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Myanmar crisis: Civilians killed in airstrikes as Rohingya risk dangerous journeys
22 January 2025
The security situation in Myanmar continues to remain highly volatile, with intensified airstrikes across multiple regions leading to dozens of civilian casualties, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Wednesday.
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World News in Brief: Gaza aid surge, El Fasher update, aid to Somalia, justice in Belarus
22 January 2025
The UN and partners are “seizing every opportunity” provided by the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to support civilians, providing a surge in aid alongside storage capacity, repair work, lifesaving services and damage assessments.
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Release of ship’s crew, ‘a step in the right direction’: UN Yemen envoy
22 January 2025
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen and the head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Wednesday welcomed the release of the crew of a commercial ship held by Houthi rebels for more than a year.
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At Davos, Guterres slams backsliding on climate commitments
22 January 2025
The world’s political and business elite present in Davos on Wednesday faced an uncompromising address from UN chief António Guterres as he rounded on a lack of multilateral collaboration in an “increasingly rudderless world” at risk from two existential dangers: climate change and unregulated Artificial Intelligence (AI…
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Lebanon: Food insecurity deepens following conflict, new report reveals
22 January 2025
Nearly a third of Lebanon’s population is facing acute food insecurity following the escalation of hostilities in late 2024, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released on Wednesday.
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Colombia: Catatumbo killings highlight fragility of peace process
22 January 2025
The recent deadly violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region has highlighted the ongoing challenges in consolidating peace, eight years after the signing of the 2016 Final Peace Agreement, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.
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Support for Haiti needed now ‘more than ever’, Security Council hears
22 January 2025
Haiti is showing signs of progress on the political front despite serious setbacks in terms of security, the Special Representative and Head of the UN office in the country, BINUH, told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Peru on Birth Registration Rates, Ask Questions on High Number of Missing Children and on Sexual Violence against Children in Condorcanqui Province
21 January 2025
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Peru, with Committee Experts commending the State on the birth…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
21 January 2025
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Announcements by the new US…
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Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers
21 January 2025
As glaciers disappear at an alarming rate due to climate change, the UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP).
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