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Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon 30 April 2024 © UNICEF/Fouad Choufany Many families in Lebanon are barely able to meet their most basic needs. (file) Children as young as four are being forced to go to work in Lebanon amid a “massive collapse” in humanitarian funding and escalating hostilities on the country’s southern border with Israel that threaten to…

Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war 30 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Gaza. With the situation in Gaza “worsening by the day”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for Israeli and Hamas leaders currently taking part in intense negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement…

Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’ police action on US campuses

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’ police action on US campuses 30 April 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Protesters demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus in New York City. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said he was troubled by “a series of heavy-handed steps” taken by some universities in the United States to disperse and dismantle…

World News in Brief: DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll 30 April 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire Un jeune garçon est assis dans un site de personnes déplacées à Goma, province du Nord-Kivu, en RDC (photo d'archives). The world’s leading humanitarian action forum on Tuesday said that crushing levels of…

Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica be under the ground?

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica be under the ground? 30 April 2024 UNDP/ Zaimis Olmos Dominica's geothermal energy pipe, Roseau Valley A small but growing number of countries are well on their way to producing all of their electricity from renewable sources. Dominica, in the eastern Caribbean, is planning to join these pioneers and become the first small island…

Security Council hears of progress in Bosnia despite ‘worrying’ trend of genocide denial

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council hears of progress in Bosnia despite ‘worrying’ trend of genocide denial 30 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas in the UN Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both positive and…

UNRWA Press Conference

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA Press Conference 30 April 2024 Press Conference Announcement Update on the situation in the oPt Philippe Lazzarini, Commissaire général, UNRWA

UN official urges South Sudan to lift taxes halting aid

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN official urges South Sudan to lift taxes halting aid 29 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Iramaku Vundru Wilfred A refugee child at a transit camp in Renk, Sudan. The UN’s top humanitarian official in South Sudan has urged the government to lift newly imposed taxes and charges that are causing aid deliveries to be suspended, affecting tens of thousands of people…

Ukraine: Civilians killed and injured as attacks on power and rail systems intensify

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Civilians killed and injured as attacks on power and rail systems intensify 29 April 2024 © UNDP Ukraine/Oleksandr Ratush Damage to Ukraine's power infrastructure has lad to led to disruptions in essential services like electricity, heating, and water supplies. An increase in civilian casualties caused by intensifying attacks from the Russian armed forces against Ukraine’s…

World News in Brief: Violence blocking Darfur aid, new Iraq law, Chad elections appeal

11 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Violence blocking Darfur aid, new Iraq law, Chad elections appeal 29 April 2024 © WFP/World Relief WFP and World Relief providing emergency food and nutrition assistance in West Darfur Rising violence is again restricting humanitarian aid delivery in the Darfur region of Sudan, the head of the World Food Programme said on Monday.…