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World News in Brief: Vaccine ‘patches’ trial shows promise, lowering catheter infection risk, Guantanamo detainee facing revictimisation

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Vaccine ‘patches’ trial shows promise, lowering catheter infection risk, Guantanamo detainee facing revictimisation 09 May 2024 © WHO A girl in Kazakhstan receives a measles vaccine. New trials of a vaccine patch instead of shots, are showing promise. Few enjoy having injections and if you have children, you probably like them even less when it’s time for their mandated…

‘Outrageous’ arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily shutter East Jerusalem compound

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Outrageous’ arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily shutter East Jerusalem compound 09 May 2024 © UN Photo/Srdjan Slavkovic Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), briefs journalists at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The head of the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) has temporarily closed its headquarters in…

First UN civil society forum held in Africa heralds ‘inclusive’ Summit of the Future

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home First UN civil society forum held in Africa heralds ‘inclusive’ Summit of the Future 09 May 2024 UN Nairobi Delegates at the opening of the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. On-screen, UN Deputy Secretary-General Maina Mohammad. ‘Meaningful participation’ and ‘inclusion’ were the buzzwords at the opening on Thursday of a major UN conference in Nairobi, Kenya, where governments…

Gaza: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams 09 May 2024 UN News A person leaves Rafah with his possessions. Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza’s southernmost city overnight and into Thursday, UN humanitarians reported…

Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder sounds a note against apartheid

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder sounds a note against apartheid 08 May 2024 UN Photo United States singing legend Stevie Wonder describes his commitment against apartheid at a press conference at UN Headquarters in 1985. (file) “You know you are saying something right,” Stevie Wonder told reporters at UN Headquarters on his birthday in 1985. “I really don’t mind being banned…

Unprecedented flooding displaces hundreds of thousands across East Africa

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Unprecedented flooding displaces hundreds of thousands across East Africa 08 May 2024 © UNHCR/Bernard Ntwari Homes in Kajaga in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, where urban refugees also reside, are flooded as the Rusizi stream breaks its banks due to ongoing heavy rains. “Unprecedented and devastating” flooding in East Africa has triggered widespread displacement with hundreds of…

No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency 08 May 2024 UN News Gazans are evacuating Rafah in fear of a ground attack. Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that “no fuel or aid” is getting into the enclave…

Another climate record: Extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Latin America and Caribbean

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Another climate record: Extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Latin America and Caribbean 08 May 2024 © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi Two children stand barefoot on cracked, parched soil in a dry riverbed in southern Bolivia. (file) 2023 saw another climate record tumble, with Latin America and the Caribbean registering their hottest ever recorded temperatures, according to the UN’s weather…

No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans, says WHO chief

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans, says WHO chief 08 May 2024 © Unsplash/Finn Mund H5N1 avian influenza is common among wild birds and has caused outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows. The H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human transmission, the UN health agency said on Wednesday, urging continued surveillance…

Director-General's remarks at the reception on the occasion of the installation of a "Red Bench"

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the reception on the occasion of the installation of a "Red Bench" 08 May 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Reception on the occasion of the installation of a “red bench”Permanent Mission of Italy in GenevaWednesday, 8 May 2024 at 11.30 a.m. Ambassador Grassi,Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,Let me begin by thanking the Permanent Mission of Italy for organizing this reception and for drawing the attention of International Geneva to…