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Ukraine: Civilian casualties spike following wave of Russian attacks
16 January 2024
Recent weeks have seen a steep increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine following an intensification of Russian attacks, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, said in a new report issued on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people across the country were killed or wounded…
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Gaza: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA
16 January 2024
The Israeli authorities have continued to block lifesaving aid from reaching northern Gaza 102 days since Hamas-led terror attacks triggered the war, UN humanitarians have insisted, just as UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that “the long shadow of starvation” stalks the people of Gaza…
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Europe: 1.4 million lives saved thanks to COVID-19 vaccines
16 January 2024
COVID-19 vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe – “irrefutable” proof of the power of these inoculations, the regional head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Delivering his first message of the new year, Dr. Hans Kluge stressed that without vaccines, the death…
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World News in Brief: Peacekeeper killed in CAR, Sudan war update, media clampdown in Kyrgyzstan
16 January 2024
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of a Cameroonian peacekeeper on Monday who was serving with the Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
Five other ‘blue helmets’ were injured during the attack…
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Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports
16 January 2024
The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported.
Eastern and southern African nations are among the worst affected, accounting for about 75 per cent of the fatalities and a third of…
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UN Assembly President outlines vision for 2024
16 January 2024
The President of the General Assembly on Tuesday laid out his priorities for the rest of his term, as the UN body of 193 Member States finds itself increasingly in the public spotlight over the Gaza crisis, and inaction on the divided Security Council.
Emphasizing a commitment to addressing pressing challenges,…
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US urged to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
16 January 2024
The imminent execution of an American prisoner by a new and untested method - suffocation by nitrogen gas - could amount to torture, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Tuesday.
Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted of murder in 1988 and is scheduled to be executed on 25 January in the…
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Ukraine war: UN humanitarians launch $4.2 billion appeal for most vulnerable
15 January 2024
Nearly two years since Russian forces launched a “full-blown war and occupation” of Ukraine, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths on Monday issued an urgent appeal together with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) for $4.2 billion.
Today, some 14.6 million people in the country need…
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UN urges radical change to aid relief access in Gaza amid fresh famine fears
15 January 2024
After more than 100 days of war in Gaza and no let-up in sight, senior UN humanitarians issued a rare joint appeal for greater aid access on Monday, expressing renewed fears of death due to famine and disease unless there is a “fundamental step change” in procedures.
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UN chief reiterates Gaza ceasefire call, condemns ‘collective punishment’ of Palestinians
15 January 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized the imperative of establishing “basic conditions” to facilitate safe and full-scale aid delivery to civilians in Gaza while stressing that only a ceasefire will prevent the crisis from escalating.
Addressing reporters…
