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Hopes for a sustainable planet must not ‘melt away’: Guterres

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Hopes for a sustainable planet must not ‘melt away’: Guterres 27 November 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the climate crisis following his recent travel to Chile and Antarctica. World leaders at this week’s climate conference, COP28, must break the deadly cycle of global warming before a “deadly tipping point” is reached, said the UN…

Fighting gender-based violence door-to-door with support of Ugandan men

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Fighting gender-based violence door-to-door with support of Ugandan men 26 November 2023 UNFPA Village health worker Timothy Mbene Masereka. A Ugandan man, who is employed as a village health worker, has told the UN how men and boys must play a critical role in eliminating gender-based violence to change their communities for the better…

Hitching a ride to a better future: Sustainable Transport Day

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Hitching a ride to a better future: Sustainable Transport Day 26 November 2023 UNDP Mauritius/Stéphane Bellero Introducing tramway transit has reduced traffic congestion and air pollution in Mauritius. There is an urgent need for a transformative shift towards more sustainable transport the UN chief said on Sunday, emphasizing the importance of cleaner energy to combat climate change…

UN confirms more aid entering Gaza as humanitarian pause holds

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN confirms more aid entering Gaza as humanitarian pause holds 25 November 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba None of the aid deliveries to Gaza would have been possible without the Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescent Societies, OCHA noted (file photo). Sixty-one trucks hauled aid to northern Gaza on Saturday – the largest number since 7 October, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of…

Ugandan woman advocates for her rights after ‘life of pain’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ugandan woman advocates for her rights after ‘life of pain’ 25 November 2023 UN Women Angela Muhindo in Kasese, western Uganda. A Ugandan woman who has a physical disability is learning how to fight for her and other women’s rights after suffering a life “full of pain”, thanks to a UN-supported programme…

UN delivers more aid into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN delivers more aid into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause 24 November 2023 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Two men share drinking water in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations was able to scale up delivery of humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza during the humanitarian pause that went into effect on Friday following an agreement reached this week between Israel and Hamas…

In visit to Antarctica, Guterres appeals for action to end ‘climate anarchy’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home In visit to Antarctica, Guterres appeals for action to end ‘climate anarchy’ 24 November 2023 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres looks across the ice sheet at Frei Antarctica base. Antarctica has been called the sleeping giant, but it is now being awoken by climate chaos, the UN Secretary-General has warned…

Clashes in eastern DR Congo displace 450,000 in six weeks

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Clashes in eastern DR Congo displace 450,000 in six weeks 24 November 2023 © UNHCR/Blaise Sanyila People who have fled clashes and violence in North Kivu seek refuge in Rusayo, in the DR Congo. Humanitarians are urgently scaling up aid in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where an escalating crisis is again unfolding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the UN Children’s Fund…

Gaza: Start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need 24 November 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A five-year-old boy drinks bottled water delivered by UNICEF in the Khan Younis camp. Trucks with relief supplies continued to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Friday after the entry into force of a four-day pause in fighting, UN humanitarians said…

From the Field: A destroyed Ukrainian village rebuilds

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: A destroyed Ukrainian village rebuilds 24 November 2023 UN Ukraine Human rights officers examine a kitchen where a rocket landed in Posad-Pokrovske in the Kherson region of Ukraine. On a sunny day, Ivan, a burly retired welder in his fifties, stood in front of his ruined house in Posad-Pokrovske, in the Kherson region of Ukraine…