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World News in Brief: Progress on transfats, Ukraine war update, General Assembly President in China
Five countries have been awarded for their efforts towards eliminating mass-produced trans fats in food,…
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Remembering Holocaust victims, Guterres urges a stand against division
In remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call…
News in Brief 26 January 2024
World court issues appeal calling for prevention of genocidal acts in GazaGaza: UN rights office…
UN world court issues appeal calling for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Palestinians had a right to…
Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders
Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to…
UN representative on sexual violence in conflict to visit Israel and West Bank
The UN expert working to eliminate rape during wartime has been invited to Israel by…
Small scale, reliable and renewable: Clean electricity is changing lives in Madagascar
According to energy industry experts, we’re in the middle of a massive expansion of renewable…
News in Brief 25 January 2024
Gaza: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians $1.8 billion…
Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative
War in Sudan is putting the future of its 24 million youngest citizens at risk,…
Stories from the UN Archive: Shakira speaks up for children
Shakira has long helped raise awareness for the rights of the world’s most vulnerable children,…
World News in Brief: ICJ to release emergency measures over Israel genocide allegations, Libya flood repair bill, leprosy stigma continues
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is due to issue an emergency measures order on…
UNICEF warns of looming ‘learning catastrophe’ in war-torn Sudan
Sudan is “on the brink of a learning catastrophe” as war is preventing 19 million…
News in Brief 24 January 2024
Displacement misery continues for GazansOCHA scales up response to cholera spread in SomaliaOn Education Day,…
Bangladesh: Citing ‘dangerous decline’ of human rights, experts urge key reforms
UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Bangladesh to undertake key…
News in Brief 23 January 2024
Gaza fighting spreads into hospitals where there’s ‘no way in and out’ UNHCR raises alarm over…
‘High-risk mission’ delivers fuel to Al Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have delivered 19,000 litres of fuel to Al…
Iran urged to halt ‘horrific wave of executions’
The United Nations on Tuesday underlined its condemnation of capital punishment following Iran’s execution of…
‘These are not conditions meant for human beings’: UNRWA official on Gaza visit
No food, water, or health care facilities, no communication with the outside world, and the…
News in Brief 22 January 2024
Gaza war: 25,000 killed as humanitarian needs go on rising Tedros concern that countries will miss…
UN expert says human rights violations rage on in Sudan
The human rights expert appointed by the UN High Commissioner to monitor Sudan, Radhoune Noucier, told…
Restrictions on Afghan women continue unabated: UN report
Hundreds of Afghan women were forced to quit their jobs or have been arrested and…
Hong Kong: UN human rights experts call for immediate release of Jimmy Lai
A group of independent UN human rights experts on Monday called on the authorities in…
World News in Brief: Pandemic treaty in jeopardy, historic IOM appeal, ‘enormous obstacles’ facing Iran’s lawyers
The head of the UN health agency raised concerns on Monday that the draft of…
Two mothers killed each hour in Gaza conflict: UN Women
Women and children account for roughly 70 per cent of people killed in the war…
Congo floods forcing some women to give birth ‘in the water’
Entire villages in the Republic of Congo have been affected by recent flooding, leaving more…
Gaza is ‘hell’ for newborns and mothers, warns UN Children’s Fund
Emirati Hospital in southern Gaza is one of last functioning maternity facilities in all of…
News in Brief 19 January 2024
Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief, warn UN aid teamsSudan war: UN investigators…
Epstein files: Nobody should evade justice, say UN rights experts
UN independent human rights experts on Friday emphasized no-one is above the law, following the…
Rights experts urge France to protect children from sexual abuse
France must take urgent action to protect children from incest and all forms of sexual…
Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages
Babies are being “delivered into hell” in Gaza with many others likely dying as a…
News in Brief 18 January 2024
Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief, warn UN aid teamsSudan war: UN investigators…
World News in Brief: Iran-Pakistan airstrikes, Sudan war crimes probe, AI and healthcare, human rights in global finance
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday said he was “deeply concerned” over tit for tat…
Over 450,000 children institutionalized across Europe, Central Asia
More than 450,000 children are living in residential care homes across Europe and Central Asia,…
News in Brief 17 January 2024
Gaza crisis: Back two-State solution urges UN chief, ‘once and for all’UN migration agency chief…
IOM official in Sudan fears war could reach UN bases
Nine months ago, UN teams in Sudan were forced to evacuate from their headquarters in…
News in Brief 16 January 2024
Gaza: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHASudan conflict passes…
US urged to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
The imminent execution of an American prisoner by a new and untested method – suffocation…
Europe: 1.4 million lives saved thanks to COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe – “irrefutable” proof of the…
World News in Brief: Peacekeeper killed in CAR, Sudan war update, media clampdown in Kyrgyzstan
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of a Cameroonian peacekeeper on Monday who was…
Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports
The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and…
Ukraine: Civilian casualties spike following wave of Russian attacks
Recent weeks have seen a steep increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine following an intensification…
Tobacco use declining despite industry interference: WHO
The number of people using tobacco continues to decline despite industry attempts to jeopardize progress…
Gaza: ‘One door’ insufficient as aid lifeline for 2.2 million people
As the war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian militants reaches the 100 day mark,…
News in Brief 15 January 2024
No let-up in Gaza violence as war passes 100-day mark Ukraine war: UN launches $4.2 billion…
Troubled year in store for the world’s children: UNICEF report
Globally in 2024, children are likely to see increased exposure to violence and war, and…
WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide…
News in Brief 12 January 2024
War against Hamas in Gaza is act of self-defence, Israel tells world courtPublic health risk…
World News in Brief: COVID risk still high worldwide, massive Congo flood displacement, concern over Sri Lanka drugs crackdown
The public health risk from COVID-19 remains high, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned…
Gaza ceasefire ‘more urgent than ever’ as conflict approaches 100-day mark
As the Gaza conflict approaches the 100-day mark, an immediate ceasefire is “more urgent than…
Another malaria milestone as WHO declares Cabo Verde free of deadly disease
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared Cabo Verde free of malaria, hailing…