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Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced 15 December 2023 © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell UNHCR distributes relief items to returnees at a transit centre in Renk, South Sudan. While some of the world’s poorest countries are welcoming refugees “with great hospitality”, the international community must match that generosity with far greater solidarity, UN chief António…

World News in Brief: Abused Afghan women face prison, UNICEF global alert, deadly mpox resurfaces in DRC

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Abused Afghan women face prison, UNICEF global alert, deadly mpox resurfaces in DRC 15 December 2023 © UNICEF/Madhok Child marriage is a strategy for economic survival in Afghanistan as families marry off their daughters to reduce their economic burden. Under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women reporting gender-based violence to the authorities may end up in prison –…

Draw inspiration from human rights advocates worldwide, urges Guterres

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Draw inspiration from human rights advocates worldwide, urges Guterres 15 December 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the Human Rights Prize Award Ceremony UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called on citizens everywhere to draw inspiration from the work of countless rights advocates across the world and defend all human rights and…

Stories from the UN Archive: Kissing trees and protecting the natural world

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Kissing trees and protecting the natural world 14 December 2023 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Famed primatologist and environmental activist, Jane Goodall kisses a tree just planted by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Annan, in Soweto, South Africa in 2002. (file) A pioneer in the study of chimpanzees and a vocal environmental activist, Jane Goodall became a…

Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate Palestinians

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate Palestinians 14 December 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Heavy rains have led to flooding in the streets of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Heavy rains created new misery in Gaza as UN humanitarians repeated deep concerns on Thursday over the deteriorating health situation in the Strip, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment and fighting with…

World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon 14 December 2023 © Unsplash A woman smokes an e-cigarette. E-cigarettes, which pose serious health risks, are being “aggressively marketed” to young people and in large parts of the world there are no rules in place to protect children from their harmful effects, UN health…

South Sudan: No basis for free and fair 2024 elections, warns Haysom

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home South Sudan: No basis for free and fair 2024 elections, warns Haysom 14 December 2023 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga People wait in line at a food distribution site in Malakal, South Sudan. South Sudan is in no position to hold free, fair, or secure elections slated for December next year, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) said on Thursday, stressing that there’s still time to catch…

Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’ 14 December 2023 © UNICEF/Annadjib Ramadane Maha A Sudanese mother and her children take refuge in a town in Chad across the border from Darfur in Sudan. The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights…

'Desperate, hungry, terrified': Gazans stopping aid trucks in search of food

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home 'Desperate, hungry, terrified': Gazans stopping aid trucks in search of food 14 December 2023 © WFP/Ali Jadallah Hot meals are distributed to people who have fled their homes in Gaza. Some Gazans are so desperate for food that they are now stopping aid trucks and immediately eating what they find, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday…

‘Hunger catastrophe’ looming in war-ravaged Sudan, UN agency warns

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Hunger catastrophe’ looming in war-ravaged Sudan, UN agency warns 13 December 2023 © WFP/Muna Abdelhakim Nearly 18 million people across Sudan are facing acute hunger in 2023, more than double the number in 2022. Civilians in Sudan – where rival militaries are waging a bloody war, with devastating consequences – are at a high risk of falling into catastrophic levels of hunger by May next…