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Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle 16 May 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children travel in the trunk of a car as they leave Rafah in southern Gaza. UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as aid teams issued increasingly urgent appeals for safe passage throughout Gaza, to…

At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity 16 May 2024 UN News UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the Summit of the League of Arab States in Manama-Bahrain. UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his longstanding call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held in the enclave, and unimpeded access…

World News in Brief: More Ukraine attacks, rights appeal for jailed Nigerian singer, International Day against Homophobia

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: More Ukraine attacks, rights appeal for jailed Nigerian singer, International Day against Homophobia 16 May 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Children walk past a destroyed house in Kherson, Ukraine. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine condemned air strikes in Kherson city on Thursday, which injured dozens of civilians, including two children, and damaged homes and…

Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force 16 May 2024 UN Photo Jelaskovic Ibrahim of the then-Yugoslav medical staff of the UN Emergency Force in Egypt treats a child in El Kuntilla in the Sinai in Egypt in 1959. (file) As the world celebrates the International Day of Living Together in Peace, marked annually on 16 May, we are taking you back to the 1950s, when the…

Global economic growth improves but ‘downsides’ lurk

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global economic growth improves but ‘downsides’ lurk 16 May 2024 © ILO/Marcel Crozet Porters work at a metal market in Narayana in New Delhi, India. The global economic picture has improved since January, but vulnerabilities remain, the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report published on Thursday has revealed…

Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry 16 May 2024 WHO People gather outside the remains of Al Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest health facility. A renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon’s death in Israeli detention has been labelled “horrifying’ by a UN human rights expert, prompting calls for an independent international…

Gaza: World court opens hearings on request to halt Israel’s Rafah incursion

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: World court opens hearings on request to halt Israel’s Rafah incursion 16 May 2024 © UNRWA More than 600,000 people have fled Rafah since Israeli military operations intensified in the southern Gazan governate in early May. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began public hearings on Thursday stemming from South Africa’s recent request for emergency provisional measures to…

UN envoy outlines Iraq’s growth and ongoing struggles

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy outlines Iraq’s growth and ongoing struggles 16 May 2024 © UNICEF/Anmar A child runs on a street in Mosul, Iraq. (file) Iraq is a nation brimming with potential but still haunted by legacies of past turmoil, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the country, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday…

UN forum in Bahrain closes with calls to support women entrepreneurs in conflict areas

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN forum in Bahrain closes with calls to support women entrepreneurs in conflict areas 16 May 2024 UN News/Abdelmonem Makki [Left to right] Alaa Hamadto, Sudanese mother of three daughters, CEO and founder of Solar Food; Tahani Abu Daqqa, Palestinian businesswoman from Gaza; Malalai Helmandi, Chief Operations Officer of the solar energy-producing organization Helmandi Sola. The bi-annual UN…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Welcome Estonia’s Plans to Ratify the Committee’s Third Optional Protocol, Ask about Rising Youth Suicides and Solitary Confinement of Minors

11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Welcome Estonia’s Plans to Ratify the Committee’s Third Optional Protocol, Ask about Rising Youth Suicides and Solitary Confinement of Minors 16 May 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth to seventh combined periodic report of Estonia, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s plans to ratify…