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Guterres hails Gaza ceasefire deal as ‘critical first step’

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres hails Gaza ceasefire deal as ‘critical first step’ 15 January 2025 UN Photo/Manuel Elías UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) addresses the media at UN Headquarters after a ceasefire is announced in Gaza. The UN Secretary-General has welcomed Wednesday’s announcement of a deal to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza following 15 months of war.…

Guterres highlights ‘hope through action’ for 2025, amid continuing turmoil

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres highlights ‘hope through action’ for 2025, amid continuing turmoil 15 January 2025 © UNRWA Children in Gaza receive support from UNRWA staff members. The world continues to grapple with unprecedented challenges but there are reasons for cautious optimism in 2025 - on a long-awaited Gaza ceasefire, climate action, tackling inequaity and harnessing AI for the public good - Secretary-…

A decade of conflict: ‘Almost 40 million Yemenis have waited far too long’

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home A decade of conflict: ‘Almost 40 million Yemenis have waited far too long’ 15 January 2025 © UNICEF/Alaa Noman A young child in Yemen who is recovering from malnutrition plays with a vehicle tyre. The UN’s Special Envoy for Yemen and a top aid official briefed the Security Council on Wednesday warning of the grave consequences that could follow if hostilities stemming from its long running…

UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus 15 January 2025 OHCHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk visits Sednaya prison, on the outskirts of Damascus The UN human rights chief Volker Türk has described the unbearable suffering of former detainees under the deposed Assad regime and insisted that he stands with the people of…

Syria emergency: Four children a day killed or injured by leftover explosives

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Syria emergency: Four children a day killed or injured by leftover explosives 14 January 2025 © UNICEF/Muhannad Aldhaher Two boys play at a reception centre in Raqqa city in northern Syria. Their families recently returned to the country. Syria’s lethal legacy of landmines and other explosives left over from years of conflict has led to the deaths of over 100 children in the last month alone…

Haiti: spiralling gang violence has left more than one million displaced

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: spiralling gang violence has left more than one million displaced 14 January 2025 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier An IOM aid distribution point in Port-au-Prince Surging gang violence in Haiti has caused a threefold rise in the number of people uprooted from their homes in a year, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday, in a call for “sustained humanitarian assistance right now to save…

Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist 14 January 2025 © Unsplash/Hasan Almasi Porter le hijab en public est obligatoire pour les femmes en Iran. Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the Iranian Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death sentence of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish woman activist and social…

UN pledges continued humanitarian support to Ukraine, as war enters fourth year

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN pledges continued humanitarian support to Ukraine, as war enters fourth year 14 January 2025 © UNOCHA/Yurii Veres People who have been displaced by the war in Ukraine stay in a transit centre in Dnipro. The UN’s humanitarian coordinator and refugee chief are in Ukraine this week where they will unveil the latest plans to assist millions impacted by the full-scale Russian invasion.…

2025 agenda: ‘We must not let opportunities pass,’ says UN Assembly President

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home 2025 agenda: ‘We must not let opportunities pass,’ says UN Assembly President 14 January 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Philemon Yang (left), President of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly, briefs on his priorities for 2025. The President of the UN General Assembly Philémon Yang presented a detailed vision of his 2025 priorities for the world body on Tuesday, calling it an…

World News in Brief: North Gaza under siege, aid to millions in Syria, tensions in Mozambique

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: North Gaza under siege, aid to millions in Syria, tensions in Mozambique 14 January 2025 © UNRWA A family sits outside a shelter in Gaza. The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Tuesday reported further attacks on displacement shelters in Gaza which have been ongoing since 9 January…