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UN80 is Less a Reform Than a Survival Manual
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, December 5 (IPS) - Let’s just say the quiet part out loud: the UN is not reforming because it suddenly woke up one morning inspired by efficiency. It’s reforming because the Organization is broke. Not metaphorically broke. Not diplomatically broke. Actually broke. The kind of broke where arrears sit at $1.586 billion and everyone pretends that’s just an unfortunate bookkeeping hiccup instead of the fact that the lights are flickering.
In Zimbabwe, School Children Are Turning Waste Into Renewable Energy-Powered Lanterns
- Inter Press Service
SEKE, Zimbabwe, December 5 (IPS) - When going home after school, Monica Ben not only takes with her a pen and exercise books but also a lantern to light the dark room and completes her daily homework in Mashonaland East province.
Any Resumption of US Tests May Trigger Threats from Other Nuclear Powers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, December 5 (IPS) - President Trump’s recent announcement to resume nuclear testing rekindles nightmares of a bygone era where military personnel and civilians were exposed to devastating radioactive fallouts.
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.
Communities struggle to rebuild following Pakistan’s worst floods
- UN News
Extreme weather has battered Pakistan in recent months, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Lives have been lost, livelihoods destroyed, and millions displaced.
UN hails DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal amid ongoing hostilities in the east
- UN News
The United Nations on Friday welcomed a newly signed peace accord between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda as a “critical step” toward restoring trust, while warning that active fighting near border areas continue to exact a heavy toll on civilians.
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.
Syria: Effort to buttress human rights since Assad’s fall, ‘only the beginning of what needs to be done’
- UN News
Summary executions and other violations continue in Syria nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Mozambique’s displaced facing massive needs as attacks intensify
- UN News
The ongoing emergency in northern Mozambique continues to worsen as prolonged attacks by non-state armed groups in Nampula trigger one of the largest displacement surges of the year, the UN warned on Friday.
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