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Gaza: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital
27 February 2024
UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access restrictions placed on them by the Israeli military, after ambulances carrying patients away from a stricken hospital at the weekend were stopped for several hours while health workers were searched and detained…
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With eyes on Gaza, Ukraine, UN chief launches rights protection pledge
26 February 2024
An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would spell the end for UN-led humanitarian relief to the people of Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday, in a wide-ranging call to the international community to fulfil its “primary responsibility” of promoting and protecting human rights everywhere and for everyone…
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Explainer: What is the UN Human Rights Council?
26 February 2024
War crimes, racism, arbitrary detention and rape as a weapon of war: these just a few of the pressing international issues over which the UN Human Rights Council deliberates.
Its new session beginning on Monday is the longest ever, running until April, and promises a packed agenda, with ongoing wars in…
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Deadlock over disarmament ‘not acceptable’: Guterres
26 February 2024
Amid geopolitical divides, arms competition, increasingly dangerous new technologies and an elevated nuclear risk, the Secretary-General on Monday highlighted his concern that the UN Conference on Disarmament is consistently failing to deliver.
The Conference, which was established with the primary goal of…
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Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA
26 February 2024
Very little humanitarian aid has entered besieged Gaza this month, with a 50 per cent reduction compared to January, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday.
Writing on the social media platform X, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that “…
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World unites at UN Environment Assembly to combat ‘triple planetary crisis’
26 February 2024
The latest meeting of the “world’s parliament on the environment” opened in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday with a clear call for stronger global action to address the “triple planetary crisis” of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
More than 7,000 delegates from 182…
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World News in Brief: Fighting continues in DR Congo, Russian anti-war campaigner harassment, LGBTQ rights
26 February 2024
Fighting between Government forces and the M23 rebel group has flared up again in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after a brief lull, the UN Spokesperson said on Monday.
Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents at the regular press briefing…
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Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Fifth Regular Session and Holds Minute of Silence in Memory of All Victims of Human Rights Violations Worldwide
26 February 2024
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The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifty-fifth regular session, hearing statements from the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Head…
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What is the UN Environment Assembly and why does it matter?
25 February 2024
Every two years, all 193 UN Member States have an opportunity to collectively address critical environmental issues facing the planet. This moment is the United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA, the sixth edition of which will be held from 26 February to 1 March, in Nairobi, Kenya.
Set up as a…
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Drawing a line in the sand as communities adapt to climate change
25 February 2024
Communities in some of the most climate-change-affected areas in southern Madagascar are finding ways to thrive in increasingly challenging environments by becoming more resilient and adapting to unpredictable weather patterns.
UN News’s Daniel Dickinson travelled to Madagascar ahead of the…
