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Signing The War In Gaza: Overcoming Deafness And Displacement

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 3:33 pm | UN News

UN News’s correspondent in Gaza, Ziad Talib, spoke to Mr. Al-Habal with help from his sister-in-law, Ghalia Al-Kilani, who learned sign language so she could communicate with her sister, who is also from the deaf community. More >>

World News In Brief: Support For Haiti Mission, Challenge Of ‘Commodity Dependence’, Iran's 'Strict' Hijab Law

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 3:28 pm | UN News

Following the installation of a transitional council in Haiti, seven countries officially notified the UN Secretary-General on Friday of their intention to contribute personnel to the Security Council-backed support mission for the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation. More >>

UN Updates On Probe Into Allegations Of Staff Collusion During 7 October Attacks

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 3:23 pm | UN News

A UN office investigating Israeli accusations that 12 staff members from UN Palestine relief agency UNRWA were involved in the 7 October Hamas-led attacks has closed one of the cases because Israel had not provided any supporting evidence, UN Spokesperson ... More >>

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Campus Activism For Gaza Ignites

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 3:19 pm | Globetrotter

Students at more than 40 universities and colleges in the United States and around the world have lit a fire under the Palestine solidarity movement by setting up encampments on their campuses. More >>

How Banks And Investors Are Fueling A Global Biodiversity Crisis

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 2:57 pm | Independent Media Institute

Commercial financial flows to the forest-risk commodity sectors are driving the majority of tropical deforestation. More >>

India’s Billionaire Wealth Is On Display As Nation Votes

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 2:52 pm | Independent Media Institute

India’s Ambani family has enjoyed flaunting its obscene wealth, a perfect reminder in the midst of an election, of the economic inequality afflicting voters. More >>

United States: Project South & Civil Rights Orgs Denounce Mass Arrests At Emory University

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 2:23 pm | Project South

We demand that Emory University President Gregory Fenves immediately resign after failing to protect students’ and protestors’ physical safety and right to freespeech and demonstration. More >>

‘Just In Case’ Antibiotics Widely Overused During COVID-19, Says UN Health Agency

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:45 am | UN News

Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially increasing the already serious and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance from "superbugs", ... More >>

Ukraine War: UNICEF Highlights 40 Per Cent Rise In Children Killed This Year

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:42 am | UN News

As deadly attacks in Ukraine continue, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) warned on Friday that the number of children killed so far this year has increased by nearly 40 per cent compared to 2023. Attacks that occurred between January and March left ... More >>

Climate Action ‘Cannot Trample Over The Poor’ Says Guterres

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:40 am | UN News

The UN Secretary-General on Friday launched an initiative focusing on ensuring fairness, sustainability, and respect for human rights throughout the entire process of sourcing and using critical minerals needed for the clean energy transition. More >>

UN Experts Demand Safe Passage For Freedom Flotilla’s Humanitarian Mission To Gaza

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s demands include an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire, unrestricted access to humanitarian aid, and an end to the illegal blockade of the Gaza strip. The convoy is scheduled for imminent departure. More >>

BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Iran; (2) Sudan

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:34 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Spokespeople for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence (briefing from Geneva); Seif Magango (briefing from Nairobi) Date: 26 April 2024 Subject: (1) Iran - Jeremy Laurence (2) Sudan - Seif Magango (1) Iran We have received information ... More >>

Countries Resolve To Leverage Innovation, Promote Digital Inclusion For Those Furthest Behind

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:33 am | UN ESCAP

Governments from across Asia and the Pacific agreed today to harness technological advancements and digital innovation for sustainable development, with special attention to the region’s most vulnerable countries and population groups. The United Nations ... More >>

BIRD FLU: Leading Global Experts Comment On Increasing Avian Flu Threat In US And Worldwide

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:25 am | Preventing Pandemics at the Source

Avian flu virus in cattle highlights urgent need for ramped up efforts to prevent spillover of viruses from animals to people More >>

Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Burkina Faso

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 5:43 am | UN Human Rights Office

“We are deeply disturbed by reports of the killing of large numbers of civilians, including children, in several villages in the Yatenga and Soum provinces in northern Burkina Faso in recent months in an overall context of fighting between armed groups ... More >>

Should Harming Mother Earth Be A Crime? The Case For Ecocide

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 5:06 am | Independent Media Institute

The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court. Environmental activists are pushing to elevate the concept of ecocide—literally, the “killing of the ecosystem”—as the fifth ... More >>

Stories From The UN Archive: UN Proclaims World’s First Earth Day

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 4:36 am | UN News

The General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009, but the roots of the Day go back to the 1970s. More >>

GAZA: Aid Workers Find Ghost Town And Children Living Amid Rubble In Khan Younis

Friday, 26 April 2024, 2:25 pm | Save The Children

Now Khan Younis is a ghost town, with people returning in small numbers to protect what remains of their properties or retrieve belongings while lone children roam the streets seeking water and other supplies. More >>

UNESCO Report Spotlights Harmful Effects Of Social Media On Young Girls

Friday, 26 April 2024, 2:09 pm | United Nations

Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying and distraction from learning to young girls, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s ... More >>

Former Hawai‘i Governor George Ariyoshi Honored For Pacific Statecraft

Friday, 26 April 2024, 1:45 pm | East West Center

Loulou Award from the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders recognizes Ariyoshi’s key contributions to Pacific Islands regionalism More >>

Modi Could Squander An Unprecedented Chance At Normalizing India-Pakistan Ties

Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:25 am | Globetrotter

Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalization and trade with India—but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is failing to seize the chance. More >>

Recovery In Gaza ‘is Not Only Physical’, UN Senior Humanitarian And Reconstruction Coordinator Says

Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:19 am | UN News

The international community has a duty and responsibility to work towards early recovery in Gaza, but “we cannot ask citizens to wait”, the UN official tasked with coordinating aid delivery into the besieged enclave has said. More >>

Debate At UN Examines Impact Of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:17 am | UN News

On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in Portugal in a largely peaceful coup known as the Carnation Revolution. More >>

Amid Campus Crackdowns, Gaza War Triggers Freedom Of Expression Crisis

Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:13 am | UN News

Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of freedom of expression worldwide, said UN Special Rapporteur ... More >>

Gaza: Heatwave Brings New Misery And Disease Risk To Rafah

Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:09 am | UN News

Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people and sparked new fears of disease outbreaks amid a lack of sufficient clean water and waste disposal, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. More >>

Syria Crisis Intensifies In Shadow Of Gaza War

Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:07 am | UN News

The war in Gaza continues to cast a dark shadow over the wider Middle East region, in particular Syria where a series of strikes and attacks are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday. More >>

Honduras: Militarisation Of Prisons And Detention Conditions Raise Concerns, UN Torture Prevention Body Says

Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:01 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Honduras ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in 2006; the SPT visited the country first in 2009 and again in 2012. More >>

Testimonies From The Occupied Palestinian Territory Show New Depths Of Israel’s Atrocities: UN Expert

Friday, 26 April 2024, 5:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

“States must insist on an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and impose sanctions on Israel to avoid further calamity,” the Special Rapporteur said. More >>

Teen Alcohol And Nicotine Use In Europe Is Up, WHO Urges Preventive Measures

Friday, 26 April 2024, 5:48 am | UN News

Smoking and drinking is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and Canada, and girls now match or even exceed boys when it comes to substance use, the World Health Organization said in a new report on Thursday. More >>

Togo Elections: President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Must Uphold Internet Access

Friday, 26 April 2024, 5:42 am | Access Now

On April 29 , people in Togo will head to the polls to cast their votes in the regional and legislative elections. Access Now and more than 20 organizations are demanding that the government and all internet service providers (ISPs) operating in the country ... More >>

Israel: Withholding Tax Revenue And Revoking Banking Waivers Could Paralyse Palestinian Economy, UN Experts Warn

Friday, 26 April 2024, 5:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

The Palestinian economy runs on the Israeli shekel and its financial dealings with the rest of the world must go through the Israeli banking system. Isolating the Palestinian authority from the financial world will cripple the Palestinian economy, the experts ... More >>

Iran: UN Experts Alarmed By Death Sentence Imposed On Rapper And Songwriter, Toomaj Salehi

Friday, 26 April 2024, 5:32 am | OHCHR

Toomaj Salehi’s harsh sentencing takes place against a backdrop of severe restriction on artistic freedom and other forms of expression in the country. UN experts have raised his case with Iranian authorities at various occasions since his arrest in ... More >>

New White Paper Clarifies The Vaping Landscape: Understanding Disposable And Rechargeable Vape Products

Friday, 26 April 2024, 5:20 am | CAPHRA

The release of this white paper is a call to action for policymakers, public health officials, and the vaping industry to collaborate on solutions that protect youth and the environment while respecting adult consumers' rights. More >>

USP MBA Programme Ranked Fourth In Oceania

Friday, 26 April 2024, 5:04 am | USP Press

USP is the only other University alongside the University of Hawai’i at Manao, the University of Otago in New Zealand and seven others from Australia that ranked in the Top 10 – 2024 Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking for MBA in Oceania. More >>

UK’s Newly Passed ‘Safety In Rwanda’ Bill Is Anything But Safe: UN Officials

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:37 pm | UN News

Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s passage of the “Safety of Rwanda” bill, two top UN officials sounded an alarm on Tuesday about its harmful impact on global responsibility-sharing, human rights and refugee protection. More >>

UN Chief Calls For All Hands On Deck At Climate Promise 2025 Launch

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:28 pm | UN News

Top UN officials launched a fresh global campaign to tackle the climate emergency on Tuesday, with social media influencers, Indigenous leaders and corporate giants showing what they’ve done and what’s to come. More >>

Silence The Guns, Amplify Women’s Voices For Peace To End Rape In Wartime

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:21 pm | UN News

The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in 2023, a “dramatic increase” of 50 per cent over the previous year, the Security Council heard on Tuesday. More >>

World News In Brief: South Sudan Tax Impositions, Somalia Flash Floods, Ukraine Attacks

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:14 pm | UN News

The UN acknowledges assurances from the South Sudanese government that the recent imposition of taxes on fuel and supply trucks does not apply to the Organization. More >>

UNRWA Committed To Implement Independent Review Recommendations

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:08 pm | UN News

The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday reiterated that he welcomed the recommendations of a much-awaited report on its efforts to ensure neutrality and to respond to allegations of serious breaches when they arise. More >>

Latest Hunger Data Spotlights Extent Of Famine Risk In Gaza, Sudan And Beyond

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:57 pm | UN News

Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death” from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, ... More >>

UNRWA Seeks $1.2 Billion To Meet Urgent Needs In Gaza And The West Bank

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:45 pm | UN News

The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, launched a $1.2 billion appeal on Wednesday to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip and to respond to needs in the West Bank as violence there increases. More >>

New Global Campaign Boosts Lifesaving Vaccines

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:38 pm | UN News

Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi launched on Wednesday a campaign to scale up programmes to save lives, marking the start of World Immunisation Week, celebrated annually during the last ... More >>

UN Migration Agency Assists Survivors Of Deadly Shipwreck Off Djibouti

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:29 pm | UN News

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is offering medical care, food, shelter and psychosocial support to 33 migrants who survived a shipwreck off the coast of Djibouti on Monday, as local authorities continue search and rescue operations. More >>

Russia Vetoes Security Council Draft Resolution On A Weapon-free Outer Space

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:20 pm | UN News

Russia used its veto to quash a draft resolution aimed at keeping weapons out of outer space. More >>

Pedal Power: Community Health Workers In Cote d’Ivoire Get On Their Bikes To Tackle Malaria In Remote Villages.

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 12:50 pm | Save The Children

Malaria is endemic in Cote d’Ivoire which is listed among the top 10 countries with the most cases of the disease. In 2022 the West African nation which has a population of about 28 million accounted for 3% of all malaria cases globally, according to ... More >>

UK: Implementation Of ‘Cass Report’ Key To Protecting Girls From Serious Harm, Says UN Expert

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 11:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

The Cass Review, led by an independent consultant pediatrician, Dr. Hilary Cass, over a four-year period, stresses the importance of considering this phenomenon within the context of poor mental health and emotional distress affecting the broader adolescent ... More >>

Tanzania’s Lack Of Investigation & Action Equivalent To Condoning Ritual Killings & Mutilations Of People With Albinism

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 11:03 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) expressed deep regret today for Tanzania’s unwillingness to follow up on three petitions filed to the Committee concerning the mutilation of people with albinism and the lack of ... More >>

Movements Affirm That Imperialism Is In Decline, But Mass Struggle More Necessary Than Ever

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 10:39 am | Globetrotter

During the first two days of debate and discussion, panelists and participants discussed the pressing tasks of the left and progressive movements to organize the masses and confront the climate crisis, the rise of the right, imperialist attacks, and fortify ... More >>

Students Launch Encampments In Solidarity With Gaza Across The U.S.

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 10:24 am | Globetrotter

Almost a week after Columbia students launched their Gaza solidarity encampment, students across the country have followed their example and begun encampments in public spaces in their own universities in solidarity with Palestine. More >>

New Study Finds Mental Harm Inflicted On Myanmar’s Rohingya A Form Of Genocide

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 9:22 am | Fortify Rights

Fortify Rights and the Lowenstein Clinic recommend that state parties to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court (ICC), immediately refer the situation in Myanmar to the ICC Prosecutor, requesting a full investigation into ... More >>

General Assembly Debates Security Council’s Rising Veto Use

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 8:36 am | UN News

The General Assembly on Tuesday debated veto power in the Security Council on the eve of the second anniversary of a special measure adopted to monitor its use, following on the heels of the United States vetoing Palestine’s bid last week for full UN ... More >>

Victory Against GM Golden Rice And Bt Eggplant In The Philippines Court, A Crucial Win In The Global Fight Against GMOs

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 5:14 am | PAN Asia Pacific

The resilience of farmers, consumers in the Philippines against GMO crops in their countries which have been vindicated by the Supreme Court have become a testament that people’s persistence prevails in the face of corporate capture of our agriculture ... More >>

Pacific Children Get Health Boost With Government Immunization Commitments

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 4:50 am | UNICEF

Nine Pacific countries have committed to greater protection for children against life threatening diseases by expanding their immunization programme that has been implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with Ministries of Health and funding from ... More >>

Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 Bill

Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 4:33 pm | Mau a Samoa i le Sitiseni 2024

The Mau a Samoa i le Sitiseni 2024, a group of Samoans led by former Members of Parliament Anae Lupematasila Arthur Anae, and Afioga Aupito Toeolesulusulu Tofae Sua William Sio is stepping up its advocacy and awareness raising campaign to inform ... More >>

‘Nowhere Is Safe’ For Children In Occupied Palestinian Territory With At Least 24 Children Killed In Gaza And West Bank

Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 11:03 am | Save The Children

At least 24 children have reportedly been killed in three days of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory including 21 children killed by airstrikes in Rafah, and at least three children killed in Israeli force raids in a refugee camp in Tulkarm ... More >>

Healing Page By Page In Earthquake-affected Türkiye

Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:06 am | UN News

Book by book and page by page, Türkiye’s booklovers are bringing life back to cities ravaged by the deadly 2023 earthquakes through the power of reading, with help from cash grants from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM). More >>

Mass Graves In Gaza Show Victims’ Hands Were Tied, Says UN Rights Office

Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:03 am | UN News

Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, the UN human ... More >>