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  1. Over 207 executed in Port-au-Prince massacre: UN report

    - UN News

    A little over two weeks after a surge of violence in the Cité Soleil commune of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a UN report has concluded that more than 207 people were executed by the Wharf Jérémie gang.

  2. Syria: UN investigators call for protecting evidence amid worsening humanitarian crisis

    - UN News

    The humanitarian crisis in Syria continues to escalate, with millions struggling to access basic resources as fuel shortages and damaged infrastructure hinder relief efforts, the UN reported on Monday.

  3. Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening humanitarian crisis

    - UN News

    Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, accounting for 35 per cent of worldwide cholera cases and 18 per cent of related deaths this year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

  4. Only 3 per cent of UN emergency food aid getting to desperate Gazans

    - UN News

    Since October, when Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in northern Gaza, only three per cent of food and water deliveries organized by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been permitted to enter areas in northern Gaza.

  5. UN World Court concludes landmark hearings on States’ responsibility for climate change

    - UN News

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held historic hearings from 2 to 13 December addressing States’ obligations under international law to combat climate change, a process spearheaded by small island nations facing existential threats.

  6. ‘New Quest Unlocked’: UN experts counter extremism in gaming spaces

    - UN News

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    As millions unwrap new gaming devices this holiday season, UN experts are warning that these digital playgrounds need next-generation protection against extremist exploitation.

  7. UN surge teams mobilise as Vanuatu hit by second earthquake

    - UN News

    UN agencies are intensifying their response in Vanuatu after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed 12 people and injured over 200 earlier this week, with a second 6.1 magnitude tremor on Sunday further exacerbating the challenges for affected communities.

  8. A Billion Lives Off the Record: The Urgent Need for Legal Identity

    - Inter Press Service

    MADRID, Dec 20 (IPS) - Perhaps demographers would consider designing a new classification system to separate from their estimates of the world’s total population—eight billion plus—the billion humans who live without legal identity and, thus, are deprived from the most basic rights.

  9. Power Arrives but the River Dries Up for Brazil's Amazonian Dwellers

    - Inter Press Service

    MANAUS, Brazil, Dec 20 (IPS) - The flow of the igarapé always dropped for three months every year, but now it has been dry for two years in a row, complains Maria Aparecida dos Anjos, looking at the trickle of water that when flooded reaches the stilts of her wooden house, 50 metres away and on a slope of more than 10 metres high.

  10. UN Commits to Supporting Syria in Political Transition, Adapting Humanitarian Support

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (IPS) - In overthrowing Bashar al-Assad and his regime, Syria reaches the process of re-affirming its sovereignty, a process that the United Nations chief asserts must be led by the Syrian people.

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