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Sudan crisis: UN health agency alerts over attack on key hospital
10 June 2024
Further deadly violence in Sudan’s besieged El Fasher city has forced a major hospital to shut over the weekend after soldiers stormed the facility, prompting alarm on Monday from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) about the serious impact on sick and injured patients.
“WHO is appalled by the…
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Gaza: Security Council adopts US resolution calling for ‘immediate, full and complete ceasefire’
10 June 2024
The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution aimed at reaching a comprehensive ceasefire deal in three phases to end the war in Gaza, with US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield telling members "today, we voted for peace."
The United States-drafted text calls…
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World News in Brief: ‘Gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan, DR Congo rights abuses, reforestation crucial to climate fight
10 June 2024
The oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021 is unmatched in terms of scale and generational impact, according to a new update on gender discrimination in the country from UN Women released on Monday…
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Envoy highlights progress towards a new political landscape in Central Africa
10 June 2024
The adoption of a new constitution in Chad alongside new inclusive dialogue in Gabon, standout as positive recent developments in Central Africa, the head of the UN office for the region said on Monday.
But, briefing the Security Council, Abdou Abarry, Special Representative of the…
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Support Palestinian women-led organizations at heart of Gaza aid response
10 June 2024
The UN agency championing gender equality called on Monday for greater investment in Palestinian women-led organizations who are at the forefront of humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip.
UN Women published its fourth Gender Alert since the war began eight months ago, which…
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Youth in Haiti remain optimistic amid worsening instability
10 June 2024
The crisis in Haiti has left children among the most vulnerable to extreme violence, malnutrition, poverty, and collapsing social systems there, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The agency surveyed over 3500 young people in early June, the majority of whom believe their rights are…
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HRC Press Conference
10 June 2024
Press Conference Announcement
56th regular session of the Human Rights Council
Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council
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Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Sixth Regular Session from 18 June to 12 July 2024
10 June 2024
Press Release
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-sixth regular session from 18 June to 12 July 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 18 June under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco). The opening will be addressed…
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First Person: Guest editing UN News’s first live blog takeover
09 June 2024
Activist, actor and talk show host Nick Herd will be leading the UN News team as its first ever guest editor on Tuesday, when people from around the world gather at UN Headquarters to take part in the largest global meeting on issues that affect people with disabilities.
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Gaza: Deaths and devastation during hostage rescue operation show ‘seismic trauma’ of ongoing war
09 June 2024
The scenes of devastation witnessed in the aftermath of Israel’s military operation to release hostages from the Nuseirat refugee camp proves that each day the war continues “it only grows more horrific” the UN’s top humanitarian official said on Sunday.
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