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INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Two children sit in the rubble of what is left of their house in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip. The scale of the conflict in Gaza is having an “unprecedented” effect on UNRWA, with staff operating under fierce bombardments, whilst…

Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children in Khan Younis stop to look at the destruction as they go in search for water. As the UN Security Council was slated to meet for a third consecutive day on Wednesday in a new push for consensus to pause the fighting in Gaza, the head of the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF warned that…

Afghanistan: Taliban’s return to ‘international norms’ is non-negotiable says UN mission chief

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Taliban’s return to ‘international norms’ is non-negotiable says UN mission chief 20 December 2023 人道协调厅/Charlotte Cans 阿富汗超过2300万人需要人道主义援助。 Lack of progress in resolving human rights issues is a key factor behind the current impasse between Afghanistan and the international community, the UN Special Representative for the country said on Wednesday in a briefing to the Security…

UN’s Grandi welcomes EU deal overhauling regional migration system

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s Grandi welcomes EU deal overhauling regional migration system 20 December 2023 UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII Refugees in an inflatable boat approach the shores of the island of Lesbos, in northern Greece. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Wednesday welcomed a key deal by members of the European Union (EU) to overhaul their joint migration system which promises a fresh and unified…

World News in Brief: WFP forced to halt some food aid in Sudan, DR Congo elections, peacekeeping chief visits CAR

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: WFP forced to halt some food aid in Sudan, DR Congo elections, peacekeeping chief visits CAR 20 December 2023 © WFP/Muna Abdelhakim Nearly 18 million people across Sudan are facing acute hunger in 2023, more than double the number in 2022. The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday that it has temporarily suspended assistance in some parts of Al Jazirah State…

INTERVIEW: Ukrainian children express ‘innocent hope for peace’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Ukrainian children express ‘innocent hope for peace’ 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Three siblings pose in clothes provided by UNICEF. The "innocent hope for peace" demonstrated by Ukrainian children and the determination of all citizens there to look to the future, is helping the country survive into a second winter of Russia’s full-blown invasion, according to the…

COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread 20 December 2023 © UNICEF/Hugo Coutinho A child, wearing a mask, attends classes in rural Brazil. (file) The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of JN.1, a COVID-19 variant of interest, adding that current vaccines continue to offer protection against…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 19 December 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Meteorological…

‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEF

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEF 19 December 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children look at their destroyed homes in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip. Gaza is by far the most dangerous place in the world to be a child and deaths of youngsters from disease will likely surpass those from bombardment in the absence of a ceasefire, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on…

DPR Korea urged to ‘embrace diplomacy’ after latest ballistic missile launch

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home DPR Korea urged to ‘embrace diplomacy’ after latest ballistic missile launch 19 December 2023 © Unsplash/Micha Brändli 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国平壤的阅兵仪式。 Repeated long-range ballistic missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) represent a serious threat to international air and sea transportation, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Tuesday.…