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In Baghdad, Guterres hails ‘new chapter’ in Iraq as UN mission draws to a close
- UN News
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is ending operations this month but support for the country will continue, Secretary-General António Guterres affirmed at the official closing ceremony in Baghdad on Saturday.
Deep concerns for Palestinians amid intense Israeli raids in occupied West Bank
- UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed alarm at reports of a so-called “settler road” being built in the occupied West Bank.
UN mission’s exit marks milestone in Iraq’s post-conflict transition
- UN News
After more than two decades working alongside Iraq through war, political upheaval and the fight against ISIL terrorists, the UN Assistance Mission there (UNAMI) ends its mandate on 31 December – a closure its top official describes as “honourable, dignified, and earned”.
Peace proves relative in Gaza with no let-up in deadly airstrikes
- UN News
In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday rejected suggestions by the Israeli military that the so-called “Yellow Line” of concrete blocks it has erected inside the enclave represented a new border.
‘We won’t stop’: Afghan women keep businesses alive despite sweeping rights abuses
- UN News
In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on work.
Gaza’s babies ‘scarred by war before first breath’ by malnutrition
- UN News
Mothers who’ve been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature babies who die in intensive care units or struggle to survive as they endure acute malnutrition, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
Syria at a crossroads: UN warns fragile transition needs global support
- UN News
A year after the fall of the Assad regime opened the door to political and judicial reform, Syria’s future is still precarious.
A fragile peace, a harsh winter: Gaza’s families struggle to rebuild
- UN News
Nearly two months after the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 10 October, a fragile calm has brought much-needed relief to families who have endured unimaginable suffering and repeated displacement.
Lebanon: UN peacekeepers warn of ‘clear violations’ following latest Israeli airstrikes
- UN News
Israeli airstrikes took place within the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) area of operations, the mission said in a statement issued on Friday.
Israeli raids and settler attacks deepen humanitarian crisis in West Bank
- UN News
A spike in Israeli military raids and settler violence across the occupied West Bank is driving new displacement, shutting schools and disrupting essential services for tens of thousands of Palestinians, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said in its latest humanitarian update Friday.
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