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Instead of being filled with children learning, UNRWA schools have been turned into shelters in Gaza Strip for displaced families during the ongoing war.

Independent review panel releases final report on UNRWA

An independent panel released its much-awaited report on Monday about the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), providing 50 recommendations and noting that Israeli authorities have yet to provide proof of their claims that UN staff are involved with terrorist organisations.

A man hangs onto the back of a bus in the troubled Delmas neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince.

UN envoy urges international solidarity with Haiti as gang violence spirals

Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (file).

World News in Brief: Rising West Bank violence, dialogue critical in Kosovo, free detained Afghan activist

The Houses of Parliament in London, United Kingdom.

Airlines urged not to facilitate UK-Rwanda asylum transfers

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First Person: ‘Our tears are dry, we are exhausted’ – Youth voices in Haiti

Guterres upholds UNRWA as a ‘lifeline’ following receipt of independent panel’s report

UN chief urges ‘surge in investment’ to overcome $4 trillion financing gap

Thousands of children killed or maimed by explosive weapons in populated areas: UNICEF

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Final Report - Independent Review Group on UNRWA

Rein Paulsen, Director of Office of Emergencies and Resilience, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Real risk of famine in Sudan, warns senior FAO official

This automatic sound recording machine captured even the fastest spoken words in the 1940s. (file)

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Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA at press conference in UN Geneva, Switzerland

Understanding ‘who’s vulnerable’, key to protect women in conflict

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Every month, thousands of Sudanese people still migrate to nearby countries like South Sudan and Chad, forgotten and voiceless on an incredibly challenging journey, and nobody knows when it will end.

Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war

Humanitarian Aid Rape. Murder. Hunger. Corpses filling streets, making it impossible to walk. Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April, leaving in its wake almost 15,000 dead, eight million civilians on the run, 25 million in dire need of assistance and warnings from humanitarians about famine, aid blockades and a growing list of atrocities on all sides.

A premature baby is fed in a hospital incubator.

Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement is dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality.

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

Rokaya stands in front of her house in Indramayu, West Java.

From desperation to determination: Indonesian trafficking survivors demand justice

Displaced men, women, and children sheltering in a boxing arena in downtown Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks in August 2023.

How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability?

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On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation. As Israel continues to bomb the occupied territory and restrict the entry of lifesaving goods, the UN is scrambling to respond.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Gaza’s displaced children: ‘A heartbreaking story of loss and grief’

A five-year-old boy sits on his mattress in a shelter courtyard surrounded by several hundred other displaced people.

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The Sustainable Development Goals projected onto UN Headquarters, in New York.

Secretary-General calls for UN 2.0 to tackle 21st century challenges

UN Affairs Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday emphasised the need for a “strengthened and updated” United Nations to better reach and support people around the world.

Strong winds and high temperatures caused wildfires to spread across Athens in Greece in 2023. (file)

Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency

Climate and Environment Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves – a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday.

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