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Des crimes d’atrocité sont probablement commis à Gaza, selon l’ONU
Volker Türk est allé droit au but. « C’est avec douleur que je prends la parole devant ce Conseil une fois de plus pour...
L’ONU appelle le monde à offrir des opportunités aux personnes handicapées
Bien que les personnes handicapées représentent 16 % de la population mondiale, elles continuent de souffrir de nombreuses inégalités en matière de santé, notamment...
GLOBAL DIASPORA NEWS
AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without...
The Technology and Innovation Report 2025, released on Thursday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), sounds the alarm on growing inequality...
Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum
Citing credible reports of extrajudicial killings in several areas of the capital, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the victims were...
African Diaspora Leaders
Kim Poole’s Tribute to Malcolm’ Mother + Where, Oh Where, Is Bev Smith?
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March 31, 2025Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Kim Poole, Founder...
A powerful tribute to Louise Langdon Little by Kim Poole
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Kim Poole, Founder and Director of the Teaching Artist Institute (Baltimore, MD), delivers a moving tribute to Louise Langdon Little—the mother...
What Will It Take? What Will It Yield?
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More than a century later woman can vote, hold office and have equal rights in theory, but that has not changed...
Revolution? — By Ted Glick
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By Ted Glick –
I wonder how many people reading these words know the significance of April 19th to US Americans, and others,...
Preserving Our Natural Wonders is a Patriotic Cause Worth Fighting For
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By Ben Jealous —
Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old,...
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‘Attacks on aid workers must end,’ Security Council told
Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General with UN aid coordination office OCHA, and Gilles Michaud, head of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) were speaking...
Philanthropy, Fundraising & Humanitarian
Myanmar earthquake: Search and rescue efforts continue in race against time
According to news reports citing Myanmar’s military leader, around 1,700 are confirmed dead from Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake, with some 3,400 injured and hundreds...
Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in...
The United Nations agency has received only $1.57 billion of the $21.1 billion required to sustain its operations this year, with donations slashed by...
Gaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN...
According to local health authorities in Gaza, 830 people were killed between 18-23 March, including 174 women and 322 children. A further 1,787 were...
Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war
UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen, who’s on the ground there, said that hundreds of children had been killed and injured – some with severe burns, shrapnel...
Sudan war: Displacement figures fall for first time
However, the country remains in the grip of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with millions facing famine, disease and insecurity.IOM data shows...
DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger
The situation represents one of the world’s worst food crises, according to the UN-partnered Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform.“The humanitarian situation in the...
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El bloqueo israelí de Gaza puede equivaler a utilizar la hambruna...
El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos expresó este jueves su conmoción por los recientes asesinatos de 15 trabajadores médicos...
La IA, un mercado de 4,8 billones de dólares con el...
La inteligencia artificial (IA) se encamina a convertirse en un mercado mundial de 4,8 billones de dólares en 2033, aproximadamente el tamaño de la...
PROPHETIC NEWS
Sustainability, Climate & Environment
UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of world’s Least Developed Countries
The third edition of the LDC Future Forum, which opened on Monday, focusses on how these 44 nations can better withstand systemic shocks, including...
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH
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UN News Today 03 April 2025 |
Sudan emergency: UN rights chief condemns widespread extrajudicial killingsThe fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent...
‘Carnage’ must stop in Sudan, insists UN human rights office |
Civilians continue to bear the brunt of violent clashes between rival forces in Sudan, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday, after...