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Qatar is facilitating talks between the Congolese government and the armed group M23, which controls large parts of the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. The latest developments follow months of intense fighting that has displaced civilians and destabilized the region. However, the UN warns that despite the diplomatic momentum, the security situation on the […]
“AI moves at the speed of light,” according to the UN Secretary General António Guterreswhich underlines the urgency of regulating the breakthrough technology. “We need shared insights to build effective guardrailsunlocking innovation for the common good and promoting collaboration. The panel will help the world separate facts from fakes, and science from nonsense.” The Panel’s […]
The UN on Thursday called for widespread financial reforms as the most powerful way to shift global markets towards achieving a better world for people and the planet. For every dollar invested in protecting nature, $30 is spent destroying it– that is the central finding of theState of Finance for Nature 2026 report, calling for […]
A teenage Haitian girl forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give up on the children.” Thirteen-year-old Dieussika lived peacefully with her family before armed violence and insecurity forced them to flee. “We had to leave our house and my sister almost died because […]
U.S. President Donald Trump made the announcement on social media, and the U.S. attorney general said Mr. Maduro and his wife would face “the full wrath of American justice on American soil, in American courts,” based on a 2020 indictment during the first Trump administration in New York. UN photo/Cia Pak Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro […]
High Commissioner Volker Turk said the series of draft proposals before the Israeli Knesset raises serious concerns about discrimination, due process violations, and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. “When it comes to the death penalty, the United Nations is very clear and is against it under all circumstances“It is extremely difficult to […]
Since October’s fragile ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have been distributed. Yet partners estimate that more than a million people – about half of Gaza’s population – are still in urgent need of shelter support. “Needs remain enormous, and the harsh […]
“I felt betrayed by my body,” she told the World Health Organization (WHO).WHO) as part of an initiative to eliminate the disease. Cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer in women, took Jeanette’s life a year after she was diagnosed. Every year in January, Cancer Awareness Month, The WHO emphasizes that the disease is both […]
The amendments adopted on 29 December to the Law to Cease UNRWA Operations “seek to further impede UNRWA’s ability to exercise and implement its mandated activities,” a UNRWA spokesperson said statement issued by the spokesperson of Secretary General Antonio Guterres. “The law and its amendments are inconsistent with the status and international legal framework applicable […]
According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHASince December 26, attacks across the country have also caused widespread damage to civilian infrastructure, leaving parts of the country without electricity, heating and water as temperatures plunged below zero. Across the country, authorities reported nearly 100 civilian casualties during this period. The most serious […]
