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Nobel Peace Prize choice of Narges Mohammadi highlights ‘courage and determination’ of Iranian women

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Nobel Peace Prize choice of Narges Mohammadi highlights ‘courage and determination’ of Iranian women

The Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi underscores the “courage and determination” of the women of Iran, the UN…

6 October 2023 · 2 min read

Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years, UNICEF reports

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Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years, UNICEF reports

Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. Source link

6 October 2023 · 1 min read

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Karabakh crisis: UN response continues

UN teams on the ground in Armenia are providing vital support to help address the needs of over 100,000 refugees who recently fled the Karabakh region. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR,…

6 October 2023 · 2 min read

Protect children at all times and at all places, UN envoys tell nations

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Protect children at all times and at all places, UN envoys tell nations

In 2022, the UN verified 27,180 instances of grave violations targeting children – use in conflict, killing and maiming, rape and sexual violence, abduction, attacks on schools, and denial of…

5 October 2023 · 3 min read

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World News in Brief: ‘Horrifying’ attack on Ukrainian village, autonomous weapons ban, Sudan crisis

The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned a Russian strike that ripped apart the small rural village in the Kharkiv region, killing dozens of civilians

5 October 2023 · 4 min read

Sudan conflict creates world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis: UN aid official

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Sudan conflict creates world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis: UN aid official

As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, the UN’s top aid official in the country warned on Thursday that the conflict has created “the world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis” which threatens to…

5 October 2023 · 1 min read

Haiti: Children facing triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition, disease

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Haiti: Children facing triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition, disease

The spread of violence from Port-au-Prince to Artibonite, Haiti’s main rice-growing region, is exacerbating an already critical humanitarian emergency, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. Source link

5 October 2023 · 1 min read

Ukraine: Report documents mounting deaths, rights violations

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Ukraine: Report documents mounting deaths, rights violations

It reveals the lethal toll of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukrainian civilians, with nearly six individuals killed and 20 wounded on common each single day between February and July of…

4 October 2023 · 4 min read

Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone

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Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone

“Women and girls continue to be killed on the basis of their sex and gender, rendered more vulnerable to femicide when being women and girls intersect with other grounds or…

4 October 2023 · 3 min read

UN supports ‘monumental step’ for cancer sufferers in northwest Syria

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UN supports ‘monumental step’ for cancer sufferers in northwest Syria

The arrival of the first radiotherapy machine in northwest Syria is a game-changer for cancer treatment in the region, providing much-needed local care.

4 October 2023 · 2 min read