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Conflict and hunger ‘two faces of the same crisis’, UN deputy chief tells Security Council
- UN News
For millions of people worldwide caught up in conflict, “war and hunger are often two faces of the same crisis,” UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the Security Council on Monday, as it met to examine how food insecurity fuels fighting.
Security Council to vote on new Gaza force: Here’s what you need to know
- UN News
The UN Security Council is expected to vote at 5pm in New York today on a US-sponsored draft resolution that would authorise the creation of an international stabilisation force in the Gaza Strip.
Lebanon: UN peacekeeping patrol targeted by Israeli tank, IDF blames ‘misidentification’
- UN News
On Sunday, a foot patrol of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was targeted by an Israeli army Merkava tank from a position established by Israel in Lebanese territory.
Latin America: a Test Case for Aligning Climate Action, Food Security and Social Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 14 (IPS) - The urgency of linking climate action with social and wider environmental priorities is clear. Climate change, environmental degradation and violent conflict are often deeply connected and even mutually reinforcing. At the same time, climate action can either support or undermine efforts to improve social justice and halt environmental degradation.
Ukraine: UN condemns latest deadly attack targeting civilians in Kyiv
- UN News
Several civilians were killed and many others injured, including children, in a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital and the wider Kyiv region early on Friday.
Sudan war: Aid teams plead for access to thousands trapped in El Fasher
- UN News
Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? That’s the burning question for relatives of the many thousands of people believed to still be there, since paramilitary fighters overran the regional capital of North Darfur last month, after a 500-day siege.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 2025
- Inter Press Service
Violence against women is a human rights emergency in every country. One in three women worldwide experience physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime.
Families in Sudan ‘running out of time’ as hunger spreads
- UN News
More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not getting enough to eat as the war between rival militaries continues, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
Syria’s Fragile Transition Threatened by Severe Aid Shortfalls and Increasing Abductions, UN Warns
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, November 12 (IPS) - Eleven months after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria continues to grapple with severe instability as the country navigates a turbulent political transition. Rates of displacement have surged, and humanitarian organizations are struggling to support large numbers of refugees returning home. In recent weeks, the United Nations (UN) has documented numerous cases of enforced disappearances and abductions, calling for stronger accountability measures as the transition continues to unfold.
US Stands Alone Defying UN Vote on Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, November 12 (IPS) - The US took another step backward – to break ranks with the United Nations – when it voted against a draft resolution calling for the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
The negative vote followed an announcement by President Trump last month that the US plans to resume nuclear testing after a 33-year hiatus. The US stood alone on the UN vote, which was supported by almost all member States in the General Assembly’s First Committee.
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