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Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort
- UN News
Heavy fighting in Sudan has severely curtailed humanitarian aid deliveries across vast areas of the southeast, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday.
Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn
- UN News
To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked to the disastrous sanitation situation created by the conflict, the UN health agency said on Friday.
No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza
- UN News
Wars are never gender neutral and Gaza is further evidence of this as some one million women and girls bear “the worst brunt” of nine months of conflict, the UN Women Special Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Thursday.
‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agencies
- UN News
UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Thursday about having to cut rations in Gaza where fresh evacuation orders by the Israeli military have prompted “the largest displacements since October” across the enclave.
Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare in Occupied Palestinian Territory since October
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered more than 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since the October 7 terror attacks in Israel sparked the on-going war in Gaza, the agency’s top official in the region said on Wednesday.
Security Council debates Gaza crisis, as civilian suffering continues unabated
- UN News
The UN Security Council on Wednesday convened an open debate on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, which continues to be marked by immense suffering - compounded now by a complete breakdown of law and order - and a humanitarian system on the brink of collapse.
Guterres renews call for accountability 10 years after ‘tragic downing’ of flight MH17
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is remembering the 298 people killed in “the tragic downing” of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over conflict-affected eastern Ukraine 10 years ago this Wednesday, his Spokesperson said in a statement.
World News in Brief: Sudan displacement ‘grim milestone’, UN deputy chief in West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire joins UN water treaty
- UN News
More than 10 million people in Sudan have been displaced since war erupted last April, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday, citing the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Gaza: Multiple strikes kill dozens near UN aid hub as thousands flee fighting
- UN News
Multiple strikes have killed dozens of people in central Gaza, landing just 100 metres from a humanitarian hub, UN agencies said on Tuesday, as thousands continue to face displacement amid the ongoing war.
Polarised Security Council debates meaning of multilateralism
- UN News
The current polarised international political landscape was on raw display at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, as it convened for the Russian presidency’s signature event for the month, Multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order.
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