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Lebanon: Food insecurity deepens following conflict, new report reveals

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Food insecurity deepens following conflict, new report reveals 22 January 2025 © WFP The UN World Food Programme (WFP) distributes food rations to displaced families from Lebanon. Nearly a third of Lebanon’s population is facing acute food insecurity following the escalation of hostilities in late 2024, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)…

In Syria, top UN envoy highlights international backing for political transition

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home In Syria, top UN envoy highlights international backing for political transition 22 January 2025 © UNICEF/Muhannad Aldhaher A family gathers at a reception centre in Ar-Raqqa city, Syria. The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Wednesday emphasised the strong international consensus that is emerging in support of the country’s political transition since the fall of the Assad regime last month…

World News in Brief: Gaza aid surge, El Fasher update, aid to Somalia, justice in Belarus

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Gaza aid surge, El Fasher update, aid to Somalia, justice in Belarus 22 January 2025 © UNRWA Much of Gaza has been destroyed during the war with Israel. The UN and partners are “seizing every opportunity” provided by the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to support civilians, providing a surge in aid alongside storage capacity, repair work, lifesaving services and damage…

Myanmar crisis: Civilians killed in airstrikes as Rohingya risk dangerous journeys

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar crisis: Civilians killed in airstrikes as Rohingya risk dangerous journeys 22 January 2025 © ЮНИСЕФ/П. Браун Последние четыре года выдались крайне сложными для жителей Мьянмы. The security situation in Myanmar continues to remain highly volatile, with intensified airstrikes across multiple regions leading to dozens of civilian casualties, the UN Office for the Coordination of…

Colombia: Catatumbo killings highlight fragility of peace process

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Colombia: Catatumbo killings highlight fragility of peace process 22 January 2025 © UNICEF/Susan Markisz The kitchen of a makeshift rural home in northern Colombia, a region deeply affected by poverty. (file) The recent deadly violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region has highlighted the ongoing challenges in consolidating peace, eight years after the signing of the 2016 Final Peace Agreement…

Support for Haiti needed now ‘more than ever’, Security Council hears

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Support for Haiti needed now ‘more than ever’, Security Council hears 22 January 2025 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Maria Isabel Salvador (on screen), Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, briefs the Security Council. Haiti is showing signs of progress on the political front despite serious setbacks in terms of security, the Special Representative and Head of the UN office in…

UN regrets US exit from global cooperation on health, climate change agreement

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN regrets US exit from global cooperation on health, climate change agreement 21 January 2025 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra A polio vaccine is administered to a child in Gaza, a campaign supported by WHO. UN agencies responded on Tuesday to President Trump’s executive orders ending US membership of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the…

Aid surging into Gaza ‘at scale’ but massive needs remain: OCHA, WHO

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Aid surging into Gaza ‘at scale’ but massive needs remain: OCHA, WHO 21 January 2025 © UNRWA Much of Gaza lies in ruins after 15 months of bombardments. Aid is entering Gaza “at scale” in line with the ceasefire agreement that has seen Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners released and families reunited, but massive needs remain across the devastated enclave, UN humanitarians said on…

UN rights expert calls for end to Russia’s crackdown on lawyers

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights expert calls for end to Russia’s crackdown on lawyers 21 January 2025 UN News Mariana Katzarova began work as the first UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation on 1 May 2023, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council. A UN independent human rights expert on Tuesday called for an end to Russia’s severe crackdown on the legal…

Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers 21 January 2025 UN News/Vibhu Mishra A glacier in the Langtang region of Nepal which has been in retreat for some years. As glaciers disappear at an alarming rate due to climate change, the UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP…