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Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia 30 November 2023 © UNICEF Beledweyne town is flooded after the Shabelle River burst its banks. Deadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of Somalia, with over 100 killed and 750,000 displaced from their homes, the authorities and humanitarian partners said on Thursday in the capital, Mogadishu.…

COP28 talks open in Dubai with breakthrough deal on loss and damage fund

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP28 talks open in Dubai with breakthrough deal on loss and damage fund 30 November 2023 COP28/Neville Hopwood View of the iconic Al Wasl Dome at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which is hosting the UN climate conference COP28. Delegates meeting in Dubai agreed Thursday on the operationalization of a fund that would help compensate vulnerable countries coping with loss and damage…

Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza City a ‘ghost town’, reports UN aid agency

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza City a ‘ghost town’, reports UN aid agency 29 November 2023 © UNICEF/Mohammad Ajjour Palestinian women walk through the rubble of the Nasr neighbourhood of Gaza City. (file) Amid hopes of a deal to extend the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that humanitarian assistance had…

UN affirms solidarity with the Palestinian people on International Day

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN affirms solidarity with the Palestinian people on International Day 29 November 2023 © Unsplash/Manny Becerra International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. From New York to Jerusalem and beyond, United Nations offices on Wednesday commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. …

Stories from the UN Archive: The origin of #PalestineDay

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: The origin of #PalestineDay 29 November 2023 © UNRWA Palestine refugee children on their way to school in UNRWA's Khan Younis camp, built on the stand dunes of the crowded Gaza Strip in 1963. As the Israel-Palestine crisis continues, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated on 29 November, and has been…

World News in Brief: South Sudan aid plan, rising cost of healthy eating, Europe’s diabetes burden

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: South Sudan aid plan, rising cost of healthy eating, Europe’s diabetes burden 29 November 2023 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga South Sudanese returnees arrive at the Joda border point in Upper Nile State. Humanitarians have launched a $1.8 billion plan to support six million people in South Sudan next year, the United Nations has reported.…

World must not look away from humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN chief tells Security Council

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World must not look away from humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN chief tells Security Council 29 November 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe The UN Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The UN Security Council met intensively through Wednesday morning in New York on the Middle East crisis. It was the first open meeting since the 15-member…

Impact of ‘failed promises’ on climate, evident in Antarctica: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Impact of ‘failed promises’ on climate, evident in Antarctica: A UN Resident Coordinator blog 29 November 2023 UN Photo/Mark Garten The Bransfield Strait in Antarctica. The impact of “failed promises” to address the rapid rise in global temperatures is strikingly evident in Antarctica in the South Pole, according to the UN Resident Coordinator in Chile…

UN and African Union sign new human rights agreement

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN and African Union sign new human rights agreement 28 November 2023 © UNECA/Daniel Getachew UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets the Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The United Nations and the African Union have reinforced their partnership following the conclusion of their seventh high-level dialogue in New York on Tuesday.…

Syria: ‘A dozen different powder kegs’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: ‘A dozen different powder kegs’ 28 November 2023 © UNICEF/Hasan Belal A woman feeding twigs to a heater to warm her house in rural Damascus. The situation in Syria remains dire, with continued fighting, and tens of thousands displaced - all exacerbating the suffering of civilians and compounded by the effects of the war in Gaza, senior UN officials said on Tuesday…