‘Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns
In short, countries must start curbing emissions immediately, according to the UN Emissions Gap Report 2024.“Climate crunch time is here,” said UNEP Executive Director...
IOM Calls for Humanitarian Access and Increased Donor Support for Lebanon at Paris Conference
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Paris, 24 October – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling on the international community to work urgently on restoring...
Explainer: How to advance women’s roles in peace and security
Right now, the reality is grim: in 2023, the proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled compared to the previous year, and the...
85 percent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected...
On World Polio Day, UNICEF has issued a stark warning: polio cases in fragile and conflict-affected countries have more than doubled over the past...
Syria facing alarming regional spillover, UN envoy warns
“The fires of conflicts are raging the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Gaza, and in Lebanon. And the heat is being felt in Syria too...
‘Trauma that echoes across generations’: UN highlights weaponisation of sexual violence
The mandate was established through Security Council resolution 1888 (2009) which called for appointing a Special Representative to lead UN efforts to address rape...
Experts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death
That’s according to a group of independent UN human rights experts who said in a statement released on Wednesday they are urgently seeking confirmation...
Civilians and peacekeepers at risk, amid escalating Lebanon conflict
Intensified Israeli airstrikes on 23 September forced nearly 120,000 people to flee their homes within a week, according to UNHCR.As of 20 October, that...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: UN to brief ambassadors on Haiti crisis
The UN Security Council is due to be briefed at the top of the hour on the overlapping crises which have beset Haiti in...
WFP delivers life-saving aid to one million people in Burkina Faso
The agency has provided assistance to more than one million crises affected people so far this year through crucial funding from the United States.The...
UN renews call to protect civilians, as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key...
The strike, which hit the densely populated Jnah neighbourhood, also injured 60 people and reportedly damaged the Rafik Hariri University Hospital. At least three...
‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says
UNRWA staff report that they cannot find food, water or medical care, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X.
‘Just waiting to die’“The smell of death is...
The State of the Presidential Race
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October 21, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...
Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years
“Without lifting economic restrictions, enabling recovery, and investing in development, the Palestinian economy may not be able to restore pre-war levels and advance forward...
It’s Not Just the Fascism
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This column is particularly for those people who live in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona...
IOM Director General's Message on International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2024
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IOM Director General's Message on International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2024
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Haitians of Springfield, Ohio – just another footnote in this country’s long history of...
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Littane Ilfrard traces the deep and complex history of immigration to highlight why today’s Haitian immigrants in the U.S. deserve better.
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Daily death and destruction continues in Ukraine, Security Council hears
Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča, whose portfolio straddles both Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, voiced concern over attacks on energy infrastructure as winter approaches.Drones, death and...
The promise and peril of runaway technological advances
Setting the stage for the discussions, Robin Geiss, Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), highlighted the blistering pace of scientific developments...
‘Hundreds displaced overnight’ as airstrikes destroy humanitarian facilities in Lebanon
“Late last night, hundreds of people were reportedly displaced in Beirut and across the country following Israeli displacement orders identifying a social finance network...
In Ethiopia, UN chief advocates for permanent Security Council seats for Africa
In a speech delivered during the inauguration of the renovated Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, Secretary-General António Guterres celebrated the building’s historic and symbolic importance...
The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake
Considered the world’s most important event to conserve biodiversity, the summit is taking place in Cali, the third largest city of the South American...
UN rights office raises alarm over relentless Israeli attacks in north Gaza
Life has become “impossible” for civilians trapped in the north amid repeated orders to move and severely limited access to essential humanitarian supplies, leaving...
A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia
The UN chief’s call came in a video message to the opening ceremony of the gathering, which officially begins on Monday 21 October in...
