccination à Lisbonne, au Portugal. COVID-19 vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe – “irrefutable” proof of the power of these inoculations, the regional head of the World Health Organization (WHO)…

Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports 16 January 2024 © UNICEF/Thoko Chikondi A health worker at a camp in southern Malawi, talks to displaced people about cholera prevention measures. The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported…

World News in Brief: Peacekeeper killed in CAR, Sudan war update, media clampdown in Kyrgyzstan

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Peacekeeper killed in CAR, Sudan war update, media clampdown in Kyrgyzstan 16 January 2024 © MINUSCA UN peacekeepers patrol Bouar in the west of Central African Republic. (file) The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of a Cameroonian peacekeeper on Monday who was serving with the Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic…

US urged to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home US urged to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation 16 January 2024 © UNICEF/Josh Estey Only in exceptional circumstances and with incontrovertible evidence of intentional murder does international law permit the death penalty. (file) The imminent execution of an American prisoner by a new and untested method - suffocation by nitrogen gas - could amount to torture, the UN human rights…

UN Assembly President outlines vision for 2024

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Assembly President outlines vision for 2024 16 January 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Dennis Francis, President of the 78th session of the General Assembly, briefs Member States on his priorities for 2024. The President of the General Assembly on Tuesday laid out his priorities for the rest of his term, as the UN body of 193 Member States finds itself increasingly in the public spotlight…