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Desperation intensifies in Gaza amid uncertainty of ‘safe zones’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Desperation intensifies in Gaza amid uncertainty of ‘safe zones’ 05 December 2023 © WHO An injured Palestinian child is rushed to Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. (file) The situation for Gazans is “getting worse by the hour”, the UN health agency WHO said on Tuesday, after some of the heaviest Israeli shelling in the enclave since Hamas militants massacred some 1,200 people in southern Israel and…

Renewable energy boosts safety of UN peacekeepers

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Renewable energy boosts safety of UN peacekeepers 05 December 2023 UN Photo/Martine Perret Peacekeepers serving with the Indian military contingent of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) during a “stand to” drill in Pibor, Jonglei State. The transition to renewable energy at UN peacekeeping missions helps to ensure the safety and security of uniformed personnel serving in the field, a…

World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest 05 December 2023 © WFP/Jihad Al-Nahari Beneficiaries line up at a WFP food distribution point in Yemen in November 2023. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that it was compelled to pause the distribution of food aid to needy families in northern areas of Yemen under the control…

African women on the frontline of peacekeeping

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home African women on the frontline of peacekeeping 05 December 2023 UN Photo/Hervé Serefio Zambian women peacekeepers patrol in northeastern Central African Republic (file) For over a year, a group of United Nations peacekeepers from Ghana led by Captain Esinam Baah regularly patrolled the “blue line” or the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, and visited neighbourhoods…

UNICEF: 1 in 5 children in world’s richest countries living in poverty

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF: 1 in 5 children in world’s richest countries living in poverty 05 December 2023 © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson Some of the world’s richest countries are experiencing sharp rises in child poverty. A sharp rise in child poverty was registered across 40 of the world’s richest countries between 2014 and 2021, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN Children's Fund's…

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS ON COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 75 HIGH-LEVEL EVENT

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS ON COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 75 HIGH-LEVEL EVENT 05 December 2023 Press Release Geneva, Switzerland, 11-12 December 2023   The UN Human Rights Office is organising a High-Level Event on 11 and 12 December to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  The HR75 event will take place at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), located at the Palais des Nations in Rooms…

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Discuss Draft Joint General Comment on Xenophobia and the Rights of Migrants

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Discuss Draft Joint General Comment on Xenophobia and the Rights of Migrants 04 December 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held a side event…

COP28: Bring the vulnerable to ‘front of the line’ for climate funding

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP28: Bring the vulnerable to ‘front of the line’ for climate funding 04 December 2023 COP28/Christopher Edralin Nepal-based civil society group Digo Bikas Institute holds an action on loss and damage during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Advocates showcased the devastating impacts of climate upheaval on their communities at COP 28 on…

Ghana meeting seeks to boost political support to strengthen UN Peacekeeping

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ghana meeting seeks to boost political support to strengthen UN Peacekeeping 04 December 2023 UNMISS/Gregório Cunha Ghanaian peacekeepers take part in a night patrol in Bentiu, South Sudan . Ministers and delegates from more than 85 countries and international organizations are meeting in Ghana this week to express their collective commitment to UN Peacekeeping.…

Gaza: Aid access to north entirely blocked as war escalates in the south

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid access to north entirely blocked as war escalates in the south 04 December 2023 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Displaced people walk from the north of Gaza towards the south, as ambulances head in the other direction. (file) Reports of hundreds of fatalities from bombing in southern Gaza over the weekend heightened deep concerns for civilians sheltering there, while UN humanitarians on Monday…