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AIโs โOppenheimer momentโ: 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 โbig techโ companies have insisted.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:
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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 โ largely due to improved...
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 โ aimed at enhancing monitoring and response across the whole UN system.
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:โSafe futures start hereโ: 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 Antรณnio 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 weekโs 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 โwith no escape, no hope, and often forced to face unspeakable abuse,โ 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:UN rights office calls for end to Israel's โillegal presenceโ 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: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 WHOโs Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC), a framework designed to strengthen countriesโ emergency workforce, coordinate the deployment of...
Published on: April 04, 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:AIโs $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 โ roughly the size of Germanyโs economy โ 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:Sudan crisis: Tรผrk condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum
The fight for Sudanโs capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent recapture by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), UN human rights chief Volker Tรผrksaidon 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 weekโs devastating earthquakes claimed over 3,000 lives and left millions in urgent need of aid.
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: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:โEvery piece tells a storyโ: Bombs to beauty, from Gaza to Ukraine
What happens to bombs after they land? Some explode. Some donโt, 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: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:Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum
The fight for Sudanโs capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent recapture by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), UN human rights chief Volker Tรผrksaidon Thursday.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres expressed grave concern on Wednesday over the human toll resulting from the intensified hostilities in Gaza.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:World is โfailingโ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief
The โworld is failingโ 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:Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls
Fridayโs devastating earthquakes in Myanmar not only caused mass casualties and widespread destruction, they also deepened long-standing gender inequalities โ leaving millions of women and girls at heightened risk, UN aid agencies warned on Wednesday.
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 โ and increasingly men and boys โ are estimated to be at risk.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Accountability for missing persons is โcrucialโ: 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:โAttacks on aid workers must end,โ 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: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:Lebanon: UN expresses deep concern over latest Israeli airstrikes, in call for restraint
The United Nations on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the latest escalation of violence in Lebanon, despite the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, following an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut that reportedly killed four people โ including a woman โ and injured several others.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Myanmar earthquake latest: Entire communities flattened, aid teams say
As the death toll continues to rise in Myanmar after last Friday's earthquake tragedy, UN humanitarians have been rushing to support severely deprived and traumatized victims, warning that the window for lifesaving response is closing.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave
UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on duty in southern Gaza by Israeli forces whoseremains were recovered on Sunday from a shallow grave after a week-long rescue operation, noting that one worker is still missing.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of worldโs Least Developed Countries
Policymakers, researchers, the private sector and other stakeholders are meeting in Zambiaโs capital, Lusaka, over the next three days to chart a path toward sustainable development and resilience for the worldโs Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Guterres calls for greater equality and inclusion as world marks Autism Awareness Day
Although people with autism are making enormous contributions to societies across the globe, they still face significant challenges.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Surging violence as armed groups target civilians in the east, Human Rights Council hears
Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with 602 victims of extrajudicial or summary executions in North and South Kivu recorded over just two months, theHuman Rights Council heard on Tuesday.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Strengthening public health across Lebanon with EIB Global
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Thomas รstros, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB Global), met at the EIB Group Forum in Luxembourg and signed an agreement for a 10 million grant to strengthen public health across Lebanon. The initiative will re-establish Lebanon's Central Public Health Laboratory and prioritize medication provision and...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:WHO issues its first-ever reports on tests and treatments for fungal infections
WHO's reports addressing the critical lack of medicines and diagnostic tools for invasive fungal diseases, shows urgent need for innovative research and development (R&D) to close the gaps. Fungal diseases are an increasing public health concern, with common infections growing increasingly resistant to treatment.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Gaza: UN relief chief demands โanswers and justiceโ following killings of first responders
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday called for โjustice and answersโ after Israeli forces killed eight Palestinian medics, six civil defence first responders and a UN staff member in an attack in southern Gaza.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: