Stories from the UN Archive: Hollywood greats campaign against malaria and polio
[ad_1] Following the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, marked annually on 27 December, we took a look at how two renowned actors helped the UN health agency in 1959. A singing…
UNICEF deplores deadly Christmas Day attack on family in Haiti
[ad_1] Four people, including two girls under the age of 10, were killed in the incident, which occured in the Croix de Bouquet district. Four other family members were kidnapped.…
WHO and partners deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk missions
[ad_1] Teams that undertook the high-risk missions witnessed intense hostilities in their vicinity, as well as high patient loads and overcrowding caused by people seeking refuge. They also reported that…
‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day
[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic affected hundreds of millions of lives, caused millions of deaths and inflicted devastating impacts on humanity. After three years of unprecedented global efforts, on 5 May the…
Indonesia urged to protect refugees following mob attack
[ad_1] Hundreds of young people stormed a building basement where scores of Rohingya refugees were sheltered, according to media reports. The Rohingya are a mainly Muslim community who have fled…
Gaza crisis: southern areas ‘bursting at seams’ amid new wave of bombing and displacement
[ad_1] Locations in the north and south of the enclave were hit as Israeli ground forces also reportedly pushed into central areas, along with the firing of rockets by Palestinian…
World News in Brief: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza, cholera spreading in Sudan, aid for eastern Ukraine
[ad_1] Holland’s outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Sigrid Kaag will facilitate, coordinate, monitor and verify aid consignments to the embittered enclave, in line with a recent Security Council resolution. She will…
2023 marked by achievements and ‘avoidable suffering’: WHO chief
[ad_1] Reflecting on 2023, which also marked the UN agency’s 75th anniversary, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted key achievements and set out objectives for the coming year. “In May, I…
UN envoy welcomes ‘significant step’ towards ceasefire in Yemen
[ad_1] The development follows a series of meetings with the sides held in Riyadh and Muscat, his office said in a statement on Saturday. Special Envoy Hans Grundberg welcomed their…
Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike ‘carnage’
[ad_1] World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Teams coordinator Sean Casey said that “100-plus patients” had been brought into Al-Aqsa Hospital on Monday in the space of 30 minutes, following…
Good morning, Mogadishu! Preserving Somalia’s cultural history, one tape at a time
[ad_1] Sitting in a small, windowless room in a government building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed loops another audio tape onto the dilapidated machine and presses a…
General Assembly approves $3.59 billion UN budget for 2024
[ad_1] In actions taken late evening on Friday, the 193-member General Assembly also adopted nearly $50 million in additional funding for decisions taken by the Human Rights Council, UN’s primary…
INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices
[ad_1] In an interview with UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming on the sidelines of SDG Summit 2023 held at UN Headquarters in New York in September, Ms. Portman discussed…
Humanitarian ceasefire only way to end Gaza ‘nightmare’: Guterres
[ad_1] Mr. Guterres was speaking at a press briefing at UN Headquarters shortly after the 15-member Council passed the resolution following days of negotiation. He told journalists that there has…
World News in Brief: UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting, UNICEF appeal for West and Central Africa, world leaders urged to heed climate science
[ad_1] At least 14 people were killed and 25 injured after a gunman opened fire in what some media called the worst shooting in the country’s history. The gunman, reportedly…