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Gaza: Deep concern for civilians as aid crossings remain shut
04 March 2025
UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday that the continued closure of key border crossings into Gaza is putting civilian lives at risk, just as they begin to recover from months of war, deprivation and hunger.
Speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that…
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UN envoy strongly condemns continuing Israeli attacks inside Syria
04 March 2025
The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Tuesday condemned ongoing Israeli attacks inside Syrian territory and continuing violations in and around the demilitarised zone created as part of a 1974 ceasefire agreement.
Geir Pedersen said in a statement that “such actions are unacceptable and…
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IPU Press Conference
04 March 2025
Press Conference Announcement
New report on Women in Parliament
Martin Chungong, IPU Secretary-GeneralMariana Mutzenberg, IPU gender programme
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Thirty-Second Session
03 March 2025
Meeting Summaries
Six New Committee Members Make Solemn DeclarationThe Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its thirty-second session, during which it will review the reports of Canada, Dominican Republic, European Union, Palau, Tuvalu and Viet Nam. Andrea Ori, Chief of the Groups…
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DR Congo: Clean water ‘a lifeline’ for around 364,000 children a day in Goma
03 March 2025
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing lifesaving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 of them children – in the regional capital Goma after breaks in the water supply due to the uptick in fighting…
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First Person: Voices of the forgotten in Haiti, ‘crying out in the silence of distress’
03 March 2025
Gang violence, political instability and economic turmoil have displaced over 700,000 people in Haiti, forcing families from their homes with nothing but what they can carry; some 5.5 million people – half of Haiti’s population – rely on humanitarian aid to survive.
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Nuclear energy watchdog chief raises ‘serious’ safety concerns over sites in Ukraine and Iran
03 March 2025
In his latest address to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Monday, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi warned of the escalating nuclear safety risks in Ukraine as the conflict grinds on.
Reaffirming the UN-backed IAEA’s commitment to…
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
03 March 2025
As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to Ukraine, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday urged the international community to step up to defend fundamental freedoms and the institutions founded to promote them – not least from “unelected tech oligarchs…
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Oceans of opportunity squeezed dry by unsustainable use
03 March 2025
The booming ocean economy sustains hundreds of millions of people, but it is being squeezed dry by overfishing, pollution, climate change and waste, UN economists warned on Monday, in a call for smarter, more concerted action to protect the world’s vast marine spaces for future generations.
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‘Dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats’ trigger stark wake-up call: UN chief
03 March 2025
Dramatically evolving geopolitical tensions amid “dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats” are a stark wake-up call for States to take action to support the legally binding atomic weapon ban treaty, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.
“Critical disarmament…
