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Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank
13 May 2024
Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week amid continuing Israeli bombardment that has crippled humanitarian aid deliveries and is believed to have killed another UN aid worker, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday.
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‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency
13 May 2024
Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to trafficking every year, a new report by the UN crime and drugs prevention office, UNODC, showed on Monday.
“Wildlife crime inflicts untold harm upon nature and it also jeopardizes…
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Complementary admissions for refugees reach record highs: UNHCR report
13 May 2024
A new report jointly issued by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals a significant increase in the issuance of study, work, family reunification and sponsorship permits to refugees by OECD countries and Brazil.
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UN security staff killed in Gaza; Guterres calls for probe
13 May 2024
A staff member of the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) died and another was injured when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, on Monday.
Condemning all attacks on UN personnel, Secretary-General António Guterres called for a full investigation,…
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World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti
13 May 2024
A senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday for urgent action to support diplomatic and long-term solutions to address the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Concluding a five-day visit to the region, UNICEF Deputy…
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Opens Eighty-Eighth Session
13 May 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-eighth session, hearing a statement from Ibrahim Salama, Chief, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting…
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Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the Asian Women's Forum
13 May 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
Opening of the Asian Women’s Forum “Regional approach to expanding the economic, social and political rights and opportunities of women”Monday, 13 May 2024, at 10:30 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,Dear friends,Let me begin by thanking the President and Government of Uzbekistan and UN Women for organizing this important and…
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Japan: Safeguarding a mother tongue and mother nature
12 May 2024
When asked what might be the most beautiful word in Shimamuni, the Indigenous language variety spoken on Okinoerabu Island in Kagoshima prefecture of southwestern Japan, Nami Sao pondered for a moment before replying “mihedirodoo.”
Her husband, Tomoyuki Sao, is quick to elaborate that its utterance is always…
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UN teams dispatch aid as deadly flash floods hit northern Afghanistan
12 May 2024
UN humanitarian teams scrambled to get lifesaving aid to communities devastated by deadly flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan over the weekend.
Flash floods in the area have reportedly killed at least 300 people, including 51 children, with many more injured, with these figures expected to…
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Gaza: We must prevent a large-scale offensive in Rafah, UN pleads
12 May 2024
The Secretary-General and the UN human rights chief said again on Sunday that a large-scale Israeli offensive in Rafah must be prevented at all costs, warning of catastrophic consequences in the densely populated southern area in Gaza.
The warning comes as the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA,…
