Liban : l’ONU a besoin de 426 millions de dollars pour aider les personnes...
Le porte-parole du Bureau de coordination de l’aide humanitaire de l’ONU, OCHA, Jens Laerke, a décrit des scènes chaotiques à travers le Liban alors...
Dengue ameaça 4 bilhões de pessoas no mundo
Casos da doença aumentaram em seis regiões, tornando-a endêmica em 130 países; para responder ao desafio, Organização Mundial da Saúde lança plano estratégico de...
Dengue ameaça 4 bilhões de pessoas no mundo
Com o objetivo de reduzir o sofrimento e as mortes causadas pela dengue e outros arbovírus, a Organização Mundial da Saúde, OMS, lançou nesta...
🎙️ Villes du futur : « Je veux recycler les bonnes idées mises en...
Le quatrième "Forum des Maires", organisé par la Commission économique pour l'Europe des Nations Unies (UNECE) se déroule cette semaine à Genève. Intitulé cette...
Funding is needed to support Sudanese refugees in Chad: UNHCR
Laura Lo Castro, UNHCR's representative in Chad, said that expected rains have started in Adre, leaving tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees without shelter...
PODCAST: Making the news at the UN |
UN News publishes stories in 10 languages, with the aim of ensuring that as many people as possible understand the impact of the United...
Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal as ‘limited’ ground invasion reportedly begins
From the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, spokesperson Jens Laerke described chaotic scenes across Lebanon as people continued to flee airstrikes that have killed ...
UN refugee chief urges Security Council to ‘step up’ for millions displaced by war
Filippo Grandi said the number currently stands at 114 million. “Next month we will update this figure. It will be higher,” he added.Mr. Grandi...
UN experts concerned about migrant labour exploitation in UK
The experts said they have received allegations that migrants are being deceived about “working and living conditions and the nature of their agreements with...
UN News Today 25 July 2024 |
FAO warns of avian influenza surge in Asia-Pacific, urges regional actionThe UN Food and Agriculture Organization sounded the alarm on Thursday about a surge...
UN project empowers refugees in Angola
With more than 160 refugees actively working the fields through the initiative, and another 110 expected to join soon, the impact resonates far beyond...
Little protection for the vulnerable, even on major migration routes: UNHCR
A new report from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) confirmed that each year, hundreds of thousands of people risk their lives to migrate from...
Conflict in Nigeria largely driven by the climate crisis: UN country chief |
When the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), released its annual report on global trends in June, it showed, for the twelfth year in a row,...
Brasil tem posição central no tráfico de animais, diz delegado ambientalista
Com a Cúpula do Futuro, a ONU buscou promover ações para assegurar um planeta habitável para todas as espécies. Em meio a esses debates,...
World News in Brief: Mass floggings in Afghanistan, refugee resettlement crisis, ‘greening education’
Jeremy Laurence described how on 4 June, a group of 63 men and women were publicly subjected to mass flogging at a sports ground...
Over 180 migrants dead or missing in latest tragedy off Yemen, UN agency reports
Some 260 people were abroad the vessel that had departed from Bossaso, in northeast Somalia, in the early hours of Sunday, bound for Yemen,...
Worldwide levels of forced displacement hit new high: UNHCR
The report found that forced displacement rose to 120 million in May 2024, marking the 12th consecutive annual increase – a result of ongoing...
PODCAST: A UN wish come true |
Californian teenager Kale Ilac’s dream is to become a diplomat. The 16-year-old, who is battling cancer, is hopefully on the way, thanks to the...
Parent, technician, farmer, merchant: What more can a teacher be?
On World Refugee Day, marked annually on 20 June, meet some of the multi-talented teachers and principals of migrant learning centres in Thailand along the border...
Honour the strength and courage of refugees, urges UN chief
That’s a record number on the move – “fuelling profound human suffering”, António Guterres added, while at the same time honouring their strength and...
UN News Today 26 July 2024 |
Deadly West Atlantic shipwreck highlights victims’ desperation, says UN refugee agencyNews of another deadly shipwreck off the coast of Mauritania is a clear indication...
Record levels of displacement amid global conflict and environmental disasters
Mr. Piper said that the current global figure of 76 million represented those who have “lost their homes, livelihoods, their communities and in some...
Novas diretrizes ajudam empresas a acelerar ritmo para alcançar os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável
O Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento, Pnud, e a Organização Internacional de Normalização, ISO, anunciaram o lançamento de um conjunto de diretrizes...
World News in Brief: Burkina Faso, refugees and climate change, Afghan women deserve seat...
More than six million people across the country – about a third of the population – need humanitarian support and protection, UN Spokesperson Stephané...
