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Over 700 a day dying from small arms fire; main ‘weapons of choice’ for criminals and terrorists
15 December 2023
Amidst a multitude of global crises and escalating of armed conflicts, small arms and light weapons remain a silent killer, having claimed over 260,000 lives during 2021, amounting to 45 per cent of all violent deaths.
That’s according to Izumi Nakamitsu, High…
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UNRWA Press Conference
14 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Update on the UNRWA Commissioner General Visit to Gaza
The third since the war began on 7 October.
Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General
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Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’
14 December 2023
The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis”, according to a senior UN official, and the restive region of Darfur has been particularly badly affected.
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Stories from the UN Archive: Kissing trees and protecting the natural world
14 December 2023
A pioneer in the study of chimpanzees and a vocal environmental activist, Jane Goodall became a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002.
On the heels of the International Day of Neutrality, marked annually on 12 December, we took a look at Ms. Goodall’s contributions as a Messenger…
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Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate Palestinians
14 December 2023
Heavy rains created new misery in Gaza as UN humanitarians repeated deep concerns on Thursday over the deteriorating health situation in the Strip, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment and fighting with Palestinian armed groups.
UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said that many areas in…
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World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon
14 December 2023
E-cigarettes, which pose serious health risks, are being “aggressively marketed” to young people and in large parts of the world there are no rules in place to protect children from their harmful effects, UN health agency WHO warned on Thursday…
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'Desperate, hungry, terrified': Gazans stopping aid trucks in search of food
14 December 2023
Some Gazans are so desperate for food that they are now stopping aid trucks and immediately eating what they find, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday.
Speaking later in the day at UN Headquarters, the deputy head of the UN World Food…
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South Sudan: No basis for free and fair 2024 elections, warns Haysom
14 December 2023
South Sudan is in no position to hold free, fair, or secure elections slated for December next year, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) said on Thursday, stressing that there’s still time to catch up.
Briefing ambassadors at the UN Security Council, Nicholas Haysom outlined…
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UNHCR Press Conference
14 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Climate impact on forced displacement and refugees in Somalia
Safia Hassan Mohamed, Commissioner, Somali National Commission for Refugees and IDPs (NCRI)
