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Relentless crisis in Haiti: One in eight children internally displaced

·January 19, 2025·2 min read

The latest data reveals that over 500,000 children have been forced from their homes – a shocking 48 per cent increase since September. In total, more than one million Haitians are internally displaced, half of whom are children urgently requiring humanitarian aid. “It is a horrific time to be a...

‘Lebanon is on the cusp of a more hopeful future’, says UN chief Guterres

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·January 18, 2025·2 min read

“A window has opened paving the way for a new era of institutional stability, a State fully able to protect its citizens, and a system that would allow the tremendous potential of the Lebanese people to flourish,” Mr. Guterres told reporters in Beirut. The UN chief met with newly elected...

Dignity for migrants should be our guiding light, insists ‘Cabrini’ film star

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·January 18, 2025·3 min read

“Being from southern Italy, the migration issue is very close to my heart. Southern Italians have always emigrated throughout history, especially during the Second World War and I have in my family people who have emigrated and I am an emigrant myself,” Ms. Dell’Anna said, ahead of a special screening...

Security Council briefed on challenges to peacekeeping in Lebanon, Syria

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·January 18, 2025·5 min read

Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix was joined by Major General Patrick Gauchat, Head of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) who is temporarily in charge of the UN force in the Golan, UNDOF. Mr. Lacroix is currently in Lebanon, where the UN Interim Force in the country UNIFIL, monitors...

Will those responsible for atrocities in Syria finally face justice?

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·January 18, 2025·5 min read

For years, UN human rights bodies have been documenting, monitoring and publishing reports on abuses, and bringing Syria’s dire human rights record to the world’s attention. The fall of Bashar al Assad in December 2024 was largely greeted with euphoria by the Syrian people, but images of hundreds of people...

Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise

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·January 17, 2025·2 min read

His warning comes in the wake of reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah state in the southeast, and amid reports of an imminent battle for control of the country’s capital, Khartoum. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a rival military, the Rapid Support...

Gaza ceasefire could boost aid deliveries to 600 trucks per day: WHO

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·January 17, 2025·2 min read

“The target is to get between 500 and 600 trucks in per day over the coming weeks,” said Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT). This would represent “a huge increase” from the 40 to 50 lorries reaching Gaza in recent months and be similar to...

WHO launches $1.5 billion appeal to tackle global health crises

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·January 17, 2025·1 min read

In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for $1.5 billion through its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal, to deliver life-saving health interventions worldwide. The appeal, unveiled on Thursday by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, outlines the urgent priorities for addressing 42 ongoing health emergencies, including 17 requiring immediate and coordinated action....

UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria

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·January 17, 2025·2 min read

“I arrived, I have to say, with a heavy heart, given the compounded traumas over decades in both countries, but I see signs of new beginnings,” said Volker Türk – speaking in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. On Wednesday, he was in Damascus for his first ever visit to Syria where...

‘Enough death and destruction’: Gazans hope for ceasefire and a better future

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·January 17, 2025·4 min read

Around 90 per cent of the population across the Gaza Strip have been displaced from their homes, forced to move to avoid Israeli military operations. Many have been displaced repeatedly, some 10 times or more. Much of Gaza is rubble, while Israeli airstrikes and military operations have damaged or destroyed around 60 per...

UN stands with Ukrainians for the long-term, insists UN aid chief

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·January 16, 2025·1 min read

In a joint appeal from Kyiv, the UN’s emergency relief chief Tom Fletcher and Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said that millions of civilians inside Ukraine and abroad depend on the international community’s support, amid ongoing Russian attacks. “The Ukrainian people have shown incredible courage over these years and we...

Economic recovery is losing steam, warns UN labour agency

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·January 16, 2025·2 min read

The newly released World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025, sheds light on the deceleration of the global economy. This is impacting labour markets and stalling progress on recovery from previous economic downturns. In 2024, global employment expanded in line with a growing labour force, keeping the unemployment rate steady,...