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UN deputy chief appeals for global solidarity as crises roil East Africa
- UN News
Spotlighting crises roiling parts of eastern Africa, the UN deputy chief concluded a regional visit in Adré, Chad, on Friday, calling for global solidarity to tackle famine in Sudan, flooding and mass displacement while ensuring free-flowing aid for millions trapped in war zones and those fleeing for their lives.
In battle for development ‘you can count on us’, Guterres tells Timor-Leste, marking 25 years of self-determination
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told parliamentarians in Timor-Leste on Friday the world has much to learn from their inspirational struggle for self-rule, 25 years to the day since the historic referendum which paved the way for independence in 2002.
VIETNAM: ‘Human Rights Conditions Will Likely Worsen as the Country Descends into a Police State’
- Inter Press Service
Aug 29 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses recent leadership changes in Vietnam with David Tran, coordinator of the Alliance for Vietnam's Democracy, a civil society platform that promotes democracy in Vietnam and the region through international cooperation and the strengthening of local civil society.
Is the UN Ready for a Second Trump Presidency?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) - The Communist Manifesto of a bygone era, authored by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engelsbegins with an implicit warning: "A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of Communism."
And today another specter is haunting — this time at the United Nations — the specter of a second Trump presidency.
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets on Gaza as WHO announces polio pauses for lifesaving vaccination campaign
- UN News
The UN Security Council has begun meeting in emergency session in New York on the continuing crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced agreement had been reached with Israel to allow a mass polio vaccination campaign to get underway through a series of humanitarian pauses beginning on Sunday. For UN News app users, follow live here.
West Bank crisis: UN chief calls for immediate halt to Israeli strikes
- UN News
As the crisis in the West Bank continues to escalate alongside the ongoing war in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an “immediate cessation” of Israeli military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory.
World News in Brief: IMO tanker attack alert, UN Women on new Afghan law, counter-terrorism in Viet Nam, Paralympics tech
- UN News
The head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) raised serious concerns on Wednesday about a tanker carrying one million barrels of crude oil that was attacked in the Red Sea.
UN official highlights growing toll of Ukraine war, rising threat of ‘nuclear incident’
- UN News
Thirty months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, human suffering continues to worsen amid alarming reports of attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including nuclear facilities, a senior UN political affairs official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
UN food agency halts operations in Gaza after team attacked
- UN News
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice following an attack on a team returning from an aid delivery mission on Tuesday evening, just metres from an Israeli-controlled checkpoint.
‘Lessons of the past forgotten’ as nuclear proliferation continues
- UN News
More than 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted at over 60 sites around the world since testing began on 16 July 1945, resulting in uninhabitable lands and long-term health problems, Secretary General António Guterres said in his message marking Friday’s International Day to end testing once and for all.
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