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Gang violence displaces a record 1.3 million Haitians
- UN News
Nearly 1.3 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti and seek refuge elsewhere within the Caribbean country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.
Ukraine: Ongoing Russian strikes continue alarming civilian casualty trend
- UN News
Civilian deaths and injuries in the first five months of 2025 were nearly 50 per cent higher than the same period last year, UN rights experts tasked with monitoring abuses in war-torn Ukraine said on Wednesday in their latest report.
Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies
- UN News
People in the Gaza Strip are getting hungrier because of the “very limited” volume of food being allowed in, UN aid agencies reiterated on Wednesday.
Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO
- UN News
With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning: the climate crisis is also a health crisis – and it’s already claiming lives.
‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice
- UN News
At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 per cent. That’s the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday.
At least eight drown in Red Sea as smugglers force migrants overboard
- UN News
Survivors of a people-smuggling operation in the Red Sea have recounted how they were forced off their boat far from the coast of Djibouti and left to swim for their lives.
The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million kids still working?
- UN News
Twelve-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability.
Why Are We Failing to Protect Gaza?
- Inter Press Service
BORDEAUX, France, Jun 11 (IPS) - During President Trump’s tour of Gulf monarchies last month, he mentioned Gaza only two times. The first time was in Doha, when he expressed his desire to make Gaza a “freedom zone.” Gaza’s 2.1 million residents, nearly half of whom are children, would like that, too.
Pandemic Agreement: Important Step but Big Decisions Deferred
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jun 11 (IPS) - When the next pandemic strikes, the world should be better prepared. At least, that’s the promise states made at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly on 19 May when they adopted the first global pandemic treaty. This milestone in international health cooperation emerged from three years of difficult negotiations, informed by the harsh lessons learned from COVID-19’s devastating global impacts.
Pacific States, Territories Gift the World its 'Largest Conservation Project'
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 10 (IPS) - While the island states in the Pacific may be modest, the ocean that surrounds them represents a huge oceanic state—an area equivalent to the entire European Continent.
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