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Police units need strong support says UN peacekeeping chief
27 February 2025
The head of UN peacekeeping operations on Thursday called for more investment in the UN Police service, highlighting the mounting challenges officers face in conflict affected regions.
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Peace Operations chief, emphasised that UN Police…
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Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza
27 February 2025
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, dehumanizing narratives” that continue to hamper a positive outcome to the Middle East crisis.
Mr. Türk – making his closing remarks during the session reporting on the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the…
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Haiti: Over one million displaced by gang violence
27 February 2025
Ongoing gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than a million people, nearly a tenth of the population, or three times more than last year, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday.
The “unprecedented crisis” in Haiti means that every number presented “is a new record,” said…
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UN chief calls for peace and justice as Ramadan begins
27 February 2025
As Muslims around the world prepare to mark the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call on Thursday for compassion, empathy and generosity, urging people everywhere to embrace their common humanity and work towards a more just and peaceful world.
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Packed with promise: Wisam’s journey back to school in Sudan
27 February 2025
Wisam sits in her classroom, absorbed in her work, her fingers gripping a blue-coloured pencil, carefully sketching a flower in her notebook, one of more than 100,000 displaced students in war-torn Sudan who have returned to classes, with the support of Education Cannot Wait for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) efforts to distribute urgently needed school supplies to help them get back to…
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UN agencies condemn Thailand’s deportation of Uyghurs to China
27 February 2025
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) together with refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday strongly condemned Thailand’s deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China, calling it a serious violation of international law and the fundamental principle of non-refoulement.
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DR Congo: WHO tracks deadly mysterious illness
27 February 2025
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying out further investigations to determine the cause of another cluster of illness and deaths in Équateur province, UN officials reported on Thursday.
In recent months, disease…
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US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls
27 February 2025
The United States has cut $377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, it was confirmed on Thursday, leading to potentially “devasting impacts”, on women and girls.
“At 7pm on 26 February, UNFPA was informed that nearly all of our grants (48 as of…
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Greatest threat to UN Peacekeeping is divisions between nations, says UN Peace Operations Chief
26 February 2025
Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations are being challenged by growing disunity between Member States, the UN head of Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said in an interview with UN News, during the Conference for Women Peacekeepers in New Delhi.
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Syria: UN scales up aid deliveries as regional fighting continues
26 February 2025
UN humanitarians on Wednesday reported a scaling up of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria, even as hostilities continue to impact civilians and limit access in different parts of the country.
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at a regular news briefing in New York that aid…
