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UN chief appalled by ‘tragic human toll’ of Gaza war

The UN Secretary-General said on Thursday he was “appalled by the tragic human toll of the conflict in Gaza” where more than 30,000 people have now reportedly been killed and over 70,000 injured.

Jan-Michael Simon, chair of the Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua, addresses the the 54nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Nicaragua: Rights experts decry persecution of Government opponents

Countries around the world are being urged to reverse the loss of biodiversity.

Senior officials call for action and solutions at UN Environment Assembly

Clashes and insecurity in Sudan continues to force people to flee their homes in search of safety.

UN chief ‘committed’ to Sudan as mission ends

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‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council

UN issues global alert over teacher shortage

Gazans eating wild plants to survive

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Part of the destruction that affected Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis.

No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

Sixth Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-6) in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

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Sand is driven by seasonal winds inland in southern Madagascar.

Drawing a line in the sand as communities adapt to climate change

Climate and Environment Communities in some of the most climate-change-affected areas in southern Madagascar are finding ways to thrive in increasingly challenging environments by becoming more resilient and adapting to unpredictable weather patterns.

Communities in southern Madagascar are planting sisal to protect the land from erosion and degradation.

Climate-affected Madagascar adapts to new reality: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Plastic bottles get a new life, as South Sudanese communities reuse them to make bricks to build a variety of structures.

Zero waste, more hope in South Sudan

Gaza: A struggle to keep young hopes alive amid shattered dreams

In 1990, Nelson Mandela (third from left) met with New York City Mayor David Dinkins (fifth from left) and boxing greats who helped in the struggle against apartheid, including Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and Joe Frazier. (file)

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

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began two years ago, leaving a trail of death and destruction alongside pockets of communities who are reviving towns, cities and hope, with help from UN agencies on the ground.

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.

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.

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No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

Health No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone has become in Gaza, according to a team of doctors trapped for weeks inside the besieged Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis.

Children are taken by their mothers for nutrition screening in the Delams neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince.

Humanitarians launch $674 million appeal urging ‘increased solidarity’ with Haiti

Humanitarian Aid Humanitarians are hoping that donors will robustly support a $674 million appeal for Haiti, where armed gangs continue to terrorize the population, a senior UN official said on Wednesday during a briefing to journalists in New York.

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