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What to expect at the United Nations general debate

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home What to expect at the United Nations general debate 18 September 2024 UN Photo/Cia Pak UN Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) addresses the opening of 78th session of the General Assembly annual debate. (file) It’s the busiest and probably most high-profile week at UN Headquarters in New York, where leaders from across the world come together to discuss global issues or highlight…

Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher 18 September 2024 © WFP/Leni Kinzli A boy walks in the Al Salaam camp for displaced people in North Darfur. A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival military factions across the country, is heightening the risk of atrocities, including violence against women, and worsening the…

Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency 18 September 2024 © UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis Cows are driven along a flooded road in South Sudan. Amid renewed warnings from leading climate scientists that global warming could reach 3C above pre-industrial levels this century, the head of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) insisted on…

‘Create a future fit for our grandchildren’, Guterres urges, ahead of gamechanger Summit

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Create a future fit for our grandchildren’, Guterres urges, ahead of gamechanger Summit 18 September 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaking at a press conference ahead of the General Assembly high-level week. Countries must use a once-in-a-generation UN summit to address current and emerging global challenges and reform outdated international institutions…

World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease asylum seekers’ plight, mpox cash boost

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease asylum seekers’ plight, mpox cash boost 18 September 2024 © WFP/Abdullah Al-Garadi Children carry WFP food rations in a makeshift camp for displaced people in Marib, Yemen. Regional directors from six UN agencies and three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on Wednesday for the immediate and unconditional…

UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory 18 September 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Result of the General Assembly vote on a draft resolution on the ICJ advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted…

Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression 17 September 2024 UN News/Victoria Fernandez Caracas the capital city of Venezuela. Violence used against opponents of the Venezuelan authorities has reached unprecedented levels, a top independent human rights probe alleged on Tuesday, citing arrests, sexual abuse and torture as just some of the methods used by the Government of…

Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods 17 September 2024 © UNHCR Families wade through floodwaters to access a water point at a site for internally displaced people in Dikwa in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno State. UN agencies and their humanitarian partners are providing life-saving relief to families in Nigeria who lost their homes during recent flooding…

Over 5,000 civilians killed since Myanmar military coup

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Over 5,000 civilians killed since Myanmar military coup 17 September 2024 © UNOCHA/Siegfried Modola A family arrives to safety after fleeing the restive east of Myanmar. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, issued its latest report on Myanmar on Tuesday, detailing a range of serious violations that continue to underscore the deepening crisis and lack of rule of law throughout the country.…

Top UN official appeals for calm following wave of pager explosions in Lebanon

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN official appeals for calm following wave of pager explosions in Lebanon 17 September 2024 UN News (File) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at a Security Council meeting. The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, has called for calm following attacks across the country on Tuesday which killed at least nine people, including children, and left thousands injured - many…