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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanDesperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza
Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, reportedly leaving two dead and several injured in a chaotic scramble for food.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:
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UN honours peacekeepers' service and sacrifice
The United Nations honoured staff serving at its field missions through several events to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Ukraine: Hopes for peace on life support, Security Council hears
A glimmer of hope for peace in Ukraine has been overshadowed by a devastating new wave of Russian attacks, UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, warning of soaring civilian casualties and a worsening humanitarian crisis that could derail a diplomatic end to the war.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:UN searches for solutions to global housing crisis
The UNβs urban development agencyestimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services β thatβs around 40 per cent of the global population.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:WHO calls for urgent action to ban flavoured tobacco and nicotine products
On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) today launches a new publication and calls on governments to urgently ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes, to protect youth from addiction and disease.Flavours like menthol, bubble gum and cotton candy are masking the harshness of tobacco and nicotine products turning toxic products into...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:WHO, Africa CDC and RKI expand implementation of a unique partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the governments of Canada and the United Kingdom announced today the expansion of the successful Health Security Partnership to Strengthen Disease Surveillance in Africa (HSPA) to seven countries on the continent.Africa experiences more disease outbreaks than any other part of the world....
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly concludes: historic outcomes, consequential highlights
The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the annual meeting of World Health Organizationβs (WHO) Member States, came to a close Tuesday, as health leaders lauded vast accomplishments and global solidarity.The Assembly, WHOβs highest decision-making body, convened from 19 May to 27 May, under the theme βOne World for Healthβ. Member States considered approximately75 items and sub-items across all areas of...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions
The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global health. Delegates adopted the worldβs first pandemic agreement and approved a significant boost in core funding for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:βMy husband died in my armsβ: UN probe says Russian drone strikes may be crimes against humanity
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, independent UN-appointed human rights investigators concluded in a new report published on Wednesday.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle β the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao Peopleβs Democratic Republic meet β has seen an exponential surge in the illicit manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:βMy husband died in my armsβ: Russian drone attacks on Ukrainians amount to crimes against humanity, UN investigators report
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, independent UN-appointed human rights investigators concluded in a new report published on Wednesday.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Yemen: UN warns against Houthi-Israel escalation, calls for dialogue
The United Nations has called for restraint following another wave of escalation between Houthi rebels in Yemen and Israeli forces.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5Β°C limit in next five years
Fact: 2024 was the warmest year on record β but the heat is far from over. A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that global temperatures will likely continue rising, with an 80 per cent chance that at least one year between now and 2029 will be even hotter.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid from the new US and Israeli-backed aid distribution facility operating independently of the UN.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
Gazaβs population is being βstarved and denied the very basics,β while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UNβs Middle East peace envoy warned the Security Council Wednesday, urging immediate action to halt the violence, restore aid and advance a two-State solution before time runs out.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF
The UN Childrenβs Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:βWe are women like youβ: UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment
In early summer 2024, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana ventured into sector North of Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan where she was deployed as a military gender advocate with the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA).
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly β Daily update: 27 May 2025
Countries agree to update action plan to reduce deaths from antimicrobial resistance The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly approved a decision to update the Global action plan (GAP) on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), for discussion at next yearβs World Health Assembly (WHA79) in 2026.An estimated 4.71million deaths were associated with bacterial AMR as of 2021, according to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries,...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN
As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, education and employment.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO
As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over the escalating health emergency, driven by ongoing violence, mass displacement, collapsing health systems and poor conditions inside refugee camps.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Sanctions relief for Syria offers βpowerful message of hope,β says UN migration agency
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to ease sanctions against Syria.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:UN aims to transform urgency into action at Nice Ocean Conference
Countries are uniting in the French city of Nice next month to save the marine environment.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:New judge elected to the International Court of Justice
A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nationsβ principal judicial body.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Gaza: UN agencies call for aid βsurgeβ as Israeli distribution plan begins
As a controversial United States and Israel-backed aid distribution plan gets underway in Gaza, the UN called on Tuesday for an βimmediate surgeβ of its own pre-positioned supplies to help prevent starvation.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly β Daily update: 26 May 2025
Countries overwhelmingly agree on a new voluntary target for air pollution and healthMember States at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly strongly approved an updated road map for an enhanced global response to the adverse health effects of air pollution, reaffirming their commitment to protect populations from the worldβs largest environmental health risk. The decision updates the 2016 strategy endorsed under...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Gazansβ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on Monday that the βtrickleβ of supplies being allowed into the war-torn enclave will not halt famine.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine after deadly weekend attacks
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the daily killings and destruction across Ukraine, following a weekend of deadly attacks that left at least 14 civilians β including three children β dead and dozens more injured.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Top marks for Lebanon schools project helping marginalised kids
An inclusive education programme in Lebanon is getting top marks from teachers and students, especially children with disabilities who are often the most marginalised.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:UN warns of βcatastrophicβ human rights crisis in Myanmar as violence and economic collapse deepen
Myanmarβs spiralling human rights crisis β fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic collapse β has left civilians caught in the crossfire of an increasingly brutal conflict, according to a new report by the UN human rights office (OHCHR).
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Whatβs your poison? Alcohol linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer
Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new UN study has found.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes that reportedly killed at least 13 civilians and injured 65 others, warning that the attack underscores the grave risks of using powerful explosive weapons in populated areas.
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:African Union and World Health Organization renew strategic partnership to drive impact and strengthen health systems in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union (AU) Commission renewed their longstanding strategic partnership today with the signing of an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. This renewed agreement reaffirms the joint commitment to advancing health security, universal health coverage, and sustainable development across the African...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly β Daily update: 24 May 2025
First-ever rare diseases resolution underscores equity and inclusionMember States today adopted a landmark resolution declaring rare diseases a global health priority in an effort to ensure that no patients are left behind.The Resolution recognizes that over 300 million people globally live with one of more than 7000 rare diseases, most of which begin in childhood and can lead to significant physical, emotional, and...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Thousands flee homes in Mozambique as conflict and disasters fuel worsening crisis
More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, as conflict and a series of disasters fuel a worsening humanitarian crisis β one that risks deepening as vital relief operations face a severe funding shortfall.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly β Daily update: 23 May 2025
New guideline calls for improved global access to controlled medicinesThe World Health Organization (WHO) has released a rapid communication outlining its new guideline on balanced national policies for controlled medicines. The guideline was officially presented during a high-level side event at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly. It is designed to support countries in ensuring safe, equitable and affordable...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: