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Explainer: What’s a dignity kit?

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: What’s a dignity kit? 01 June 2024 UNICEF/Prashanth Vishwanathan A teacher in India leads an awareness class about menstrual and general hygiene to her students. (file) Every month, nearly two billion women and girls menstruate, but during times of war and climate disasters, from the conflict in Gaza to the devastation caused by Cyclone Remal in Asia, UN humanitarian teams…

Director-General's remarks at the Commemoration of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Commemoration of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 31 May 2024 Tatiana Valovaya  The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Friday, 31 May 2024 at 3.00 p.m., UN Memorial, Ariana ParkDelivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva Excellencies,  UN peacekeepers,…

Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access 31 May 2024 © UNICEF/Tariq Khalil Children collect clean, safe water from a UNICEF-installed station in Al-Serif village in Sudan's Darfur. Famine in Sudan is “imminent” if aid agencies continue to be prevented from providing relief, UN humanitarians warned on Friday…

UN official urges DPR Korea to halt missile activities and return to dialogue

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN official urges DPR Korea to halt missile activities and return to dialogue 31 May 2024 Unsplash/Micha Brändli Flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea fly in Pyongyang. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) repeated launches using ballistic missile technology not only violate Security Council resolutions but also pose a serious risk to aviation and maritime…

Top UN relief official in Ukraine deplores deadly strikes in Kharkiv

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN relief official in Ukraine deplores deadly strikes in Kharkiv 31 May 2024 © IOM Aftermath of an attack in the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has strongly condemned the latest deadly Russian missile strikes in Kharkiv.  The attacks occurred…

Gaza: Children are starving amid persistent aid access obstacles, warn UN agencies

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Children are starving amid persistent aid access obstacles, warn UN agencies 31 May 2024 © WFP/Jaber Badwan A man carries a parcel of high energy biscuits that just entered through the humanitarian maritime corridor. Far too little aid is reaching people in Gaza to the extent that children are now starving, UN humanitarians said on Friday, in a renewed appeal to Israel…

UN humanitarian flight takes vital medical supplies to Haiti

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN humanitarian flight takes vital medical supplies to Haiti 31 May 2024 © WFP/UNHAS WFP cargo flight at Port-au-Prince airport with crucial medical supplies for those most in need in Haiti. On Thursday, a humanitarian flight operated by the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flew from Panama to Haiti – specifically the Port-au-Prince airport – for the first time in three months, according…

UN human rights chief sounds alarm over rising violence in Burkina Faso

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN human rights chief sounds alarm over rising violence in Burkina Faso 31 May 2024 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh There has been a sharp rise in attacks against civilians in Burkina Faso. Pictured here, slippers outside a communal space at a camp for displaced persons. The UN’s top human rights official on Friday voiced serious concern over the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Burkina…

Situation in southern Gaza ‘horrific and apocalpytic’: WFP

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Situation in southern Gaza ‘horrific and apocalpytic’: WFP 31 May 2024 © WFP/Ali Jadallah Thousands of Gazan families are evacuating Rafah City after Israeli airstrikes. Aid corridors in southern Gaza must be fully opened to allow the entry of food, fuel and other desperately needed relief items, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday…

Global AI summit tackles misinformation and deepfakes with a little ‘bot’ of help

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Global AI summit tackles misinformation and deepfakes with a little ‘bot’ of help 31 May 2024 Служба новостей ООН/A. Успенский Фрагмент экспозиции саммита «ИИ во благо». The thorny issue of how to protect the unwary from deepfakes was just one of the key issues in the spotlight at a UN conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) held in Geneva this week, where a staggering 25,000…