Coordenador da ONU afirma que não houve melhora no acesso ao norte de Gaza
A situação para os habitantes de Gaza continua “terrível”, sem "nenhuma melhoria significativa" nas entregas humanitárias vitais ou no apoio à saúde nas últimas...
Comunicado Edición especial de Revista CEPAL presenta visión del Secretario Ejecutivo del organismo para...
El Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, dio a conocer...
UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education
Audrey Azoulay was speaking on Friday in Beijing, China, where she co-chaired the award ceremony for the 2023 UNESCO Prize for the Education of...
There is a place for all in outer space: ‘It’s not just for the...
UN News: Madam Director, technological development makes space exploration an even more promising vista than ever before, but at the same time, outer space...
What is the International Court of Justice and why does it matter?
What is the ICJ for, and how does it work?The ICJ, which is situated in the Peace Palace in The Hague, a city in...
No meaning lost in translation: The UN’s quirkiest contest
Bursting with translation anticipation, a quirky UN contest has had translators, interpreters, students, and lovers of a good multilingual idiom challenge submitting entries from...
World News in Brief: Artificial intelligence pledge, child abuse online, Sudan crisis deepens
Lenovo Group, LG AI Research, Mastercard, Microsoft, Salesforce, Telefonica, GSMA network of mobile phone operators and INNIT have pledged to “integrate the values and...
Myanmar : le service militaire obligatoire représente une menace pour les civils (expert)
Le 10 février, la junte a publié une ordonnance censée faire entrer en vigueur la loi de 2010 sur le service militaire populaire. Cette...
Após repressão em Macau, associação entre cassinos, criptomoedas e crime organizado se espalha pela...
Cassinos e criptomoedas são cada vez mais usados por bancos clandestinos e esquemas de lavagem de dinheiro no Leste e Sudeste Asiático, alimentando o...
UNRWA, embargo de armas a Israel, Ucrania… Las noticias del viernes |
“UNRWA ha alcanzado un punto crítico”, advierte el comisionado de la agencia. Más de 30 expertos de la ONU piden un embargo global de...
Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official
Jamie McGoldrick, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator overseeing crisis relief in Gaza, pushed back at Israeli claims that more than 1,000 trucks had entered Gaza...
UNICEF condemns air strike on schools in Myanmar
The children killed were boys between 12 and 14 years of age.“UNICEF strongly condemns any strikes against schools and places of learning, which must...
Russia: UN human rights office ‘appalled’ at death of Navalny in prison
Mr. Navalny, 47, had lost consciousness and could not be revived, according to media reports.“If someone dies in the custody of the State, the...
Haïti : le mois de janvier a été le plus violent depuis plus de...
Selon le Haut-Commissariat de l’ONU aux droits de l’homme (HCDH), au moins 806 personnes ont été tuées, blessées ou kidnappées en janvier 2024. Quelque...
Timor-Leste registrou 29 casos de raiva e uma morte este ano
O governo de Timor-Leste registrou 29 casos suspeitos de raiva em humanos, com exposição a cães, até o mês passado. Em 22 de março,...
El fentanilo y otras drogas sintéticas ponen en peligro no solo la vida de...
Según datos de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (ONUDC), se incautaron más de 800.000 kg de precursores...
World News in Brief: Water ‘being taken for granted’, global teacher crisis, Nipah in...
“We must stop taking water for granted,” FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said at the opening of the Rome Water Dialogue, focused on its critical...
News in Brief 21 February 2024 |
This the News in Brief from the United Nations.Severe malnutrition soars in Gaza: WHO chiefSevere malnutrition in Gaza has soared to 15 per cent...
Stories from the UN Archive: Did Khrushchev really bang his shoe?
The rumour began when Mr. Khrushchev travelled to New York at the height of the cold war. During the Assembly’s general debate for Heads...
WMO: Global stocktake of water resources needed
Destructive droughts and heavy rains are causing major damage, while melting snow and glaciers heighten flood risks and endanger long-term water security, WMO said.The...
UN deputy chief calls for ‘courage, vision and solidarity’ to boost middle-income nations
Speaking at a conference on addressing development challenges of middle-income countries (MICs), in Rabat, Morocco, Amina Mohammed said recent crises have laid bare inequalities...
Mongolian dzud: Extreme weather puts 90% of country at ‘high risk’
About 190,000 herder households are struggling with inadequate feed, skyrocketing prices and heightened vulnerabilities, according to the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in...
UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights’: UN rights chief
“You cannot legislate facts out of existence,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, calling on the UK Government to reconsider the bill...
Guerre en Ukraine : des enfants contraints de s’abriter sous terre pendant des mois
Selon le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF), ces enfants ont été contraints de passer entre 3.000 et 5.000 heures - soit entre...
