UN News Today 1 August 2024 |
UNICEF and WHO chiefs call for equal access to breastfeeding supportThe heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Top UN envoy warns against rush to end mission in DR Congo |
The UN Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has fully withdrawn from South Kivu, ending the first phase of disengagement...
PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Tackling period poverty |
Many women and girls in The Gambia are affected by “period poverty”, meaning that they are unable to afford menstrual products, which puts them...
UN News Today 2 August 2024
Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, numbers set to soar: WHOUN’s Middle East peace negotiator urges action to address ‘growing risk’...
Southeast Asia, the ‘ground zero’ for global scamming industry |
Southeast Asia has become the “ground zero” for the multi-billion-dollar global internet scamming industry according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).Transnational...
PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Meeting the climate challenge |
When it comes to climate action, The Gambia can proudly lay claim to being the first country to meet its commitments under the 2015...
UN News Today 5 August 2024 |
UN rights chief expresses concern over growing conflict risks in the Middle EastThe head of the UN human rights office OHCHR said on Monday...
Gaza: School strikes leave children’s futures in balance, warns UN aid agency |
In Gaza, the recent spate of schools hit in ongoing Israeli bombardment threatens the futures of a “whole generation” of children in the embattled...
PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Bringing it all back home |
Gambia has the highest per capita emigration rate of any African nation; between 2015 and 2020 over 33,000 Gambians, mainly young men, left home...
UN News Today 6 August 2024 |
COVID-19 making worrying comeback, WHO warns amid summertime surgeCOVID-19 infections are surging worldwide, including at the Olympics, and unlikely to decline anytime soon, the UN...
UN aid mission witnesses ‘apocalyptic’ scenes in Gaza city, with most basic supplies non-existent...
Aid teams that reached Gaza City on Friday after a week-long military offensive by Israeli forces described apocalyptic scenes with “building after building” flattened.Some...
PODCAST : Resurgence of The Gambia – Support for job creators |
In the last of our mini-series recorded in The Gambia, we look at the challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs, and how the UN is...
Terrorists and their foreign sponsors, though ‘weakened’ still pose a threat, Mali minister warns
Addressing the UN General Assembly’s annual debate, Abdoulaye Maiga said that since 2012, Mali had been experiencing a multifaceted crisis that led to the...
Saudi Arabia promotes ‘appeasement and development’ in the Middle East and beyond
Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said the world is seeing an increase in crises, and unfortunately the international community is just looking to manage...
UN News Today 7 August 2024
UNRWA says “swift and safe delivery” of vaccines essential for GazaUNIFIL provides free medical care for south LebaneseWFP aids flood-affected civilians in Myanmar
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As challenges mount across the globe, ‘the world needs the UN’, Egypt says
At the same time, Israel’s brutal aggression against Gaza and its current attacks on the West Bank place shame on international institutions, which are...
Indian minister says ‘we can change the world for the better’
“Conversations have become difficult, agreements even more so,” he said. “This is surely not what the founders of the UN would have wanted for...
Top South African Judge emphasizes crucial role of judiciary in fighting climate change |
The 2024 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is underway in New York, bringing ministers and senior officials together to discuss how to get the world...
Attempt to defeat Russia a ‘suicidal escapade’, Lavrov warns Ukraine and the West
Sergey Lavrov said criticism of Russia’s “special operation” based on the UN Charter and Ukraine’s territorial integrity, ignored the fact that the UN’s founding...
PODCAST: Working together to halt the global water crisis |
This year’s UN World Water Development Report warned of a global water crisis, unless international cooperation is rapidly stepped up.
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China is committed to dialogue, ‘not throwing gas on the fire’, Foreign Minister Wang...
To that end, China, jointly with Brazil and other countries of the Global South, launched a Group of Friends for Peace, he said in...
Ukraine: UN official deplores deadly double attack on hospital
The top UN aid official in Ukraine has condemned Russian attacks in the northeastern city of Sumy on Saturday which damaged a hospital and...
UN News Today 8 August 2024 |
UNDP and UNHCR launch joint program to aid war-affected civilians in UkraineThe UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, joined forces...
South Sudan: Force commander vows to boost peacekeeping presence ahead of elections |
As December elections loom in South Sudan and humanitarian, economic, social and political crises persist, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, continually provides...
