Gaza war: UN World Food Programme condemns Israeli attack on aid convoy
The WFP issued a statement on Monday condemning the attack and insisting that its vehicles had been “clearly marked”. “At least 16 bullets” struck the...
Culture as the Key Crisis in Black Life with Dr. Maulana Karenga
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January 6, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest Dr. Maulana Karenga, Creator of...
‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
In a Security Council meeting on Friday, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the West Bank and Gaza, painted a grim picture...
UN continues to call for timely Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon
This includes movements further north reported in Sector East, while a redeployment by the Lebanese Armed Forces was conducted this week in Shama, in...
Young Venezuelan refugees get a fresh start in Trinidad’s schools
When 11-year-old Venezuelan refugee Astrid Saavedra walked into her fourth-grade classroom in Trinidad and Tobago for her first day of school in September, she...
Haiti gangs crisis: Top rights expert decries attacks on hospitals
William O’Neill, who reports to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, highlighted an attack on the Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince on 17...
Syria crisis: UN teams support cholera vaccination in northeastern camps
The cholera outbreak was detected in the camp in early October and subsequently confirmed by laboratory tests. Because Al Hol does not have a...
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health...
The UN Security Council is due to meet in emergency session at 10am in New York on the collapse of health services in Gaza....
Gaza Winter Deaths Are Preventable: Ceasefire, Access Needed for Shelter Aid
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Geneva, 03 January 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply alarmed by the devastating impact of winter rains...
Emancipation and Haitian Independence Day message from Dr. Ron Daniels
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Originally recorded on January 1, 2025 — An Emancipation and Haitian Independence Day message from Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the...
Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since end of Assad dictatorship
The information is based on public statements by host countries, contacts with immigration services from inside Syria, and border monitoring by the agency and...
Fresh evacuation orders and airstrikes highlight ongoing insecurity in Gaza
This comes a day after Israel once again ordered the evacuation of large areas within Gaza, citing rocket fire into its territory.The new orders...
World News in Brief: Deaths on the Mediterranean, rights in Venezuela, new Security Council...
Regina De Dominicis – who also heads the agency’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office – issued her plea for action after another small...
Gaza: ‘Every day without a ceasefire will bring more tragedy’
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stressed that no place and no one in Gaza has been safe since the war began in October 2023.
“As the year...
UN chief condemns New Orleans truck attack
Media reports indicated that a US male citizen had intentionally driven a pick-up truck into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in...
‘RC blog: ‘It will take years to help people deal with the invisible consequences...
“I am continually inspired by the strength and courage of the Ukrainian people. As I have travelled to Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and...
WHO continues to urge China to share data five years after COVID-19
WHO recalled that on 31 December 2019, its Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from...
Report details bleak human rights situation in Ukraine nearly three years into Russian invasion
Covering the period of September to November 2024, the report describes intensified Russian attacks on populated areas, deliberate strikes on energy infrastructure, and efforts...
Aid trucks deliver food to northwest Syria
UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that the cross-border operation from Türkiye into the northwest is running without impediments.On Tuesday, 21 trucks carrying 500...
Recruitment of child soldiers is on the rise, despite global commitments
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was hailed as a historic agreement when it was adopted by world leaders in 1989,...
UNHCR urges greater support for people fleeing post-election violence in Mozambique
The violence comes after the top court in Mozambique confirmed on 23 December that the ruling Frelimo party won the disputed presidential election held...
‘Absolutely the wrong path,’ Türk warns against Afghanistan’s ban on women in NGOs
The measure, issued by the de facto Ministry of Economy on 26 December, enforces a two-year-old decree prohibiting women from working with both national...
UNRWA chief renews call for probe into attacks on humanitarians in Gaza
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini made the appeal in a statement posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.He noted that 15 months after the war...
Major step forward for child protection in Colombia, as politicians ban underage marriage
In November, following several failed attempts, politicians of all stripes approved a bill to overhaul legislation that has been in effect since 1887, reflecting...
