News in Brief 1 April 2024
Protect Gaza hospitals: WHO chiefAfghanistan: Children killed or injured in two mine blastsHeavy rains destroy…
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Explainer: Feeding Haiti in times of crisis
Almost five million Haitians are going hungry and need food assistance, according to recent UN…
From Desperation to Determination: Indonesian Trafficking Survivors Demand Justice
Working abroad can be a way for Indonesians to earn much more than they could…
First Person: ‘Courageous’ 12-year-old reports relative after being raped in Madagascar
A 12-year-girl who was allegedly raped repeatedly by her stepfather has been described by Madagascar’s…
WATCH: ‘Football saved my life’ says genocide survivor
April 7 marks three decades since the beginning of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi…
News in Brief 28 March 2024
Gaza: health system ‘barely surviving’ warns UN health agency chiefSudan’s 24 million children have a…
Russia: Rights experts condemn continued imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich
Russia must immediately release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained without evidence for…
News in Brief 27 March 2024
Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began 783 million people…
WATCH: Foreign armies creating ‘never-ending cycle of violence’ in Syria
Now in its thirteenth year, the war in Syria shows no signs of letting up,…
News in Brief 26 March 2024
Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnightOne in three migrant deaths linked to countries…
UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday,…
Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza
There are “reasonable grounds” to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,…
News in Brief 25 March 2024
We must push for lasting peace in Gaza, UN chief insists, as starvation threat nears Deadly…
UN pays tribute to victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Top UN officials, including the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly on Monday…
At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza that it…
News in Brief 22 March 2024
Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger Mass grave found in…
World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo
Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed alarm over increased reports of sexual slavery…
News in Brief 21 March 2024
Amid ongoing strife in Gaza and Ukraine, UN chief reiterates peace call Sudan war could see…
Stories from the UN Archive: Poetic traditions at the UN
On World Poetry Day, marked on 21 March, and #ThrowbackThursday, we looked at some poetry in…
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Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso
Large parts of Burkina Faso are being terrorized by armed groups and the rampant insecurity…
UN leaders galvanize action for reparations for people of African descent
Reparatory justice must tackle the grave human rights violations deeply entrenched in the legacy of…
News in Brief 20 March 2024
Gaza: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into northern zones this month M-pox…
World News in Brief: Dignity and justice key to end evil of racial discrimination, methane emissions update, Mpox latest, peacebuilding boost
Racism is “an evil infecting countries and societies around the world” the UN chief has…
Accountability essential to counter human rights abuse in DPR Korea
The UN’s deputy human rights chief on Wednesday underscored the need to ensure accountability for…
UN report details ‘climate of fear’ in Russian occupied areas of Ukraine
Russia has instilled a pervasive atmosphere of fear in the occupied regions of Ukraine, perpetrating…
‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears
With the number of political prisoners growing and a shutdown of civic space, people in Belarus…
News in Brief 19 March 2024
Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warnForced labour exploiters make $236…
UN rights expert urges global action to halt Myanmar junta atrocities
The UN independent human rights expert on Myanmar called on the international community on Tuesday…
Hong Kong: Rushed adoption of new security law a ‘regressive step’ – UN rights chief
The accelerated adoption of a national security bill in Hong Kong represents “a regressive step”…
News in Brief 18 March 2024
Famine could happen ‘anytime’ in Gaza’s northern governorates, warn UN humanitarians Iran: Repression continues two years…
24 million Sudanese children facing ‘generational catastrophe’
As the war in Sudan marks its one-year anniversary next month, the UN Committee on…
WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis…
Iran: Repression continues two years after nationwide protests
Iranian security forces shot hundreds of people who took part in widespread protests sparked by…
Explainer: What is famine?
Amid growing global concerns over alarming hunger spikes in conflict-affected communities and talk of intensifying…
First Person: Southern Madagascar, where girls are sold into marriage before they are born
Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal…
News in Brief 15 March 2024
I lost hope and will to live in Russian jail, says Ukraine prisoner of war Gaza:…
UN calls for united action to combat rising Islamophobia
Amid a rising tide of anti-Muslim hate, top UN officials condemned the scourge on Friday…
World News in Brief: Rights chief appalled at Nigeria mass abductions, ‘pervasive’ hunger in streets of Sudan, Syria child crisis
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday expressed outrage at the recent…
I lost hope and will to live in Russian jail, says Ukraine prisoner of war
Fresh evidence of “horrific…widespread and systematic” abuse and likely war crimes committed by Russian forces…
Stories from the UN Archive: Hillary Clinton’s bold stand in Beijing
“Women’s rights are human rights” has echoed throughout the UN Commission on the Status of…
‘The patriarchy may be pushing back, but so are we’, UN chief tells CSW68
Women’s rights are under attack, and governments must act to reverse that dangerous trend, the…
News in Brief 13 March 2024
Gaza: More children dead from war than from four years of global conflict Ukraine: Condemnation after…
News in Brief 12 March 2024
Gaza: Ceasefire now, urges UN Secretary-General on first day of RamadanWFP races to preposition aid…
‘Historic milestone’ as child mortality hits record low of 4.9 million in 2022
The fight against child mortality has reached an historic milestone the UN announced on Wednesday…
UN chief calls for global action to defend women’s rights amid disturbing trends
The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women’s rights which are…
News in Brief 11 March 2024
Gaza: Ceasefire now, urges UN Secretary-General on first day of RamadanSyria in grip of violence…
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council briefing on sexual violence in Israel, Gaza and West Bank
Amid worsening humanitarian conditions in the war in Gaza, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on…
World News in Brief: Syria violence intensifying, heavy weapons threat in Myanmar, justice call for Thai lawyer
Syria is experiencing a wave of violence not seen in years that likely amounts to…
International Women’s Day: UN chief launches plan to tackle ‘baked-in bias’
The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around…
Over 230 million women and girls subjected to female genital mutilation: UNICEF
More than 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital…