UN News Today July 17
- Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities across Occupied Palestinian Territory since October
- Haiti: Displaced women lack basic safety and services
- UN chief marks 10 years since MH17 tragedy, urges accountability
A jail which has newly opened in the city of Marawi on the Filipino island of Mindanao “symbolizes change” in the Philippines penal system, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
As December elections loom in South Sudan and humanitarian, economic, social and political crises persist, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, continually provides services to maintain a conducive environment.
The 2024 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is underway in New York, bringing ministers and senior officials together to discuss how to get the world back on track to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Aid teams that reached Gaza City on Friday after a week-long military offensive by Israeli forces described apocalyptic scenes with “building after building” flattened.
The UN Charter says that Member States must guarantee the rights of all people, regardless of history, culture or social norms. However, around the world, people continue to face discrimination, criminalization and violence purely because of their sexual orientation and identity.