Latest Updates Around The World
Claudio Cordone, briefing ambassadors for the first time as deputy special envoy, pointed to the January 30 ceasefire and integration deal between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as a potentially transformative development. The agreement provides for a phased military and administrative integration of northeastern Syria and includes provisions on the return […]
The United Nations said that his teams attempted to coordinate eight humanitarian missions on Friday and that five were fully facilitated. The remaining three – including a mission to reach a water treatment plant in Khan Younis – were rejected by Israel. Saving lives, beating famine The successful missions collected food and medical supplies from […]
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular news briefing in New York that the UN Aid Coordination Office, OCHAhad received additional reports of air raids, bombings, shelling – including from the sea – and shootings in residential areas. The violence, he said, “endangers citizens and contributes to the enormous hardship they have endured […]
“The situation remains very volatile and we fear that it will deteriorate further, worsening the already precarious human rights and humanitarian situation in the region,” Türk said, following clashes in recent days between the Ethiopian army and regional forces. The development comes against the backdrop of a deadly conflict in Tigray from 2020 to 2022 […]
In a statement from his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq on Saturday: the UN chief said nearly 10 million people – “more than two-thirds of the population” – now require life-saving humanitarian assistance and “continue to bear the brunt of the conflict”. He expressed deep concern about the fighting, attacks and looting affecting humanitarian and healthcare […]
UN agencies warn that nearly three years of continued violence, limited humanitarian access and declining funding have pushed Sudan into what they describe as the world’s worst humanitarian emergency. An estimated 33.7 million people – about two-thirds of the population – will need humanitarian assistance by 2026. More than 20 million people now need health […]
According to media reports, Russian forces have launched hundreds of drones and several missiles in the capital Kiev and other cities, including one capable of carrying nuclear warheads. At least four people were killed in Kiev, and about 25 others were injuredwhile thousands of apartment buildings in the city were left without heating due to […]
The latest UN data shows that 9.3 million people have been uprooted by conflict across the country and more than 4.3 million have fled across the border, putting enormous pressure on neighboring countries. More than 21 million people across the country are believed to be in acute food insecurity. Although many of the displaced have […]
For frontline workers like Oleg Kemin from the UN World Food Program (WFP), this involves traveling deep into disputed territory along the 1,000-kilometer contact line separating Ukraine from Russia, where attack drones pose a deadly threat. In an exclusive interview with UN newsOleg describes his work as a security officer and the challenges he faces […]
The US action made “all states around the world less safe,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the High Commissioner. Speaking to journalists in Geneva, Ms Shamdasani rejected the US justification for its intervention on the grounds of the Venezuelan government’s “long-standing and appalling” human rights record. “Accountability for human rights violations cannot be achieved through […]
