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Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion
An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat of landmines and explosive ordnance – with war-torn Ukraine now the most heavily contaminated country in the world – the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Monday.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:
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With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans
Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid teams warned on Monday that civilians trapped there face multiple daily challenges as relief supplies run critically low.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world
Monday’sWorld Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women and girls.
Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source:Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality
One woman continues to die during pregnancy and childbirth every two minutes on average worldwide – that's 712 each and every day.
Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source:UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih which reportedly killed 18 people, including nine children.
Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source:One preventable death every 7 seconds during pregnancy or childbirth
Monday’sWorld Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women and girls.
Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source:More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF
The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more than a million children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) race needs to slow down and IT firms should instead be focusing on the bigger picture to ensure that the technology is not misused on the battlefield, UN disarmament experts and leaders of ‘big tech’ companies have insisted.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:UN deplores deadly attack on city in central Ukraine
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine has strongly condemned a missile strike in Kryvyi Rih on Friday which killed more than a dozen people, including at least nine children, and left several others injured.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn
Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released today, but United Nations (UN) agencies highlight the threat of major backsliding as unprecedented aid cuts take effect around the world.Released on World Health Day, the UN report, Trends in maternal mortality, shows a 40% global decline in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2023 – largely due to improved...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, briefed the Palestinian rights committee at UN Headquarters in New York, which also featured a screening of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:‘Safe futures start here’: UN calls for global action to eliminate mine threat
More than 100 million people worldwide are at risk from landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, in his message for theInternational Day for Mine Awareness.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Myanmar quake: Airstrikes persist as UN pushes aid efforts
Amid ongoing military airstrikes and growing humanitarian needs following last week’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, the UN has intensified calls for immediate, unhindered aid access to assist millions affected by the disaster.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum
The people of Sudan are trapped in siege-like conditions “with no escape, no hope, and often forced to face unspeakable abuse,” a senior official with the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday in Geneva.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise
A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism
Amid rising concerns over antisemitism worldwide, the UN on Friday announced the roll out of a major action plan to combat the scourge – aimed at enhancing monitoring and response across the whole UN system.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response
Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health agencies, health emergency networks and other partners to test, for the first time, a new global coordination mechanism for health emergencies.The two-day simulation, Exercise Polaris, tested WHO’s Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC), a framework designed to strengthen countries’ emergency workforce, coordinate the deployment of...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:‘Every piece tells a story’: Bombs to beauty, from Gaza to Ukraine
What happens to bombs after they land? Some explode. Some don’t, leaving behind a deadly legacy of war, but now some of the remnants of conflict and devastation are being turned into wearable messages of peace.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Sudan crisis: Türk condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum
The fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent recapture by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), UN human rights chief Volker Türksaidon Thursday.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum
The fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent recapture by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), UN human rights chief Volker Türksaidon Thursday.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts
The UN chief on Thursday called for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Myanmar, where last week’s devastating earthquakes claimed over 3,000 lives and left millions in urgent need of aid.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:UN envoy urges international support for West Africa and the Sahel
In a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday, the UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel painted a mixed picture of the region, which is facing a growing terrorist threat but also political progress and encouraging initiatives.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza
The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further concerns over the commission of war crimes by the Israeli military, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told the Security Council on Thursday.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on course to become a $4.8 trillion global market by 2033 – roughly the size of Germany’s economy – but unless urgent action is taken, its benefits may remain in the hands of a privileged few, a new UN report warns.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens
Ongoing violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to kill, injure and displace civilians, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan talks
The UN Special Envoy for Syria has condemned the repeated and intensifying military escalations by Israel in the country, including airstrikes that have caused civilian casualties.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief
The “world is failing” people living with disabilities, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has told a major summit which aims to galvanize global efforts to ensure they are fully integrated into all parts of society.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls
Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is warning that over 12 million women and girls – and increasingly men and boys – are estimated to be at risk.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls
Friday’s devastating earthquakes in Myanmar not only caused mass casualties and widespread destruction, they also deepened long-standing gender inequalities – leaving millions of women and girls at heightened risk, UN aid agencies warned on Wednesday.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:‘Attacks on aid workers must end,’ Security Council told
Two senior UN officials appealed in the Security Council on Wednesday for an end to attacks against humanitarians and personnel working for the global organization.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief
2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 new cases recorded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Wednesday over the human toll resulting from the intensified hostilities in Gaza.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Sudan on brink of famine as fighting ravages Darfur, UN warns
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is spiralling as rival militaries continue to battle for control of the country, with the UN expressing profound alarm on Monday over escalating hostilities, particularly in North Darfur.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of world’s Least Developed Countries
Policymakers, researchers, the private sector and other stakeholders are meeting in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, over the next three days to chart a path toward sustainable development and resilience for the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: