The full-scale Russian invasion of the country began in February 2022 and “this year has seen intense attacks along the frontline, and massive airstrikes, largely […]
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Israeli settlement activity accelerates in the West Bank, Security Council told
Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefed on the Secretary-General’s quarterly report on implementation of Council resolution 2334 (2016). […]
World News in Brief: New declaration on NCDs and mental health, Khartoum shelter crisis, WFP lifeline in Ukraine, South Sudan rights update
The text, negotiated over five months, will go before the General Assembly for approval in just a few weeks’ time. It was adopted at a […]
Gaza City suffering escalates as Israeli strikes inflict more heavy casualties
“Intensified strikes on Gaza City, including on tents, residential buildings, infrastructure continue to inflict heavy casualties,” the UN aid coordination agency, OCHA, said. In an […]
Israeli air strikes in south Lebanon violate UN resolution
The strikes come amid an ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza and continued violations of Security Council resolution 1701 by both Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants. […]
Nepal appoints first woman prime minister, as UN expresses solidarity amid crisis
Ms. Karki, Nepal’s first woman Prime Minister, was appointed by President Ram Chandra Poudel who administered the oath of office in a ceremony attended by […]
‘A war of atrocities’ – UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilians are paying the highest price
“They burned everything,” said one witness of a shelling attack in the Zamzam displacement camp in war-torn Darfur. “They claimed they only wanted to fight […]
DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma
Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged city would hold somehow. Then, […]
UN official decries deadly Ukraine strikes, urges return to diplomacy
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), renewed the call for […]
UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as ‘nightmare of historic proportions’ unfolds
Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, told ministers and ambassadors that ongoing talks must lead to a permanent end to hostilities, the release […]
