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UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan
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UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan

The violations include conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced and refugee women and girls forced to flee for their lives.Agency chiefs from humanitarian coordination office OCHA, the human rights office…

5 July 2023 · 3 min read

Boost global action and ambition to reach SDGs, urges new UN campaign
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Boost global action and ambition to reach SDGs, urges new UN campaign

Ahead of the critical SDG Summit in September, the campaign will amplify an urgent call for ambitious new action, showcase the Goals as the blueprint for sustainable progress globally, and mobilize people…

5 July 2023 · 2 min read

WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa
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WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

The agency’s emergency food and nutrition assistance operation in the Sahel began in June, focussing on refugees, newly displaced people, malnourished children under five, pregnant women and breastfeeding women and…

5 July 2023 · 2 min read

Jenin: UN concerned over ongoing Israeli military operation
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Jenin: UN concerned over ongoing Israeli military operation

In a statement from his spokesperson on Monday, Mr. Guterres affirmed that all military operations must be conducted with full respect for international humanitarian law. The incursion follows another operation in the camp on…

4 July 2023 · 3 min read

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