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Sudan crisis: UN agencies race to aid civilians as violence engulfs El Fasher
- UN News
UN agencies are stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state, where fighting has triggered widespread abuses and mass displacement, Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters in New York on Wednesday.
Sudan war and political uncertainty block progress on Abyei peace talks
- UN News
The UN is ready to support Sudan and South Sudan in resuming talks on the disputed Abyei border region, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.
Hurricane Melissa: UN launches $74 million response for 2.2 million in Cuba
- UN News
Around 2.2 million Cubans remain in dire need of assistance across the eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, and Guantanamo as the after effects of Hurricane Mellisa continue, UN aid workers said on Wednesday.
Not just dreams, but rights: Social justice in focus at Doha summit
- UN News
The push to put social justice at the heart of global policymaking took centre stage at the Second World Summit for Social Development on Wednesday, as leaders gathered for a high-level forum to drive coordinated action in delivering the newly adopted Doha Political Declaration.
World News in Brief: Famine alert for South Sudan, tsunami readiness, peacekeepers flag activity along Lebanon ‘blue line’
- UN News
To South Sudan, where aid teams warn that an already severe food and nutrition crisis could get worse without urgent humanitarian relief.
Catch-up immunization campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children
- UN News
A campaign for routine immunization, nutrition, and growth monitoring will be launched in the Gaza Strip this week with the goal of reaching 44,000 children cut off from essential life-saving services due to the devastating conflict.
Mind over machine: UN urges ethical guardrails for brain tech revolution
- UN News
As wearable devices begin to tap into our mental states, UN experts warn that without ethical safeguards, the right to freedom of thought could be the latest casualty of unchecked innovation.
World’s forests at serious risk from warming planet, fires and pests: UNECE
- UN News
Decades of progress in protecting the planet’s carbon dioxide-busting forests are at risk as the climate crisis continues to accelerate, UN forestry experts said on Wednesday.
At Rome’s Colosseum, Faith Leaders Confront a World at War — and Dare to Speak of Peace
- Inter Press Service
ROME / TOKYO, November 4 (IPS) - In the shadow of Rome’s Colosseum — once a monument to imperial violence — religious leaders from across the world gathered this week to deliver a message that felt both ancient and urgent: peace must once again become humanity’s sacred duty.
Education Cannot Wait Interviews Dr. David Edwards, General Secretary of Education International
- Inter Press Service
Dr. David Edwards is the General Secretary of Education International, the voice of teachers and other education employees around the world. Through its 386 member organizations, Education International represents over 32.5 million teachers and education support personnel in 178 countries.
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