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A mother cares for her daughter at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza.

Nearly 600 attacks on healthcare in Gaza and West Bank since war began: WHO

Hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank have been attacked nearly 600 times since war erupted in the enclave in response to the Hamas-led terror attack in southern Israel, the UN health agency said on Friday.

Shiraz was referred to the migrant centre that provides comprehensive assistance to vulnerable individuals.

Trans in Türkiye: The UN ‘breathed life back into my dreams’

A student hygiene ambassador demonstrates how to properly wash hands at a school in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.

World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food prices fall

A delivery of 4,000 blankets to two hospitals in southern Gaza last December (file).

Gaza crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays and obstacles

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Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key

World News in Brief: Griffiths demands end to ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict, Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange, Iran bombings latest

First Person: Christmas under rocket fire in Ukraine

Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder’s boost for World Braille Day

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A container ship passes through the Suez Canal.

Red Sea emergency hits consumers worldwide: UNCTAD

A maternity care facility in Dnipro was severely damaged in air strikes over the festive period.

First Person: Christmas under rocket fire in Ukraine

In 2023, the UN responded to crises across the world including floods in Somalia.

The price of peace and development: Paying for the UN

Earlier in December, the UN Department of Global Communications hosted Knowledge, History and Power, an event featuring noted journalists Nikole Hannah-Jones and Laura Trevelyan.

Award-winning journalists highlight UN as ‘global body’ advancing reparations

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Children make a shape with their hands in the south Omo district of southern Ethiopia.

Lookahead to 2024: January to June

UN Affairs In 2024, the UN will once again be at the heart of international efforts to tackle the world’s most urgent challenges, from bolstering the global economy, to supporting climate action and keeping the peace in conflict hotspots.

Two children sit in the rubble of what is left of their house in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip.

INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza

A Sudanese mother and her children take refuge in a town in Chad across the border from Darfur in Sudan.

Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’

UN peacekeepers from Chad arrive in Gao bringing an end to the UN's presence in the Kidal region of northern Mali.

INTERVIEW: ‘Climate of division’ creating more challenging environment for UN peacekeeping

Women UN peacekeepers from Africa are playing an indispensable role in supporting peace and security in communities transitioning from conflict to peacetime.

African women on the frontline of peacekeeping

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A UN helicopter flies over the village of Ogossagou in central Mali.

PHOTO STORY: UN peacekeeping mission closes in Mali

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is officially closing on 31 December, bringing an end to a decade-long presence in the West African country.

PHOTO STORY: Muted reactions as climate deal is struck in Dubai

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber (centre), UN climate chief Simon Stiell (fourth from left) and other participants onstage during the Closing Plenary of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Rafah crossing, aid ‘lifeline’ into Gaza

UN Secretary-General António Guterres travelled to the Rafah crossing on Friday.

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Members of the Security-Council gather for a meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security in the Red Sea.

Security Council meets over Red Sea attacks amid growing threat of spillover from Gaza war

Peace and Security The UN Security Council on Wednesday held its first open meeting on the continuing attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, which are becoming an increasing threat to global trade and the stability of the entire region as the intense fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza continues.

Denise Brown (centre), UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, visits Hroza, where a Russian strike killed 59 civilians as they gathered at a cafe on 5 October 2023.

World News in Brief: Child deaths in Ukraine, alarm over US death row ‘experiment’, Timor Leste nutrition boost

UN Affairs Two children have reportedly been killed and at least 15 injured in a wave of deadly new year attacks across Ukraine, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative said on Wednesday.

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