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World Toilet Day, Flush With Innovations For Safer Sanitation
Sunday, 19 November 2023, 6:48 pm | UN News
Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world on World Toilet Day , marked on 19 November. In line with this year’s theme of accelerating change , innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address ... More >>
Myanmar: Intense Fighting Spreads To Cities, As Civilians Seek Shelter
Saturday, 18 November 2023, 9:28 am | UN News
The conflict between ethnic armed groups and the Myanmar military has expanded to the country’s eastern and western regions, with urban areas increasingly affected by intense fighting and aerial bombardment, UN agencies have reported. In the fighting ... More >>
‘Six Days Of Terror’ In West Darfur: Ethnically-based Attacks On The Rise
Saturday, 18 November 2023, 8:22 am | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass attack in the Darfur region of Sudan, amidst the ongoing conflict between the national army and a rival military known as the Rapid Support Forces ... More >>
Alert: Israel-Palestine Crisis: Security Council Calls For Urgent, Extended Humanitarian Pauses In Gaza
Friday, 17 November 2023, 1:08 am | UN News
15 November The Security Council passed a resolution Wednesday calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and for urgent and extended humanitarian corridors throughout the enclave to save and protect civilian lives. The affirmative vote came ... More >>
Gaza: ‘Hospitals Are Not Battlegrounds’, Children’s Suffering Must Stop, UN Humanitarians Say
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 9:29 am | UN News
Children have been killed, maimed, abducted and denied assistance in Gaza, and the parties to the conflict must “stop this horror”, UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) chief Catherine Russell said during a visit to the enclave as humanitarian operations ... More >>
Israel-Palestine Crisis: UN Emergency Relief Chief Unveils 10-point Plan ‘to Rein In The Carnage’
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 9:27 am | UN News
The UN’s top emergency relief official unveiled a 10-point plan “to rein in the carnage” in Gaza on Wednesday which focuses on a major expansion of aid into into the wartorn enclave, along with a new call for humanitarian ceasefires and the ... More >>
First Person: UNICEF Chief In Gaza Visit, Bears Witness To Grave Violations Against Children
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 9:26 am | UN News
Grave violations against children, including killing, maiming and abductions, are taking place in the Gaza Strip, according to the Executive Director on the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. Catherine Russell visited Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south ... More >>
Explainer: How Aid Reaches Gaza
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 9:24 am | UN News
The Rafah border crossing in Egypt has been called a lifeline into the besieged Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people, amid the escalating Israel-Palestine conflict. All other crossings were shuttered since hostilities began on 7 October. We took ... More >>
Gaza: UN Agencies Make Plea For International Action To End Hospital Attacks
Monday, 13 November 2023, 8:09 am | UN News
UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, as Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in the heart of the Gaza Strip. The regional directors of the UN sexual and reproductive ... More >>
UPDATED: Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief
Monday, 13 November 2023, 12:20 am | UN News
Senior UN officials said on Saturday there could be no justification for any “acts of war” in or around any healthcare facilities, amidst reports that Gaza’s largest hospital has come under attack by Israeli forces as they battle Palestinian militants. ... More >>
‘Genuine Prospect Of Palestinian Statehood Is Critical’, UNRWA Chief Tells Emergency Summit In Saudi Arabia
Sunday, 12 November 2023, 6:07 pm | UN News
A political solution to end the cycle of conflict in Israel and Palestine has become a stark “matter of life and death” for millions in Gaza and beyond, said the head of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday. Philippe ... More >>
UPDATED: Israel-Palestine Crisis: Amid War Crimes Fears, UN Rights Chief Renews Calls To Stop Violence, Free Hostages
Saturday, 11 November 2023, 4:54 pm | UN News
The UN rights chief Volker Türk reiterated increasingly urgent calls on Friday for a humanitarian ceasefire to allow lifesaving relief to reach Gaza, the release of all hostages taken from Israel and a “sustainable” end to the “nightmarish” ... More >>
70 UN Ambassadors In Geneva Call For International Action On Gaza
Saturday, 11 November 2023, 4:53 pm | UN News
The international community must act now to end the bloodshed and suffering in Gaza, scores of UN Ambassadors in Geneva said in a joint call on Friday. More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in just one of month of conflict, they said, citing ... More >>
One In Three Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Deaths Linked To Working Outdoors
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 7:02 pm | UN News
Nearly one in every three deaths from nonmelanoma skin cancer is caused by working under the sun, according to a joint report released on Wednesday by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). Nonmelanoma ... More >>
More Action Needed To Write ‘Final Chapter’ Of TB
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 6:38 pm | UN News
Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but more effort is needed to end the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The finding comes in the latest WHO Global Tuberculosis Report ... More >>
FAO Report Reveals Hidden Costs Of Agrifood Systems
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 11:42 am | UN News
Although current agrifood systems provide nourishment and sustain economies, they also impose huge hidden costs on health and the environment - the equivalent of at least $10 trillion annually - a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization ... More >>
Nepal Quake: UN Response Continues, As Aftershocks Leave Families Traumatized
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 10:01 am | UN News
UN agencies in Nepal continue their response to the deadly earthquake that struck western parts of the country over the weekend, claiming 153 lives, injuring over 330 and forcing thousands to spend nights in the open amid freezing temperatures. ... More >>
UN Teams Respond To Deadly Earthquake In Western Nepal
Sunday, 5 November 2023, 9:48 am | UN News
United Nations teams in Nepal are responding to the devastating earthquake in the west of the country, amid reports that over 150 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. The powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the remote and rural districts ... More >>
Humanitarian Ceasefires Critical To Meet Immense Needs In Gaza
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 6:02 pm | UN News
Political negotiations to get aid into Gaza have yielded results but much more is needed, including humanitarian ceasefires to ensure safe delivery of food, fuel and other essentials, senior UN officials said on Friday in a briefing to Member States ... More >>
Israel-Palestine Crisis: ‘It’s The Innocent Civilians Who Are Losing’
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 6:00 pm | UN News
More funding is urgently needed for lifesaving aid in Gaza while concern is deepening over high numbers of civilians killed since the beginning of the crisis and human rights violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Briefing reporters ... More >>
