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  1. World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia

    - UN News

    An alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is heightening the risk of a malnutrition crisis in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.

  2. UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’

    - UN News

    The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Tuesday issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and release of all hostages, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the occupied West Bank.

  3. Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza

    - UN News

    There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Tuesday.

  4. IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs on the move

    - UN News

    One in three migrant deaths happens while people flee conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday. More than two in three migrants whose deaths have been documented remain unidentified.

  5. Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

    - UN News

    Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number of children killed overnight” and ongoing aid delivery obstacles that are responsible for near-famine conditions, UN humanitarians said.

  6. Building Resilience and Mental Health Capacity of Youth

    - Inter Press Service

    SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE & ATHENS, Mar 25 (IPS) - Sri Lankan lawmaker Hector Appuhamy, in conversation with IPS ahead of a two-day conference aimed at educating  and involving university students in mental health issues, said parliamentarians were concerned about gaps in the programmes and financing for youth mental health. They were looking beyond the country's health budget for support in ensuring that youth were able to access mental health facilities in a supportive environment.

  7. Defending Human Rights is Increasingly Dangerous: US Congress & Companies Must Act

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON DC, Mar 25 (IPS) - Human rights defenders are under fire. At a time when the climate crisis is deepening and threats to democracy are on the rise, activists working to protect people and the environment are facing deadly threats. Front Line Defenders documented more than 400 murders of defenders in 2022—the highest number ever recorded.

  8. World’s Democracies Threatened by Disinformation Generated by Artificial Intelligence

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (IPS) - Speaking at the third Summit for Democracy in South Korea last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that a malicious "flood" of disinformation is threatening the world's democracies—triggered in part by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

    But AI is also a critical arena in which democracy is being challenged. “So, while we seek to harness the power of AI and other digital technologies for good, some governments are abusing those same technologies to do just the opposite,” he said.

  9. Israel’s new aid ban on UNRWA in Gaza ‘a wrong move’: UN coordinator

    - UN News

    Israel’s ongoing restrictions and its new ban on aid deliveries by the largest United Nations agency on the ground in war-torn Gaza are already having a grave impact, the interim UN coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned.

  10. UN pays tribute to victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

    - UN News

    Top UN officials, including the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly on Monday paid tribute to the millions of men, women and children who suffered as a result of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, one of most devastating chapters in human history.

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