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Updated guidelines on COVID-19 revise risk of hospitalisation
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidelines on COVID-19 treatment, with revised recommendations for non-severe cases of the disease.
Sudan: UNHCR warns Darfur atrocities of 20 years ago may reoccur
- UN News
Escalating violence across the Darfur region in Sudan has sparked fears that atrocities committed two decades ago could be repeated, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, voicing grave concern over the development.
Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies warn
- UN News
Nearly 20 years of development progress could be wiped out in the Occupied Palestine Territories if the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues for a second full month, according to a UN report published on Thursday.
Israel-Palestine crisis: Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages
- UN News
The UN rights chief Volker Türk reiterated increasingly urgent calls on Friday for a humanitarian ceasefire to allow lifesaving relief to reach Gaza, the release of all hostages taken from Israel and a “sustainable” end to the “nightmarish” situation for those trapped in the enclave.
Israels Military Is Part of the U.S. War Machine
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Nov 09 (IPS) - The governments of Israel and the United States are now in disagreement over how many Palestinian civilians it’s okay to kill. Last week -- as the death toll from massive Israeli bombardment of Gaza neared 10,000 people, including several thousand children -- top U.S. officials began to worry about the rising horrified outcry at home and abroad. So, they went public with muted misgivings and calls for a “humanitarian pause.” But Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear that he would have none of it.
Arms Suppliers to Israel & Hamas Should Face War Crime Charges - But Will They?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 09 (IPS) - The killings of thousands of civilians in the ongoing Middle East conflict are largely the result of an uneven battle—a nuclear-armed Israel, equipped with some of the most sophisticated American weapons systems, fighting a rag-tag militant group, Hamas.
Gaza: ‘Humanitarian pauses’ will need coordination with the UN
- UN News
Any plans for short-term pauses in the fighting in Gaza must be carried out in coordination with the UN and following agreement by all sides, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General said on Thursday during his regular press briefing from New York.
Five judges elected to United Nations’ top court
- UN News
The General Assembly and the Security Council on Thursday elected five judges to serve on the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
World News in Brief: ‘Outrage’ over Black Sea attack, funding pledge to alleviate El Niño, breast cancer alert
- UN News
The UN’s top aid official in Ukraine said on Thursday she was “outraged” over a Russian attack on a civilian ship in the Black Sea Port of Pivdennyi in Odesa which left a local port worker dead, and crew members injured.
Stories from the UN Archive: Birth of the first global court
- UN News
Did you know the UN hosts the world’s court of justice? From the pending State-level Ukraine v. Russia case on allegations of genocide to landmark judgments and opinions on everything from climate change to ending colonialism, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rose from the ashes of the Second World War with the founding of the UN.
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