News in Brief 6 December 2023
Türk calls for independent investigations into alleged sexual attacks during Hamas massacre
News in Brief 5 December 2023
- WFP forced to pause food aid distribution across northern Yemen
- Chaotic conditions for civilians in Gaza ‘getting worse by the hour’
- Level playing field essential for human rights in sport
Myanmar: Technology key to aid war crimes investigations
Being denied access to sites where some of the most horrific crimes and human rights violations are alleged to have taken place during the military’s brutal repression of dissent, is a major challenge for the IIMM, the UN-appointed Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar.
News in Brief 4 December 2023
Gaza: Aid access to north entirely blocked amid escalating war in south
- COP28: Call to aid developing countries coping with climate shocks
- Somalia floods leave more than one million displaced
Gaza: ‘Somehow their nightmare has just got that much worse’
Saying nowhere is safe in Gaza is not a cliché, according to UNICEF’s James Elder, speaking to UN News from Rafah in southern Gaza.
“That’s the message we keep trying to share”, he told Reem Abaza, just hours after the pause in fighting ended between Israel and Palestinian militants.
News in Brief 1 December 2023
- Gaza: Fighting resumes as pause ends
- Guterres calls for real climate leadership at COP28
- ‘Let Communities Lead’ on World AIDS Day
- WFP seeks $26 million to support Afghan returnees from Pakistan
News in Brief 30 November 2023
- COP28: UN chief warns that world is on course for ‘climate collapse’
Israel-Palestine crisis: New pause in fighting extends aid relief window
- End ‘repugnant’ chemical weapons use once and for all, says UN chief
World getting ever closer to 1.5°C limit, warns WMO chief
2023 is on track to be the hottest year ever and the last 10 years have proven to be the warmest decade so far. These are worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt and heatwaves, lie immediately ahead.
WFP: Climate risk insurance helps communities bounce back from disaster
When it comes to mitigating loss and damage caused by climate change, the global response is often failing to keep pace, according to Gernot Laganda of the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
News in Brief 29 November 2023
- Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza City a ‘ghost town’, reports UN aid agency
Cost of eating healthily has risen 4.3 per cent since 2020: FAO
WHO: Europe has highest number of children with type 1 diabetes