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Less ‘sleeping like sardines’, as Philippines adopts Nelson Mandela Rules for jails

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Less ‘sleeping like sardines’, as Philippines adopts Nelson Mandela Rules for jails 17 July 2024 UNODC/Laura Gil Detention facilities in the Philippines are amongst the most crowded in the world. The conditions in detention facilities in the Philippines, which have been described as “inhumane” by one of the country’s Supreme Court Justices, are expected to improve dramatically as the…

'Listening to the agony' in Gaza: Humanitarians struggle to meet needs of displaced

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home 'Listening to the agony' in Gaza: Humanitarians struggle to meet needs of displaced 17 July 2024 © UNRWA The destroyed Jabalia Health Centre, Gaza The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered more than 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since the October 7 terror attacks in Israel sparked the on-going war in Gaza, the agency’s top…

DPR Korea: Forced labour is institutionalized and dangerous, warns UN rights office

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home DPR Korea: Forced labour is institutionalized and dangerous, warns UN rights office 16 July 2024 © Unsplash/Thomas Evans People gather in front of a mural in Pyongyang, in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Forced labour is widespread and institutionalized across the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), maintained through violence and recrimination, the UN human rights…

Sudan: 800,000 still trapped in El Fasher where supplies running out, warns WHO

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: 800,000 still trapped in El Fasher where supplies running out, warns WHO 16 July 2024 © UNICEF/Omran Ahmed أسرة سودانية تضطر إلى النزوح بسبب استمرار القتال الذي اندلع في 15 نيسان/أبريل 2023. Hunger and fear of famine stalk Sudan where a staggering 800,000 people still remain trapped in the North Darfur capital El Fasher without enough food, water or medical support, the World Health…

UN and EU humanitarians appeal for more support for Haiti

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN and EU humanitarians appeal for more support for Haiti 16 July 2024 儿基会/Maxime Le Lijour 海地的一位母亲抱着她的孩子在流离失所者的临时住所里。 The multifaceted humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti requires urgent international attention, three senior aid officials from the United Nations and the European Union have said, wrapping up a four-day visit to the Caribbean country where they saw firsthand how ongoing gang…

Gaza: Multiple strikes kill dozens near UN aid hub as thousands flee fighting

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Multiple strikes kill dozens near UN aid hub as thousands flee fighting 16 July 2024 © UNRWA Amid continued forced displacement and destruction, UNRWA is providing crucial support to families across Gaza. (file) Multiple strikes have killed dozens of people in central Gaza, landing just 100 metres from a humanitarian hub, UN agencies said on Tuesday, as thousands continue to face…

Guterres renews call for accountability 10 years after ‘tragic downing’ of flight MH17

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres renews call for accountability 10 years after ‘tragic downing’ of flight MH17 16 July 2024 OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka Members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine examine the MH17 crash site in July 2014. Photo: OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka UN Secretary-General António Guterres is remembering the 298 people killed in “the…

World News in Brief: Sudan displacement ‘grim milestone’, UN deputy chief in West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire joins UN water treaty

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sudan displacement ‘grim milestone’, UN deputy chief in West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire joins UN water treaty 16 July 2024 © UNICEF/Osman Rajab Families arrive at a school in Gedaref after fleeing Sinja in southern Sudan. More than 10 million people in Sudan have been displaced since war erupted last April, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday, citing the…

Polarised Security Council debates meaning of multilateralism

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Polarised Security Council debates meaning of multilateralism 16 July 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Sergey Lavrov (third from left at table), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation and President of the Security Council for the month of July, chairs the Security Council meeting The current polarised international political landscape was on raw display at the United Nations Security…

South Sudan faces growing humanitarian crisis, warns WHO

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home South Sudan faces growing humanitarian crisis, warns WHO 15 July 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih Children collect clean water from a pipe connected to their household. Twelve years on from independence the people of South Sudan continue to face huge challenges, exacerbated now by the war in neighbouring Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday…