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Skyrocketing violence against children in Sudan demands urgent protection measures: UN report

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Skyrocketing violence against children in Sudan demands urgent protection measures: UN report 31 July 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria Children shelter in the shade in Tambasi centre in El Fasher, North Darfur. The conflict in Sudan has led to a horrifying surge in violence against children, a new UN report has revealed, underscoring the need for urgent and tangible protection measures…

UN ramps up assistance to survivors of Papua New Guinea massacre

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN ramps up assistance to survivors of Papua New Guinea massacre 31 July 2024 © Spotlight Initiative/Rachel Donovan Papua New Guinea highlands region. UN agencies have stepped up emergency support to survivors of a massacre in a remote region of Papua New Guinea that occurred earlier this month.…

Middle East: Beirut and Tehran attacks ‘represent a dangerous escalation’, Guterres warns

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: Beirut and Tehran attacks ‘represent a dangerous escalation’, Guterres warns 31 July 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Sudan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to prevent escalation in the Middle East, following an Israeli strike on Lebanon’s capital and the reported killing…

World News in Brief: Gaza update, Venezuela election violence, executions in South Sudan

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Gaza update, Venezuela election violence, executions in South Sudan 31 July 2024 © UNRWA In Khan Younis, thousands of people are fleeing for their lives again. Thousands of people have returned to parts of Khan Younis in Gaza following the announced completion of Israeli ground operations in these areas earlier in the week, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said…

More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say 31 July 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson A young mother in Madagascar breastfeeds her newborn at a hospital in the south of the country. The heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for greater access to breastfeeding support to both reduce health…

Security Council debates ‘serious and dangerous escalation’ in the Middle East

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council debates ‘serious and dangerous escalation’ in the Middle East 31 July 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wide view of the UN Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East. The UN’s top political affairs official reiterated the urgent need for de-escalation in the Middle East, appealing in the Security Council on Wednesday for “swift and effective diplomatic action”, as…

Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies 30 July 2024 © UNRWA A woman attends a health clinic with a baby in the Gaza Strip. (file) In a bid to prevent a polio epidemic in Gaza, UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated continuing international calls for a ceasefire to allow a mass vaccination campaign to get underway…

UN rights office condemns forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office condemns forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem 30 July 2024 © UNRWA/Kazem Abu Khalaf Israeli police at the entrance of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in Jerusalem. The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed concern on Tuesday over the forced evictions of over 80 Palestinian families in the Silwan area of occupied East…

Kazakhstan tightens laws to combat trafficking of newborns

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Kazakhstan tightens laws to combat trafficking of newborns 30 July 2024 © Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan A woman checks on her newborn as a nurse monitors the baby's condition at a perinatal centre in Astana, Kazakhstan. Babies are being sold for up to $4,500 in Kazakhstan, but the government is cracking down on traffickers with a new law adopted earlier this month…

Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence 30 July 2024 UN News National Assembly of Venezuela in Caracas. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern over the situation in Venezuela following the recent presidential election.…