Around 90,000 children impacted by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique
Current assessments show the storm destroyed or damaged over 35,000 homes, displaced thousands of families, and impacted more than 90,000 children, the UN Children’s...
Urgent and Sustained Global Support Needed to Build on New Dawn says IOM Chief...
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Damascus, 17 December 2024 – International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope has reaffirmed IOM’s strong commitment to Syria,...
WFP delivers aid to over 800,000 in Sudan
The surge in aid follows a large-scale effort launched by WFP to address the growing humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict that erupted in...
Syria crisis: ‘Key priority’ is preserving evidence of crimes, say UN investigators
The head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in Syria (IIIM), Robert Petit, told reporters in Geneva that with an...
Most Internally Displaced People Prefer to Stay Rather Than Return: Report
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Geneva, 17 December 2024 — Sixty percent of persons internally displaced by conflict or disaster would rather remain in their current...
Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Syria and Security Council
Senior UN officials remain in Syria on Tuesday where they have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker government, following the ousting of former...
Ready for Reparations in NY State?
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December 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest New York Assembly Woman Michelle...
World News in Brief: Death toll rises in Darfur, Cyclone Chido latest, São Tomé...
According to news reports citing local sources, paramilitaries from the so-called Rapid Support Forces who have been battling the forces of the military Government...
Migrant workers ‘indispensable’ to global economic growth: UN labour agency
Some 167.7 million migrants were part of the labour force in their destination countries in 2022 – an increase of more than 30 million...
Ukraine: Humanitarian crisis worsens amid winter freeze, daily attacks
Lisa Doughten, Director of Financing and Partnerships at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) highlighted the unrelenting toll on civilians.“Daily...
Internet Governance Forum: Shaping a safe and equitable digital future
Bringing together participants from over 170 countries, the Forum comes at a pivotal moment following the recent adoption of the Global Digital Compact (GDC).The...
UN announces plan to address political impasse, overdue elections in Libya
Stephanie Koury, Deputy Special Representative for Libya and acting head of the UN Support Mission in the country, UNSMIL, briefed ambassadors on the initiative...
In Damascus, top UN envoy stresses need for credible, inclusive, ‘Syrian owned’ transition
The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria also called for all parties to prioritize the protection of civilians as the country grapples with...
Particular, Universal and Common Ground.
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This is a revisiting of an early and ongoing conversation about the shared meaning of Kwanzaa, its...
IOM and Microsoft Collaborate to Address Climate-Driven Displacement
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Geneva, 16 December 2024 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Microsoft have teamed up to address climate-induced displacement by...
Gaza death toll passes 45,000 as UN school suffers new deadly strike
Images taken at the school in Khan Younis showed the apparent impact point of one shell in a concrete upper floor where people had...
IOM’s Flagship World Migration Report Microsite Wins Grand Prize in International Innovation Award
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Geneva, 16 December 2024 – The microsite of IOM’s flagship report on migration, the World Migration Report (WMR), has won the...
Charting a path for global action on land and drought
The nearly 200 countries gathered at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and committed to...
UN envoy calls for increased aid for Syria in Damascus visit
The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, arrived there a week after President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by rebel forces led by the...
Lime-flavoured memories drive innovation on Saudi farm
Mohamed Alnwairan stands in front of a verdant citrus tree which four months hence will bear his first harvest of limes.A former businessman turned...
UN rights chief urges accountability for post-electoral violence in Venezuela
Hundreds more were reportedly injured in clashes following the disputed elections and around 2,000 arrested, including teenagers, young adults, opposition members, human rights defenders,...
Gaza: ‘Sickening normalisation’ of suffering, amid attacks on people and aid convoys
According to local media reports, 30 Palestinians were killed in the central Gaza area overnight on Friday due to airstrikes, said Louise Wateridge, Senior...
UN Special Envoy continues shuttle diplomacy on Syria
Geir Petersen is due to confer with Arab foreign ministers, the Foreign Minister of Türkiye, US Secretary of State and other senior officials who...
Climate shocks, humanitarian crises and political division plague Central Africa
Abdou Abarry, UN Special Representative for Central Africa, told ambassadors in the Security Council that disasters and extreme weather events displaced more than three...
