UN leaders galvanize action for reparations for people of African descent
Experts and UN leaders exchanged views about the best ways forward, centred on this year’s theme, A Decade of Recognition, Justice, and…
Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions
UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on Thursday after a 48-hour pause.
Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso
High Commissioner Volker Türk said, from the capital Ouagadougou, that his local office had been “engaging intensely with the authorities, civil society…
UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar
The expansion of fighting throughout the country has deprived communities of basic needs and access to essential services and has had a…
World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo
This is being compounded by an increase in child and forced marriage, and the recruitment of boys by combatants in the continuing…
World News in Brief: $12 million for Haiti, Ukraine airstrikes condemned, support mine action
A $12 million contribution from a UN emergency humanitarian fund will support people impacted by the violence that broke out in Haiti’s…
Central African Republic: Said trial opens at International Criminal Court
Mahamat Said Abdel Kani – a top-ranking leader of the mostly-Muslim Séléka militia – pleaded not guilty to all charges, which relate…
Gaza: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel
In a resolution adopted by 28 votes in favour, six against and 13 abstentions, the 47-member Human Rights Council backed a call…
Haitians ‘cannot wait’ for reign of terror by gangs to end: Rights chief
“The scale of human rights violations is unprecedented in Haiti’s modern history,” Volker Türk said in a video statement to the UN…
Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics
Israel must make meaningful changes in the way it is fighting in Gaza to avoid civilian casualties while also undergoing “a true…