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From the Field: Finding a sanctuary for animals in Ukraine
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From the Field: Finding a sanctuary for animals in Ukraine

Local young people in the city of Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, are teaming up with the UPSHIFT programme, run by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to care for animals evacuated from dangerous…

3 July 2023 · 1 min read

‘Generations of Haitians’ at risk, warns Guterres, calling for international force to help quell gang violence
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‘Generations of Haitians’ at risk, warns Guterres, calling for international force to help quell gang violence

The UN chief expressed deep concern at the extreme vulnerability faced by the Haitian people – especially women and girls – because of brutally violent and “predatory” armed gangs, like those…

1 July 2023 · 4 min read

Time to end gender-based violence, boost role of women in politics, public life
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Time to end gender-based violence, boost role of women in politics, public life

Speaking to the Council’s annual meeting in Geneva on protecting the rights of women and girls, the UN High Commissioner said it was an urgent task, and there needed to…

30 June 2023 · 3 min read

UN rights office calls on France to address ‘deep issues’ of racism in policing
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UN rights office calls on France to address ‘deep issues’ of racism in policing

In a statement released in Geneva on Friday, OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani expressed concern over the death of 17-year-old Nahel M on Tuesday, after he was shot dead driving away…

30 June 2023 · 2 min read

Child health: More focus needed on earliest years, urges WHO
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Child health: More focus needed on earliest years, urges WHO

The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Children’s Fund UNICEF find that the first years of a child’s life provide “irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition and…

29 June 2023 · 2 min read

‘The world is failing the Haitian people’ warns UNICEF chief
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‘The world is failing the Haitian people’ warns UNICEF chief

Briefing correspondents at UN Headquarters in New York just a few days after visiting Haiti along with the head of the World Food Programme (WFP), Catherine Russell said “the current…

29 June 2023 · 5 min read

Syrians facing ‘ever worsening’ conditions, top UN officials warn
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Syrians facing ‘ever worsening’ conditions, top UN officials warn

“The violence and suffering of the Syrian people remind us of what is at stake as diplomatic efforts continue on Syria,” said Najat Rochdi, UN Deputy Special Envoy for the country.…

29 June 2023 · 4 min read

Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank
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Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank

A strongly worded statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions. Antonio Guterres, it says, urged the…

28 June 2023 · 1 min read

Northeastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives
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Northeastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives

The UN’s top humanitarian official in the country Matthias Schmale informed that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The number of children…

28 June 2023 · 2 min read

Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access
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Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access

“We’ve already seen over 560,000 people crossing into neighbouring countries…[and] nearly two million people displaced internally,” said Raouf Mazou, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, following a visit to Sudan.Since conflict…

27 June 2023 · 3 min read