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  1. UN chief urges halt to escalation after Israeli strikes on Iran

    - UN News

    The UN Secretary-General on Saturday called for an immediate halt to all escalatory actions in the Middle East, following overnight attacks by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on targets in Iran.

  2. UN alarmed by Israeli strike in southern Lebanon that killed journalists

    - UN News

    Top UN officials in Lebanon expressed alarm on Friday over an Israeli strike that hit an apartment building in southern Lebanon, killing three journalists and wounding three others.

  3. Raid on North Gaza hospital ‘deeply disturbing’: WHO chief

    - UN News

    Reports of Israeli troops storming one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are deeply concerning, while ongoing hostilities are hampering polio vaccination in the area, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

  4. Between Harris and Trump, More Doubts Than Certainties for Latin America

    - Inter Press Service

    CARACAS, Oct 24 (IPS) - Migration, trade, the defence of democracy, the confrontation with China and the collapse of multilateralism are issues that shed more doubts than certainties on Latin America's expectations of the imminent presidential elections in the United States.

  5. New UN push to ensure women’s equal participation peace

    - UN News

    The UN on Thursday launched the “Common Pledge” initiative, designed to bring together mediators, governments, and civil society to ensure the full, equal and meaningful engagement of women in peace processes.

  6. ‘Lebanon risks falling off a humanitarian cliff’: UN relief coordinator

    - UN News

    The UN Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon on Thursday urged the international community to push harder for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah warning that the country is on the brink of a humanitarian collapse.

  7. BRICS Summit: Guterres underscores bloc’s role in boosting global cooperation

    - UN News

    The BRICS intergovernmental organization can play a greater role in strengthening multilateralism for global development and security, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, in remarks to the group’s summit hosted by Russia in the city of Kazan.

  8. Gaza: Polio could spread unless vaccines reach war-torn north

    - UN News

    An immediate ceasefire is needed in Gaza as the enclave faces the additional threat of polio spreading, if the final phase of a vaccination campaign continues to face delays in reaching the besieged north, where the “nightmare is intensifying”, top UN officials stressed on Thursday.

  9. Explainer: How to advance women’s roles in peace and security

    - UN News

    Ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Haiti, Sudan and Ukraine and beyond reveal that females are disproportionately affected – from gender-based violence to rape used as a tool of war – but the UN chief’s newly released report suggests eight ways for policymakers and interested parties to advance women’s role in peace and security.

  10. 85 percent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected areas: UNICEF

    - UN News

    Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood immunisations leaving many children vulnerable to the resurgence of polio, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in new report.

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