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Alarming trends in nuclear material trafficking highlight urgent security gaps
- UN News
There were just under 150 incidents of illegal or unauthorised activity involving nuclear and other radioactive material reported last year, according to the international nuclear energy watchdog’s monitoring database tracking these incidents.
Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF
- UN News
The ongoing emergency in Haiti is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
Gaza: Unified Arab position will ‘help guide the way forward’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday stressed that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza must hold, urging all parties to honour their commitments and prevent a breakdown of the agreement.
Police units need strong support says UN peacekeeping chief
- UN News
The head of UN peacekeeping operations on Thursday called for more investment in the UN Police service, highlighting the mounting challenges officers face in conflict affected regions.
Gaza: Despite challenges, UNRWA says ‘unparalleled progress’ made during ceasefire
- UN News
Since the ceasefire began in Gaza on 19 January, “unparalleled progress” has been made in providing desperately needed aid to families across the devastated enclave, said UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Thursday.
Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists
- UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire in Gaza to hold, amid delays to talks between Hamas and Israel on extending the truce into the second phase.
Greatest threat to UN Peacekeeping is divisions between nations, says UN Peace Operations Chief
- UN News
Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations are being challenged by growing disunity between Member States, the UN head of Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said in an interview with UN News, during the Conference for Women Peacekeepers in New Delhi.
Sudan war: Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says
- UN News
As the war in Sudan approaches a second year, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the country has emphasized the need to re-double and coordinate efforts towards a peace agreement that respects national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity – and ending the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
Conflict has turned parts of Sudan ‘into a hellscape,’ Security Council hears
- UN News
A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for civilians in Sudan together with unhindered humanitarian access, as the brutal war between rival militaries approaches a second year.
West Bank security situation remains alarming, warn UN aid agencies
- UN News
Weeks of deadly Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank have turned Palestinian communities into “battlefields” and left 40,000 people homeless, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.
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