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Speaking at the regular noon briefing in New York on Monday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that Israeli authorities have closed all crossings and suspended humanitarian movements. Planned rotations of humanitarian…
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UN human rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani also recalled the horror of a strike on Saturday which reportedly killed and injured dozens of girls in a primary school in Minab…
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The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “deeply concerned by the escalation…and the impact that violence is having on civilian populations.”He called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and reiterated his…
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In remarks to the Geneva-based international body, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for urgent action to preserve the 2018 peace agreement between the Government and opposition to prevent fragmentation and retaliatory cycles that…
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Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many people are trying to overcome deep-rooted trauma and rebuild what has been lost. For many the trauma predates the Russian invasion and…
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The warning comes as the world’s youngest nation remains among the top displacement crises, with nearly 10 million people in need of humanitarian assistance including returnees fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan. IOM requires just over $131 million for operations in South Sudan this year but faces a $29 million funding gap. ‘An extraordinary burden’ The UN agency…
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Francisco Pichón cited growing risks to healthcare, water services and food distribution as the country’s energy reserves continue to fall.The UN’s top official in Cuba told a press briefing in…
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“Four years ago, people in Europe woke up in another world because generations like mine have always had the privilege to live a life in peace,” Ms. Baerbock told journalists…
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More than 1.8 million children under five are also at risk of acute malnutrition between now and June, according to latest analysis published on Tuesday by the IPC food security monitoring platform (see our UN News explainer on the platform here). The worrying development…
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As of the end of November 2025, there were over 140,000 Burundian refugees in neighbouring Tanzania, who have fled over years of civil unrest in Burundi.While thousands continue to be “voluntarily…
