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UPDATING LIVE: Head of Palestine relief agency due to brief Security Council on Gaza crisis

UPDATING LIVE: Head of Palestine relief agency due to brief Security...

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1:40 PM - Philippe Lazzarini has said the agency is facing a “deliberate and concerted campaign” to undermine its operations at a time when...
UN leaders call for more action to end racism and discrimination

UN leaders call for more action to end racism and discrimination

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres celebrated the achievements and contributions of people of African descent from across the world, while addressing the forum via...
Unravelling the legacies of slavery

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

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“You’re speaking about the greatest crime against humanity ever committed,” said renowned historian Sir Hilary Beckles, who also chairs the Caribbean Community’s Reparations...
Gaza: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears

Gaza: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears

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Briefing the Council on the current situation on the ground, Ramesh Rajasingham, coordination director with UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, and Janti Soeripto of...
Stories from the UN Archive: Greatest of All Time fights for peace

Stories from the UN Archive: Greatest of All Time fights for...

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“Here’s a little Black boy from Louisville, Kentucky, sitting in the United Nations talking to presidents of the world, why? Because I’m a...
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, 6 April

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, 6 April

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The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace presents an opportunity to recognize the positive role sport and physical activity play in communities and in people’s lives across the globe.
Haiti: Gangs have ‘more firepower than the police’

Haiti: Gangs have ‘more firepower than the police’

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The consequences have plunged the Caribbean nation into an ongoing political and humanitarian crisis. Currently, there are “unprecedented levels of lawlessness”, UNODC’s regional...
Gaza: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into northern zones this month

Gaza: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into...

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In its latest update, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that the first two weeks of March saw just 11...
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Jenin: UN concerned over ongoing Israeli military operation

In a statement from his spokesperson on Monday, Mr. Guterres affirmed that all military operations must be conducted with full respect for international humanitarian...

‘Generations of Haitians’ at risk, warns Guterres, calling for international force to help quell gang violence

The UN chief expressed deep concern at the extreme vulnerability faced by the Haitian people – especially women and girls – because of brutally violent...

UN rights office calls on France to address ‘deep issues’ of racism in policing

In a statement released in Geneva on Friday, OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani expressed concern over the death of 17-year-old Nahel M on Tuesday, after...

Time to end gender-based violence, boost role of women in politics, public life

Speaking to the Council’s annual meeting in Geneva on protecting the rights of women and girls, the UN High Commissioner said it was an...

Syrians facing ‘ever worsening’ conditions, top UN officials warn

“The violence and suffering of the Syrian people remind us of what is at stake as diplomatic efforts continue on Syria,” said Najat Rochdi, UN...

‘The world is failing the Haitian people’ warns UNICEF chief

Briefing correspondents at UN Headquarters in New York just a few days after visiting Haiti along with the head of the World Food Programme...

Child health: More focus needed on earliest years, urges WHO

The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Children’s Fund UNICEF find that the first years of a child’s life provide “irreplicable opportunities...

Northeastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives

The UN’s top humanitarian official in the country Matthias Schmale informed that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and...

Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank

A strongly worded statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions....
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