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World News in Brief: Air travel boom erases COVID dip, ‘disturbing’ new anti-LGBT bill in Ghana, rights abuses in Crimea
28 February 2024
The UN aviation agency on Wednesday announced that air traffic levels are operating at around two per cent above their high in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded much of the world’s population in lockdown.
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No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza
28 February 2024
No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone has become in Gaza, according to a team of doctors trapped for weeks inside the besieged Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis.
“Life is very difficult here,” hospital manager Dr. Haidar Al-Qudra…
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Humanitarians launch $674 million appeal urging ‘increased solidarity’ with Haiti
28 February 2024
Humanitarians are hoping that donors will robustly support a $674 million appeal for Haiti, where armed gangs continue to terrorize the population, a senior UN official said on Wednesday during a briefing to journalists in New York.
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Stories from the UN Archive: Leap year events from UN history
28 February 2024
It’s leap year, which gives February a 29th day only once every four years. This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re looking at what has happened on 29 February in UN history.
From expanding indigenous peoples’ seats at the UN table to appointing an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra co-founded by renowned…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
27 February 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, and the Human Rights Council. Situation in Gaza…
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Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend Honduras’ Migration Reception Centres, Ask about Disappearances of Migrants and Illegal Intercountry Adoptions
27 February 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of Honduras’s initial report on additional information under article 29 (4) of the International Convention on…
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World News in Brief: Noncommunicable diseases in emergencies, aid plan for Haiti, peace efforts in CAR
27 February 2024
People caught up in humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), UN agencies and partners warned on Tuesday.
NCDs are responsible for 75 per cent of deaths…
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Security Council hears Gaza famine 'almost inevitable' unless aid is massively scaled up
27 February 2024
Well over half a million Gazans are just a step away from famine, said senior UN humanitarians, briefing the Security Council Tuesday on food security in the stricken enclave. The deputy head of UN aid coordination told ambassadors that famine is "almost inevitable" unless aid can be scaled up immediately…
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UN Syria envoy appeals for urgent de-escalation across the Middle East
27 February 2024
Fallout from conflict in the Middle East and ongoing fighting in Syria are having a devastating impact on civilians inside the country, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Tuesday.
“Regional spillover is only the latest accelerant to a conflict that…
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Universal connectivity gets a $9 billion private sector boost
27 February 2024
The mobile phone industry has pledged over $9 billion towards the goal of connecting the world, said the chief of the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Monday, addressing the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
“Universal meaningful connectivity is within our grasp,” said ITU…
