Avatar photo

United Nations News

United Nations News - Stories created by the News services of the United Nations.

Despite growing risks, humanitarians uphold commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

News

Despite growing risks, humanitarians uphold commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat

Conflict and insecurity in countries such as South Sudan and its neighbour to the north are set to make 2023 another year of high death tolls and and injuries for…

9 September 2023 · 1 min read

Repel intensifying attacks on schools, urges Guterres
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

Repel intensifying attacks on schools, urges Guterres

Marking the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said it was important to defend “havens of education”.“Education is not only a fundamental human right, but a…

9 September 2023 · 2 min read

UN and partners providing aid for vulnerable across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

News

UN and partners providing aid for vulnerable across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition

The UN and partners are responding to disease outbreaks and an ongoing food insecurity crisis across Ethiopia which has left 1.2 million children suffering severe acute malnutrition. Source link

9 September 2023 · 1 min read

DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

News

DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years

A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since 2017, warns UNICEF. Source link

9 September 2023 · 1 min read

Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality across SE Asia
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality across SE Asia

OHCHR said that at least 120,000 people across Myanmar and another 100,000 in Cambodia may be held in situations where they are forced to execute lucrative online scams - from…

9 September 2023 · 3 min read

Protecting humanitarians 20 years after deadly Baghdad attack, amid rising risks
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

News

Protecting humanitarians 20 years after deadly Baghdad attack, amid rising risks

expertise, and accountability at its core,” they added.   “As a result, in 2005, the United Nations Department of Safety and Security, or UNDSS, was created, mandated to lead a collective…

9 September 2023 · 2 min read

UN expert urges immediate review of discredited UK sentencing scheme
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

UN expert urges immediate review of discredited UK sentencing scheme

As of the end of 2022, close to 2,900 people were still being held under the scheme.Unresolved legacyBetween 2005 and 2012, English and Welsh courts used the IPP legislation to…

8 September 2023 · 3 min read

UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

News

UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected officials to be released “at once”, following their detention in the attempted coup last…

8 September 2023 · 1 min read

DR Congo: Few worse places to be a child warns UNICEF as twins found boobytrapped
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

DR Congo: Few worse places to be a child warns UNICEF as twins found boobytrapped

DR Congo has the highest tally of UN-verified grave violations against children in places experiencing armed conflict

8 September 2023 · 3 min read

Lebanon: School occupations condemned as violence grips Palestine refugee camp
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@austindistel?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Distel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

News

Lebanon: School occupations condemned as violence grips Palestine refugee camp

Thousands of children have been put at risk amid a resurgence of violence at a Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said on…

8 September 2023 · 1 min read