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Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since end of Assad dictatorship
02 January 2025
More than 115,000 people have reportedly returned to Syria from countries such as Türkiye, Jordan and Lebanon since 8 December – the fall of the Assad regime - the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
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UN chief condemns New Orleans truck attack
02 January 2025
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Wednesday’s truck attack that killed at least 15 people in the city of New Orleans.
Media reports indicated that a US male citizen had intentionally driven a pick-up truck into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in the city’s French quarter…
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World News in Brief: Deaths on the Mediterranean, rights in Venezuela, new Security Council members take their seats
02 January 2025
Governments must do more to address the root causes of mass migration, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s Special Coordinator for the refugee and migrant response in Europe said on Thursday.
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‘It will take years to help people deal with the invisible consequences of war’: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
01 January 2025
Since he began his mandate as UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale has seen for himself the devastating effects of the Russian invasion. In this account, written exclusively for UN News, Mr. Schmale shares his impressions of Ukraine, and the efforts of the UN System to support its citizens…
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‘Absolutely the wrong path,’ Türk warns against Afghanistan’s ban on women in NGOs
31 December 2024
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan’s recent decision to revoke the licenses of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that continue to employ Afghan women in the country.
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UNRWA chief renews call for probe into attacks on humanitarians in Gaza
31 December 2024
The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, issued a fresh call on Tuesday for investigations into the “systematic disregard” for humanitarian workers and humanitarian premises in Gaza.
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini made the appeal in a statement…
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Report details bleak human rights situation in Ukraine nearly three years into Russian invasion
31 December 2024
A new report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) highlights persistent suffering of civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) while Russia continues to expand its control over occupied territories.
Covering the period of September…
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WHO continues to urge China to share data five years after COVID-19
31 December 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week reflected on COVID-19, and ongoing efforts to understand the disease, five years after its emergence.
WHO recalled that on 31 December 2019, its Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from…
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UNHCR urges greater support for people fleeing post-election violence in Mozambique
31 December 2024
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR is deeply alarmed by the ongoing situation in Mozambique, where post-election unrest has forced thousands to flee their homes, including to seek safety in neighbouring countries.
The violence comes after the top court in Mozambique confirmed…
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Recruitment of child soldiers is on the rise, despite global commitments
31 December 2024
2024 marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of a UN commitment to protect children from being recruited as soldiers. However, armed groups have increased the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was hailed as a historic agreement…
