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How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children and their families fetching water from a UNICEF-supported water tank in Deir Al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. A relentless siege, deadly targeted attacks and chronic restrictions on lifesaving aid deliveries into the war-torn Gaza Strip by Israeli forces: that’s just some of what aid workers are grappling…

More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council 16 September 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza. Not enough progress is being made in getting desperately needed aid and commercial goods into Gaza, the UN…

Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to rethink ‘outdated and ineffective’ international financial architecture

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to rethink ‘outdated and ineffective’ international financial architecture 16 September 2024 © FAO/Luis Tato Women sell okra at a market in Tanout, Niger. Some of the world’s poorest countries spend more on debt repayments than on health, education and infrastructure combined, severely hampering their chances of developing their economies. At the …

Health teams brave war conditions in Sudan to save newborn babies

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Health teams brave war conditions in Sudan to save newborn babies 15 September 2024 © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty Midwives and other health professionals at the Khartoum Maternity Hospital, Sudan.. The civil war in Sudan has brought to country’s health system to its knees. UN mobile health teams are attempting to plug the gaps, crossing conflict zones to help pregnant women to give birth…

Unchecked AI threatens democracy, warns UN chief

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Unchecked AI threatens democracy, warns UN chief 15 September 2024 UNDP/Rochan Kadariya Young Mozambicans show the finger marked with blue ink after voting in the general elections in Mozambique. Left unchecked, artificial intelligence (AI) could destabilize democratic systems by spreading disinformation, fueling hate speech and distorting public opinion through deepfakes, the UN Secretary-…

Guterres calls for ‘culture of peace’ and global unity, as crises mount

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls for ‘culture of peace’ and global unity, as crises mount 13 September 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General António Guterres rings the Peace Bell during the ceremony held at UN headquarters in observance of the International Day of Peace 2024 (21 September). Amid escalating global conflicts, deepening divisions and mounting crisis, the UN Secretary-General on Friday…

WHO approves first mpox vaccine to boost access in Africa

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home WHO approves first mpox vaccine to boost access in Africa 13 September 2024 © WHO/Guerchom Ndebo A man in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has his blood drawn as part of his treatment for mpox. The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use of an mpox vaccine for the first time, which it says should facilitate “timely and increased access” for millions at risk in Africa…

Gaza: WHO chief hails ‘massive success’ of polio campaign amid tragic reality

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: WHO chief hails ‘massive success’ of polio campaign amid tragic reality 13 September 2024 © WHO A health worker administers the polio vaccine to a baby in Gaza. Around 560,000 children under ten have been successfully vaccinated against polio during the first round of an emergency campaign in the Gaza Strip, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday…

Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests 13 September 2024 © Unsplash/Hasan Almasi Women and girls' rights are being repressed in Iran according to a UN independent fact-finding mission. The Iranian Government has intensified its efforts to suppress the fundamental rights of women and girls and crush remaining initiatives of women’s activism, UN Human…

Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands in need of aid as flooding wipes out homes – WFP

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands in need of aid as flooding wipes out homes – WFP 13 September 2024 © UNICEF/KC Nwakalor Millions remain displaced across Nigeria due to conflict, climate change impacts and natural disasters. In this file photo, a girl carries water to her shelter at an IDP camp in the country's northeast. UN humanitarians are rushing to assist scores of newly displaced…