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World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease asylum seekers’ plight, mpox cash boost

World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease...

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More than 50 personnel from the UN, international and national NGOs, civil society, and diplomatic missions, are being held by the de facto Houthi...
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World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand,...

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The World Food Programme (WFP) has increased its humanitarian response in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged areas, particularly in Darfur, where the risk of widespread famine...
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Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests

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“The Islamic Republic of Iran relies on a system, both in law and in practice, that fundamentally discriminates on the grounds of gender,”...
Sudan famine: Emergency response must include more than food, urges top UN aid official |

Sudan famine: Emergency response must include more than food, urges top...

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The head of UN aid coordination office OCHA in the war-torn country Justin Brady said the famine conditions which already prevail in Zamzam camp,...
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UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism

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This comes just a day after the UN human rights office (OHCHR) issued a statement expressing horror over the reported summary execution of six...
Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in Sudan

Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in...

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Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, and Stephen Omollo, Assistant Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), briefed ambassadors in...
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Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no...

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On 15 April 1967, a delegation led by Dr. King met with the legendary Ralph Bunche and other top UN officials. Mr. Bunche was...
Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza’s young people

Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza’s young people

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A volunteer with Sharek Youth Forum, a local non-governmental organization (NGO) in war-torn Gaza, Ms. Al Shamali has currently been displaced for the ninth...
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UN rights chief urges free and open space for debate in Venezuela

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk reported increasing restrictions on civic spaces, urging stakeholders to reverse course.“My Office (OHCHR) continues to...

Yemen: UN chief demands release of aid workers held by Houthis

Four additional UN staff members have been detained and held incommunicado by the de facto authorities since 2021 and 2023, without access to their...

Ukraine: UN report reveals ‘horrific toll’ of Russian attacks

Released on Wednesday by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), the report explained the hardships civilians faced, including physical and...

Gaza: ‘high time’ for ceasefire and hostage release, says Guterres

Speaking in Jordan at an international conference prompted by the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, Mr. Guterres insisted that after more than eight months...

Belarus is not safe for anyone critical of authorities, warns rights expert

In her final, annual report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Special Rapporteur on the rights situation in Belarus, Anaïs Marin, echoed wider, longstanding...

INTERVIEW: Sustainable energy offers ‘hope’ in fight against desertification and land loss

Sustainable sources of energy, including solar and wind power, can help communities across the world to reverse desertification and land loss

Ukraine Recovery Conference: UN sounds alarm over humanitarian funding

Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said the UN and partners were continuing to deliver “critical humanitarian assistance”, focusing...

Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’

Although many States have intensified their efforts towards eradication, the practice continues across the world in part due to “the clandestine nature of...

Guterres highlights ‘unique level of destruction’ in Gaza ahead of G7 summit

“In Gaza, we are deeply committed to humanitarian aid to the population in Gaza, where UNRWA is the backbone of that support,” Mr. Guterres...
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