UN rights expert: ‘Incarceration emergency’ resulted in mistreatment and alleged torture of Palestinians |
UN News: What kind of tortures and mistreatment of the detainees are you worried by? Alice Edwards: I just want to make sure that every...
ONU exalta multilateralismo em ação pelos 150 anos do Dia Mundial dos Correios
Nesta quarta-feira assinala-se o Dia Mundial dos Correios com ênfase na contribuição do sistema postal ao serviço de pessoas, governos e empresas por 150...
Ofensiva israelense no norte de Gaza interrompe ajuda humanitária
As operações de socorro ao norte de Gaza foram interrompidas nesta quarta-feira. Segundo o comissário-geral da Agência da ONU de Assistência aos Refugiados Palestinos,...
ONU exalta multilateralismo em ação pelos 150 anos do Dia Mundial dos Correios
Secretário-geral ressalta que cooperação global ajudou a entregar mensagens, bens e serviços financeiros em lugares longínquos; celebrações cobrindo mais de 150 países incluem competição...
Liban : la crise humanitaire s’aggrave à un rythme alarmant, selon l’ONU
Cette alerte de l’OCHA intervient alors que l’armée israélienne émet désormais « quotidiennement des ordres de déplacement » pour plus de 100 villages et...
Plus de 400.000 Palestiniens pris au piège dans le nord de Gaza, selon l’UNRWA
Des centaines de milliers de personnes et des dizaines d’installations humanitaires ont été affectées par quatre nouveaux ordres d’évacuation. Il y a des risques...
Una niña paraguaya con discapacidad demuestra que la inclusión educativa es posible
Cristina es una niña con discapacidad que fue a estudiar por primera vez a sus 9 años. En febrero, la escuela San Miguel de...
PODCAST: Driving the climate agenda at UNGA77 |
On this week’s episode of The Lid Is On, we look at how the issue of the climate emergency has been raised during the...
‘No end to hell’ in northern Gaza, warns UN aid agency chief
The warning from Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA UNRWA was prompted by renewed evacuation orders from the Israeli military, which “many are refusing because they...
News in Brief 20 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza today: Scorching heat, dire aid shortages and heavy fighting Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza...
End ‘collective amnesia’ over COVID-19, says UN health agency WHO
Coronaviruses like COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) “must be taken seriously” as they are particularly dangerous for at-risk groups including the elderly,...
Walling off damage from climate change, one brick at a time |
Youth activists have been meeting on the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda this weekend to ensure their voices and call for action...
A Gaza, un camp pour orphelins est une lueur d’espoir, alors que la guerre...
Le dernier bilan fait état de plus de 41.000 morts, selon le ministère local de la Santé, dont une majorité de femmes et d'enfants,...
PODCAST: Fighting the online terror threat |
Counter-terrorism is one of the lesser-known subjects covered by the UN, but attempts to improve international cooperation to combat terrorism have grown in recent...
Dor ‘indescritível’ um ano após os ataques de 7 de outubro
Um sobrevivente palestino residente em um campo de refugiados no norte de Gaza falou da dor que sentiu durante o ano passado, após perder...
Estudo revela existência de microplásticos ainda menores na Antártida
A Agência Internacional de Energia Atômica, Aiea, anunciou o fim de uma operação que mostra provas de poluição por microplásticos em lagos, nos litorais...
News in Brief 21 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza is more than two million stories of loss: UN agenciesGaza is “a world of...
Sudan: Intense fighting in Darfur ‘a crisis for children’ |
Joining us from Port Sudan, Sudan, is Sheldon Yett, UNICEF is Representative to Sudan. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak...
PODCAST: Time to take out the space trash |
It’s World Space Week, a UN event celebrating the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition.
This year’s theme...
La crise en Haïti peut être résolue, affirme le chef des droits de l’homme...
« Dans un pays de moins de 28.000 kilomètres carrés, soit moins de 65 % de la superficie de la Suisse, la résolution de la...
UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs
In a briefing to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, UN rights chief Volker Türk highlighted the widespread devastation and violations of international...
UN News Today 08 October 2024 |
Fears grow that Lebanon may become another GazaUN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million...
‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo
“It is the civilian population who will continue to bear the heavy toll of war daily: loss of life, sexual violence, health problems and...
‘Families ran for their lives’: Syria receives 250,000 refugees fleeing Lebanon
“Families I spoke with had run for their lives and have no idea what tomorrow may bring after an exhausting, dangerous journey to the...
