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  1. Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP

    - UN News

    Escalating fighting in the south and centre of Gaza makes it near-impossible for humanitarians to deliver desperately needed food aid, the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, said on Friday at the end of a two-day mission to the enclave.

  2. Haiti: UN chief welcomes new government amid ongoing challenges

    - UN News

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday welcomed the swearing in of Haiti’s new Government, urging stakeholders to continue making progress towards restoring democratic institutions through elections.

  3. World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks continue, education in Africa, Albinism update

    - UN News

    The UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown on Thursday said she was ‘appalled’ by the scale of Russia’s overnight attack on Kryviy Rih City in the Dnipro Region.

  4. Security Council demands end to siege of El Fasher in Sudan

    - UN News

    The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Thursday that calls for the paramilitary Rapid Security Forces (RSF) in Sudan to halt their siege on El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state.

  5. UN envoy warns Yemenis not to return to the battlefield

    - UN News

    After months of relative stability in Yemen between Government and Houthi forces, a return to all-out war is looking inevitable unless the current escalation in violence is halted, the top UN envoy for the country said on Thursday.

  6. UN reports ‘shocking’ rise in violations against children in conflict in 2023

    - UN News

    Violence against children caught in armed conflict reached “extreme levels” last year, with a “shocking” 21 per cent increase in extreme violations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a report published on Thursday.

  7. Gaza: 8,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition amid ongoing shelling

    - UN News

    Heavy shelling reported in the so-called safe zone of Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza on Thursday came despite the ongoing international push for a ceasefire and as the UN health agency reported 32 deaths from malnutrition “including 28 among children under five years old”.

  8. Life in DPR Korea still ‘daily struggle devoid of hope’ warns human rights chief

    - UN News

    The international community must continue to pay close attention to the troubling human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and find ways to revive dialogue with the Government, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.

  9. Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe

    - UN News

    Palestinian armed groups and Israeli authorities have both committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the attack on 7 October and the subsequent military operations, according to a new report by a UN independent human rights body.

  10. ICC Prosecutor appeals for evidence of Darfur atrocities

    - UN News

    The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a campaign on Tuesday to address the unfolding crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, amid the going war between rival military forces that erupted last April.

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