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Haiti: Education in jeopardy as gang violence continues
11 September 2024
Ongoing violence in Haiti is putting the education of over 100,000 displaced children in the south at risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.
The continued surge in armed gang activity, particularly in the capital, Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, has put immense pressure on…
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Remembering 9/11, UN chief expresses solidarity with victims and their loved ones
11 September 2024
The United Nations joined its host city, New York, in commemorating the 2,977 lives lost on 11 September 2001, when Al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four aircrafts and flew them into buildings in the United States.
Two of the planes struck the twin skyscrapers of the World Trade…
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Mpox: UNHCR launches appeal to support refugees in African countries
11 September 2024
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed on Wednesday for $21.4 million to urgently scale up health services for forcibly displaced people in African countries impacted by mpox.
The funding will support critical response and prevention efforts for 9.9 million refugees and host…
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Viet Nam mobilises massive response as Typhoon Yagi leaves a trail of catastrophe
11 September 2024
A massive disaster response has been launched in Viet Nam following widespread damage inflicted by Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in almost three decades, the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported.
The storm…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
10 September 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, and the United Nations Trade and Development. Floods in ChadJens…
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Gaza: UN envoy condemns deadly strike on camp in humanitarian zone
10 September 2024
The UN Middle East envoy has strongly condemned deadly airstrikes by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday on a densely populated area in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in Gaza.
Thousands of displaced Palestinians were staying in the camp in Khan Younis, and at least 19 people…
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WFP continues to support millions amid ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine
10 September 2024
Nearly 50 million people in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe are not getting enough to eat, or double the number from before the Arab Spring over a decade ago, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday in New York.
Corinne Fleischer,…
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Security Council: UN calls for safe, unimpeded passage of aid to Ukraine
10 September 2024
The Security Council in New York on Tuesday debated the latest barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have targeted multiple cities across Ukraine in recent days. The acting UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told ambassadors that the human suffering during Russia's on-going invasion "continues at intolerable levels". UN News app users can follow our coverage here…
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General Assembly wraps up with calls for unity and resolve
10 September 2024
The 78th session of the UN General Assembly closed on Tuesday, concluding a tumultuous year in international diplomacy and underscoring the need for a collective resolve among nations to confront pressing challenges.
Secretary-General António Guterres said the past year had been marked by ongoing…
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Escalating violence in Syria raises fear of ‘large-scale war’
10 September 2024
Increased violence along the frontlines in Syria, with continued war crimes on all sides, is leaving civilians in the region fearful of a “large-scale war”, a new report from the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry released on Tuesday warns.
After over a decade of brutal fighting, the Commission…
