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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 >>
UN Envoy Urges International Solidarity With Haiti As Gang Violence Spirals
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:01 am | UN News
As gang violence increases in Haiti, the international community must continue to stand in solidarity with the population, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Monday. More >>
World News In Brief: Rising West Bank Violence, Dialogue Critical In Kosovo, Free Detained Afghan Activist
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:58 am | UN News
The UN Middle East envoy has expressed concern about increased levels of violence in the West Bank, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Monday. More >>
UN Chief Urges ‘Surge In Investment’ To Overcome $4 Trillion Financing Gap
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:56 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for a “surge in investment” to give developing countries a chance to build better lives for their people. More >>
Raising Hairless Primates
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:52 am | Human Bridges
Viewing my children through primatological glasses provides me with an ongoing perspective on raising them. Remembering that we’re all one big primate family makes the wilds of human parenting a little more manageable—and fun. More >>
Elites In The Global North Are Scared To Talk About Palestine
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:45 am | Globetrotter
Over the past six months, newspapers and television shows in the United States have generally written about the genocidal violence using passive voice: bombs fell, people died. More >>
Albania: High Number Of Pre-trial Detainees, Access To Healthcare Matters Of Concern, UN Torture Prevention Body Says
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:39 am | UN Treaty Bodies
“The high number of pre-trial detainees is concerning. Steps must be taken without delay to reduce the prison population in Albania, as a means of preventing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment,” said Vasiliki Artinopoulou, head of the delegation. More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Deplores Harrowing Killings Of Children And Women In Rafah
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“Given the prevailing climate of impunity, this should include international investigators,” he added. “Hospitals are entitled to very special protection under international humanitarian law. And the intentional killing of civilians, detainees, and others ... More >>
UK-Rwanda Asylum Law: UN Leaders Warn Of Harmful Consequences
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:35 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Following the passage of the “Safety of Rwanda” Bill by the UK Parliament, two UN leaders have again sounded the alarm on the harmful impact it will have on global responsibility-sharing, human rights and refugee protection. More >>
Indian Experts Say Mega-project Will Lead To Uncontacted Island Tribe's "Extinction"
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:33 am | Survival International
A group of renowned Indian experts on the Indigenous peoples in the region have written an open letter to the Indian government, demanding that the controversial Great Nicobar Development Project be scrapped. More >>
First Person: ‘Our Tears Are Dry, We Are Exhausted’ – Youth Voices In Haiti
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:25 am | UN News
A youth activist in Haiti has described how years of gang violence, kidnappings and insecurity in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has forced their “tears to run dry”. More >>
Novak Djokovic, Aitana Bonmatí, Jude Bellingham, Simone Biles The Big Winners At The 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:23 am | Laureus
Twenty-fifth edition of sport’s most prestigious global Awards brings the world’s greatest athletes to Madrid. More >>
Independent Review Panel Releases Final Report On UNRWA
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:16 am | UN News
An independent panel released its much-awaited report on Monday about the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), providing 50 recommendations and noting that Israeli authorities have yet to provide proof of their claims that UN staff are involved ... More >>
Thousands Of Children Killed Or Maimed By Explosive Weapons In Populated Areas: UNICEF
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:12 am | UN News
Meaningful action to prevent the use of explosive weapons in populated areas could reduce the number of child casualties in conflicts by nearly half, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday. More >>
Secretary-General Calls For UN 2.0 To Tackle 21st Century Challenges
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:10 am | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday emphasised the need for a “strengthened and updated” United Nations to better reach and support people around the world. More >>
Heatwave Deaths Increased Across Almost All Europe In 2023, Says UN Weather Agency
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:05 am | UN News
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves – a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday. More >>
Celebrate Earth Day With Our Struggle For Self-determination!
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 3:00 pm | IPMSDL
Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination is the power to determine our future, self-govern, and manage the environment, biodiversity, waters, and resources within our ancestral territories. More >>
Myanmar: Khaing Zar Aung Expresses ”Honour And Sadness” For Global Rights Prize
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:32 pm | ITUC
Khaing Zar Aung told the ITUC: “I receive the 2024 Arthur Svensson prize with great honour and sadness, because while I am awarded, the working people of my country suffer." More >>
UN Expert Publishes User Guide On Right To Healthy And Sustainable Environment
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:30 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The User Guide aims to provide useful and inspiring advice to civil society, social movements and communities on how to accelerate implementation of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. More >>
After Months Of Diagnostic Delay, A Migrant Worker Could Access TB Services Only When A Community Health Worker Met Him
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:24 pm | CNS
A migrant worker who was sick for over three months, actively sought medical help and advice, but his health kept deteriorating. Despite having constant cough, fever, and increasing weakness since months, neither he nor his treating doctor(s) thought ... More >>
Uniting For Global Reproductive Health Equity
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:20 pm | UNFPA Asia and the Pacific
Opinion-Editorial by UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Director on the launch of the State of World Population Report 2024 More >>
