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...
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...
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...
Gaza: Hospitals closed, aid denied, civilians trapped
A stark example of this escalation was highlighted by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who confirmed that the...
UN support continues in Syria and Lebanon
Geir Pedersen has been meeting with French, German and Russian authorities, the UN reported on Monday, which includes engagement with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...
UN chief hails ‘peacemaker, human rights champion’, former President Jimmy Carter
The Democratic Party icon lived longer than any president in US history, serving one term between 1977 and 1981, going on burnish his reputation...
Contribute to the HSP Haiti Crisis Fund
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Yes, I want to help the Haiti Support Project in its efforts to assist Haiti to resolve the current crisis and...
Contribute to the HSP Haiti Crisis Fund
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Yes, I want to help the Haiti Support Project in its efforts to assist Haiti to resolve the current crisis and...
January 11, 2025 forum and rally in support of The First Black Republic
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AI literacy is ‘crucial’ for individuals and more regulation is needed
Ms. Bartoletti is the Global Chief Privacy and AI Governance Officer of multinational IT company Wipro, an advisor to the Council of Europe and...
2024 ‘one of the worst years in history for children in conflict’
The study, released on Friday, finds that the rights of a record number of children are being violated, including by being killed and injured,...
Gaza: ‘Hunger is everywhere’, babies die from the cold, airstrike on unarmed journalists condemned
In Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes are sheltering in tents, the temperatures are expected to drop further in...
Haiti’s destiny ‘bright’ despite terrifying escalation of violence
Haiti is faced with a multifaceted crisis including rising gang violence, political instability, the displacement of over 700,000 people as well as widespread hunger.UNICEF has...
IOM Chief Visits Lebanon to Strengthen Humanitarian and Migration Management Cooperation
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Beirut, 18 December 2024 – Amid the recent ceasefire and pivotal regional developments, Director General Amy Pope visited Lebanon from 17-18...
IOM and Japan Mark 25 Years of Partnership with Emergency Preparedness and Climate-Resilient Infrastructure...
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Bobonaro, Timor-Leste – As the rainy season looms, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with the Embassy of Japan in...
Indian Ocean tsunami anniversary: A call to safeguard future generations
On Boxing Day – 26 December 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, unleashing a massive tsunami that swept across the...
World News in Brief: UN mission report Afghanistan civilian killings, Guterres sends condolences to...
The Mission has called for an investigation to “ensure accountability, prevent recurrence and uphold victims' rights”, noting that international law obliges military forces to...
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The Liberty in Laundry Act Sounds Like a Joke. Sadly It’s Not.
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By Ben Jealous —
The incoming Trump administration is supposedly interested in “efficiency.” It has a whole quasigovernmental department – the Elon...
