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Release the hostages in Gaza ‘unconditionally and immediately’: Guterres
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked two years since the Hamas-led terror attacks on southern Israel by reiterating his long-standing call for the unconditional and immediate release of the hostages still being held there.
Women’s leadership role in peace and security issues ‘going in reverse’, UN chief warns
- UN News
More women must have a role in shaping peace agreements, security reforms and post-conflict recovery plans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Monday.
UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages
- UN News
The leadership of Hamas said late on Friday it was willing to release Israeli hostages in response to the United States peace deal proposal for ending the war in Gaza, provided further negotiations take place through mediators on a number of key details.
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur
- UN News
The UN’s top humanitarian official in Sudan has warned of an impending catastrophe in Darfur, with civilians facing relentless violence, sexual abuse and starvation.
With Colombia at a turning point, the UN calls for peace gains to be consolidated
- UN News
In his first briefing to the UN Security Council on Friday as the newly designated Special Representative for Colombia, Miroslav Jenča reaffirmed the organization’s strong commitment to supporting the country’s nine-year-old peace process.
Drone victims, terror and death: 30 minutes inside a Gaza hospital
- UN News
UN aid teams on Friday highlighted the disturbing situation in Gaza’s makeshift hospitals, where premature babies cry for scant oxygen and medics attempt to save child survivors targeted by airstrikes in their tents and quadcopter victims reportedly shot while fetching bread.
Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
- UN News
Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children – as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.
Increasing violence and funding cuts imperil millions across Haiti
- UN News
Rising violence by gangs in Haiti’s capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday.
Sudan: UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in El Fasher
- UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher face the imminent risk of large-scale atrocities, as fighting intensifies around the regional capital of North Darfur, besieged for more than 500 days by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia.
Guterres condemns deadly terror attack targeting Manchester synagogue
- UN News
Thursday’s terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester, which left at least two worshippers dead on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, has been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-General.
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