News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 238
Poverty and Slavery Often Go Hand-in-Hand for Africa’s Children
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 26 (IPS) - "Poverty has become part of me," says 13-year-old Aminata Kabangele from the Democratic Republic of Congo. "I have learned to live with the reality that nobody cares for me."
Majority of Child Casualties in Yemen Caused by Saudi-Led Airstrikes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) - Of the 402 children killed in Yemen since the escalation of hostilities in March 2015, 73 percent were victims of Saudi coalition-led airstrikes, a United Nations official said Monday.
U.N. Military Sanctions on Syria May Face Veto by Arms Supplier
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) - The staggering statistics emerging from the ongoing five-year-old military conflict in Syria – including over 220,000 killed, more than one million injured and about 7.6 million displaced – are prompting calls for a United Nations arms embargo on the beleaguered regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
U.N. Aid Agencies Launch Emergency Hotline for Displaced Iraqis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) - In the hopes of better responding to the needs of over three million displaced Iraqis, United Nations aid agencies today launched a national hotline to provide information on emergency humanitarian services like food distribution, healthcare and shelter.
Opinion: Children of the World – We are Standing Watch for You
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Aug 23 (IPS) - Twenty-eight years ago this month, an indigenous woman stood in the plaza in Guatemala City, watching as the presidents of Central America walked out into the street after signing the Peace Accords that would end the civil wars in our region. When I reached her, she took both my hands in hers and said, "Thank you, Mr. President, for my child who is in the mountains fighting, and for the child I carry in my womb."
U.S. Provides Cover for Use of Banned Weapons in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (IPS) - The United States is providing a thinly-veiled cover virtually legitimising the use of cluster bombs – banned by an international convention – by Saudi Arabia and its allies in their heavy fighting against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
UK, France Agree to New Measures to Tackle Migration Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (IPS) - In response to the rapidly growing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers flooding European shores, France and the UK have announced new measures to crack down on English Channel crossings.
U.N. Remains Helpless Watching Rising Deaths of Children in War Zones
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (IPS) - The rising death toll of civilians, specifically women and children, in ongoing military conflicts is generating strong messages of condemnation from international institutions and human rights organisations – with the United Nations remaining helpless as killings keep multiplying.
U.N. Official Says Human Suffering in Yemen ‘Almost Incomprehensible’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (IPS) - With a staggering four in five Yemenis now in need of immediate humanitarian aid, 1.5 million people displaced and a death toll that has surpassed 4,000 in just five months, a United Nations official told the Security Council Wednesday that the scale of human suffering is "almost incomprehensible".
U.N. Relief Agency Pledges to Open Schools ‘On Time’ for Half a Million Palestinian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 (IPS) - Overcoming a serious funding shortfall, and caught between numerous regional conflicts, the United Nation's humanitarian agency for Palestinian refugees announced on Aug. 19 that it would nevertheless open schools on time for the roughly half-a-million children who rely on the international community for their education.
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