News in Brief 30 May 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.As Israeli ground incursions into Gaza continue, aid is cut by two-thirdsThe flow of vital...
‘Patients are afraid’: Top WHO official in Rafah describes rising alarm amid Israeli strikes...
Despite the risk of new strikes in Rafah, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners continue to establish field hospitals and get services back...
UN chief calls for safety of peacekeepers after IDF breaches UN position in Lebanon
The incident took place early on Sunday morning (local time), when two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate and forcibly entered the position,...
PODCAST: COVID-19 forces relief rethink at world’s largest humanitarian hub |
International Humanitarian City (IHC) in Dubai, the world’s largest humanitarian hub with some 135,000 square metres of warehouse space, has been transformed by the...
News in Brief 31 May 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Sudan crisis has left millions at imminent risk of famine, aid teams warnMillions of people...
UN rights office: Gaza conflict having ‘massive impact’ on West Bank |
This interview has been edited for length and clarityAjith Sunghay: Our biggest concern is the spike in violence that we are seeing, particularly coming from...
We owe it to future generations to shape a safer tomorrow, UN chief says...
In a message marking Sunday’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, António Guterres highlighted the severe impact of disasters on children.“When disasters strike, they...
PODCAST: Sowing seeds of solidarity, after the Tree of Life Synagogue killings |
Kaylee Werner was a teenager when a gunman attacked the Tree of Life Synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh, on October 27, 2018....
News in Brief 31 May 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Sudan crisis has left millions at imminent risk of famine, aid teams warn Millions of people...
Fiery rhetoric sparks ‘real flames’ at UNRWA East Jerusalem office |
Two arson attacks which followed weeks of protests forced UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA to temporarily close its compound in East Jerusalem on Thursday.The...
PODCAST: Reckoning with slavery’s legacy: Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project |
“We can’t heal by ignoring what happened” – that’s one of the key demands for greater racial justice in the United States, from the...
News in Brief 3 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.WFP reaches Haiti’s capital with truckloads of food: WFPIn Haiti, UN humanitarians said on Monday...
Afghanistan: UN assessment teams deployed to flood-affected areas |
Rescue efforts continue in Afghanistan following deadly flash floods in three northeastern provinces this past weekend.The Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP),...
PODCAST: Barbados and the Blue Economy – Sargassum Solutions |
In a four-part mini-series, released in the run-up to the UN Oceans Conference, we explore some of the ocean-related issues facing the eastern Caribbean...
News in Brief 4 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.More than 500 Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank: UN rights chief Violence in the occupied...
Libya: Outgoing UN envoy details challenges to political solution |
A breakthrough in Libya cannot be achieved if leaders continue to monopolise the political process, the outgoing head of the UN mission in the...
UN, INGOs call for immediate release of detained personnel in Yemen
In a joint statement, the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen, the heads of UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP, WHO and OHCHR, and...
PODCAST: Barbados and the Blue Economy – Hope and hedgerows |
This is the second in a four-part mini-series, released in the run-up to the UN Oceans Conference, exploring some of the ocean-related issues facing...
News in Brief 5 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.There is an exit off ‘the highway to climate hell’, Guterres insists“It’s climate crunch time”...
‘Gender bias in AI’ impacts technology use on the battlefield, UN expert warns
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly developing and raising concerns on the battlefield, particularly lethal autonomous weapons systems, commonly known as “killer robots”.The United Nations...
PODCAST: Barbados and the Blue Economy – Restoring the reef |
In our third episode looking at ocean-related issues facing the eastern Caribbean island nation of Barbados, released in the run-up to the UN Oceans...
News in Brief 6 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza Amid reports that an Israeli...
Sudan civilians ‘want conflict to end’ says WFP’s Deputy Executive Director |
Amidst ongoing armed conflict in Sudan, where millions of civilians are left displaced and food insecure, Deputy Executive Director for the World Food Programme...
