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World News in Brief: Arson at UNRWA’s East Jerusalem office, UN probe on staff member’s death in Gaza, food insecurity in South Sudan

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Arson at UNRWA’s East Jerusalem office, UN probe on staff member’s death in Gaza, food insecurity in South Sudan 14 May 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe فيليب لازاريني، المفوض العام لوكالة إغاثة وتشغيل لاجئي فلسطين (الأونروا). A fresh arson attempt was made late Monday on the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestine refugees UNRWA in occupied Jerusalem, the second incident…

Security Council hears of relentless attacks against civilians and infrastructure in Ukraine

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council hears of relentless attacks against civilians and infrastructure in Ukraine 14 May 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov People walk passed a recently bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine, in January 2024. Escalating Russian attacks in northeast Ukraine have killed civilians, sparked further displacement and caused massive destruction to railways and other infrastructure, a senior…

ICC Prosecutor outlines roadmap to complete Libya war crimes probe

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ICC Prosecutor outlines roadmap to complete Libya war crimes probe 14 May 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), briefs UN Security Council members on the situation in Libya. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced at the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the investigative stage of the legal proceedings into…

Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti 14 May 2024 © WFP/Tanya Birkbeck An UNHAS helicopter lands on Ile de la Tortue off the north coast of Haiti. Two women involved in the day-to-day operations in Haiti of the UN’s humanitarian air service, known as UNHAS, say they have to manage “unknowns” and “dangers and stress” in order to keep aircraft flying…

450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home 450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues 14 May 2024 UNRWA UNRWA Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on Tuesday that some 450,000 Gazans have been forcibly displaced from the southernmost city by Israeli evacuation orders in the last week…

Guterres deplores Rafah escalation

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres deplores Rafah escalation 14 May 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the escalation of Israeli military activity in and around Rafah in southern Gaza, his spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.…

Director-General's message for the Opening of the Annual General Assembly of the United Nations Women's Guild

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's message for the Opening of the Annual General Assembly of the United Nations Women's Guild 14 May 2024 Tatiana Valovaya  Opening of the Annual General Assembly of the UN Women's Guild Tuesday, 14 May 2024, Palais des Nations Madame la Présidente,Monsieur l’Ambassadeur,Chers membres du Cercle féminin des Nations Unies, Soyez les bienvenus au Palais des Nations pour l’Assemblée Générale annuelle du Cercle Féminin des Nations Unies.I…

Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Republic of Korea, Montenegro, Singapore and Estonia

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Republic of Korea, Montenegro, Singapore and Estonia 13 May 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of civil society organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Republic of Korea, Montenegro,…

Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams 13 May 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria Children shelter in the shade in Tambasi centre in El Fasher, North Darfur. Reports have been coming in that a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur has been damaged in a heavy uptick of hostilities, leaving two youngsters dead and fanning renewed famine fears, UN aid teams have said…

‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency

10 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency 13 May 2024 Unsplash/David Clode A herd of elephants heads to a waterhole at a tourist safari camp in the Masai Mara, Kenya. 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,…