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Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month
25 February 2025
More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering aid efforts by humanitarian agencies, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
Since the end of January, a wave of extreme brutality has led to widespread loss of life and the displacement of…
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World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad
25 February 2025
Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese troops has claimed more lives and forced even more families from their homes.
In an alert on Tuesday, UN aid coordinators OCHA…
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WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty
25 February 2025
A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the past two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
The agency is this week celebrating the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO…
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Farmers must be at the heart of biodiversity action
25 February 2025
“Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation” – that was the stark message delivered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General on Tuesday to delegates attending the latest round of UN biodiversity talks in Rome.
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Ukraine: Post-war reconstruction set to cost $524 billion
25 February 2025
The total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is estimated at $524 billion (€506 billion) over the next decade, according to a new study published on Tuesday.
The updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) commissioned by the Ukrainian Government, the World Bank Group, the…
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UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions
25 February 2025
International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, where UN human rights chief Volker Türk decried a substantial increase in global executions in the last two years.
“While a number of countries argue that it lies…
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‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN envoy
25 February 2025
A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on political courage from all sides, the top UN official for the Middle East Peace Process said on Tuesday.
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag emphasised…
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‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity
25 February 2025
Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) when it fell in January to rebels, known as M23. With the conflict spreading, many of them are on the move again but a return home is no guarantee of safety…
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Success for polio campaign in Gaza while West Bank tensions continue
25 February 2025
UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that aid workers in Gaza supporting local health authorities have now managed to vaccinate nearly 550,000 children under 10 – nearly all those it aimed to reach.
The campaign has been extended until Wednesday to ensure full coverage, UN Spokesperson…
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New Permanent Representative of Portugal Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
24 February 2025
Presentation of Credentials
João António da Costa Mira Gomes, the new Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment…
