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Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of Gaza City”, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.
‘Nuclear weapons have no place in our world,’ UN chief tells mayors in Nagasaki
- UN News
80 years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the “only guarantee” against the use of nuclear weapons today is their “total elimination”, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday.
‘The real challenge is still ahead’: UN warns on Afghan returnees
- UN News
Millions of people returning to Afghanistan from neighbouring countries are receiving humanitarian support at the border, but they will need more help to rebuild their lives, according to UN-Habitat, the agency that advocates for sustainable communities.
Landlocked but not left behind: UN summit in Turkmenistan wraps with bold new roadmap
- UN News
The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries wrapped up earlier Friday in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with delegates adopting a landmark political declaration aimed at speeding up sustainable development and boosting resilience in 32 nations that lack direct access to the sea.
You can run – but we will find you, militias tell terrified civilians
- UN News
Help is needed urgently to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN agencies said on Friday, while warning that communities continue to be terrorised by parties to the conflict even as they flee violence.
Israeli plan to take complete control of Gaza must stop now, says UN rights chief
- UN News
The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue a complete takeover of the Gaza Strip.
Women From Landlocked Developing Countries Set Sights on Open Horizons
- Inter Press Service
AWAZA, Turkmenistan, August 7 (IPS) - “Progress towards gender equality and equity remains uneven and far too slow. One in four women in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) live in extreme poverty, and this is nearly 75 million women,” said Rabab Fatima, Secretary-General of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries or LLDC3 ongoing in Awaza, Turkmenistan.
Adesso Basta! Enough Is Enough. Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 7 (IPS) - On August the first, the Italian daily La Repubblica published an interview with David Grossman, Israel’s most renown author and supporter of a “two-state solution”, as well as an outspoken critic of Israel’s violence against Palestinian civilians.
Africa’s ‘Land-Linked’ Nations Chart a New Trade Route to Prosperity
- Inter Press Service
AWAZA, Turkmenistan, August 7 (IPS) - Once relegated to the periphery of Africa’s economic map due to their lack of coastline, the continent’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) are now reframing their geographic constraints as gateways to opportunity.
Why Should We Ask for Angela When You Don’t Have to Ask for Alex?
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, India, August 7 (IPS) - It’s a quiet code with a loud message: “Ask for Angela.”
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