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UN peacekeepers saving lives but need stronger political support and resources, top official urges

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN peacekeepers saving lives but need stronger political support and resources, top official urges 09 September 2024 UN Photo/Christian Jonathan Guev UN peacekeepers often serve in very challenging situations, bravely protecting civilians and maintaining peace in conflict zones. As conflicts grow more complex and armed groups increasingly weaponize low-cost technologies like improvised…

New use of cluster bombs threatens global ban, report warns

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New use of cluster bombs threatens global ban, report warns 09 September 2024 © Norwegian People's Aid/Santiago Ocampo Cluster munitions are prepared for destruction in Pisco, Peru. Cluster bomblets continue to kill thousands of civilians, mostly children, and the new use of this predominantly outlawed class of weapons is threatening efforts to universally ban them, according to a new…

Reconnect with our common humanity and reject ‘treacherous new normal’

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Reconnect with our common humanity and reject ‘treacherous new normal’ 09 September 2024 © OHCHR/Anthony Headley Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his annual global update on Monday, urging the international community to reject a “new normal”…

The world must ‘wake up and help Sudan out of the nightmare of conflict’, says WHO’s Tedros

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home The world must ‘wake up and help Sudan out of the nightmare of conflict’, says WHO’s Tedros 08 September 2024 © UNOCHA/Ala Kheir An internally displaced woman cooks in an open space in the El Ban Gadeed settlement in Sudan. Sudan’s health system is “near collapse” after 16 months of war have left the country and its people facing what the UN’s top health official described on Sunday as the “…

Investing in clean air can saves lives and combat climate change

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Investing in clean air can saves lives and combat climate change 07 September 2024 Unsplash/Luca Baggio In Landmannalaugar, Iceland (pictured) clean air is important for the health and day-to-day lives of people. The UN Secretary-General is marking ‘Clean Air Day’ with a call for global investment in solutions that tackle climate change and the increasing public health, environmental, and…

UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov Men work at an apartment building in Poltava, a city in central Ukraine, that was damaged in an attack. Continued Russian attacks across Ukraine this week made for a tragic start to the new school year, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a…

Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba UNICEF staff prepare to administer polio vaccines at a health clinic in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a polio vaccination campaign there, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said…

Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Adriana Zehbrauskas A young woman walks through Kadugli town, South Kordofan state of Sudan, where sexual abuse is 'rampant', rights investigators said. Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo as they recounted…

UN leads search for synergy on climate and development

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN leads search for synergy on climate and development 06 September 2024 United Nations 5th Global Climate and SDG Synergy Conference. Governments, experts and civil society representatives met in Brazil this week for a UN-backed conference to examine solutions that address the interlinked challenges of the climate emergency and the sustainable development crisis.…

Millions impacted by ‘catastrophic and massive floods’ in Bangladesh

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Millions impacted by ‘catastrophic and massive floods’ in Bangladesh 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash A mother carries her daughters through flood waters during July's monsoon season in Bangladesh. Recent “catastrophic and massive floods” in Bangladesh have affected millions of people across the country, including those in Cox’s Bazar where nearly one million Rohingya…