News headlines for “Foreign Policy — Projecting Power”, page 119
Central Africa at a crossroads amid rising tensions and instability
- UN News
Despite its wealth of natural resources and potential, Central Africa continues to face serious challenges, from political instability to growing humanitarian needs.
Gaza: Women and girls struggle to manage their periods amid crisis
- UN News
Whether it’s their first time or a routine part of their life, menstruation has become a nightmare for women and girls in Gaza. The conditions they are forced to endure - displacement, overcrowded shelters, and lack of basic hygiene - have turned a natural biological process into a monthly ordeal.
UN hails new era of cooperation over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile – but concerns persist
- UN News
The UN’s top disarmament official has welcomed signs of increased cooperation from Syria’s interim authorities in efforts to eliminate the country’s chemical weapons once and for all, as preparations move forward for a third round of inspections by international experts.
‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem
- UN News
In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage to civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported.
UN chief urges world leaders to keep two-State solution ‘alive’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged world leaders to revive efforts toward a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that there is no alternative.
In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
- UN News
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians “vulnerable to starvation”, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday.
Top UN advocate sounds alarm over sexual violence crisis in gang-ravaged Haiti
- UN News
Haiti has been gripped by spiralling gang violence ever since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The subsequent unrest has displaced one million people, more than half of them children, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
- UN News
A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council.
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors to vote on new ceasefire resolution
- UN News
After weeks of negotiations, the Council’s ten elected members have initiated a new draft resolution on Gaza as the humanitarian crisis deepens by the day. It calls for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of hostages held by Hamas and others and the immediate lifting of all aid restrictions. We’re joining live coverage from our Meetings Coverage Section and UN News app users can follow here.
Gaza: UN relief chief welcomes growing support for aid teams to resume vital work
- UN News
Amid reports of yet another deadly attack on a school in Gaza on Wednesday, the UN’s top aid official Tom Fletcher welcomed growing international calls for lifesaving aid work by established agencies to resume in the war-torn enclave.
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