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Lebanon crisis: ‘This is just the beginning’ say those impacted by deadly escalation

·September 27, 2024·2 min read

“We are witnessing the deadliest period in Lebanon in a generation and many expressed their fear that this is just the beginning,” said Imran Riza, the UN’s top aid official in Lebanon. “The UN and its partners are closely coordinating with the Lebanese government to support the response efforts. This...

Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency

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·September 26, 2024·1 min read

Only hours earlier, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council that “hell is breaking loose in Lebanon” along the UN-patrolled line of separation, with exchanges of fire greater in “scope, depth and intensity” than previously. That warning came as US President Joe Biden told the world’s leaders gathered at UN...

Sudan crisis: Countries gather at UN General Assembly for action call

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·September 25, 2024·1 min read

With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis it has created, UN agencies and Member States meeting at the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday prepared to issue a renewed call for urgent action to protect the country’s people....

Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency

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·September 24, 2024·1 min read

In an appeal for greater global solidarity with the people of Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that around 800,000 people have fled to Ondo in neighbouring Chad after enduring “unimaginable violence”. WFP Communications Officer Leni Kinzli told journalists in Geneva that those fleeing areas at risk of famine...

Middle East crisis: Dramatic uptick in violence in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon

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·September 23, 2024·3 min read

The development comes as the UN’s top official in Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert began an official visit to Israel to meet senior government officials, after insisting that “there is no military solution that will make either side safer”. In Lebanon, it has been reported that people in the south received phone and...

Middle East: Regional crisis risks engulfing Syria, UN envoy warns

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·September 21, 2024·4 min read

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Geir Pedersen expressed grave concern over the mounting violence and its cascading impact on Syria, which has been embroiled in civil conflict – later drawing in outside forces – since 2011. He highlighted an attack earlier in the day on a vehicle at...

Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency

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·September 18, 2024·2 min read

“We need urgent and ambitious action now to support sustainable development, climate action and disaster risk reduction. The decisions we make today could be the difference between a future breakdown or a breakthrough to a better world,” said WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo. Echoing the stark assessment of the latest UN-partnered...

Half the world lacks social protection amid climate crisis, ILO warns

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·September 15, 2024·3 min read

Around 50 per cent of us do have access to at least one social protection benefit – but 3.8 billion people lack any kind of safety net, including 1.8 billion children worldwide, according to the World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition. “Climate...

UN warns of escalating conflict in Yemen amid humanitarian crisis, regional tensions

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·September 13, 2024·3 min read

The crisis in Yemen, which worsened in 2014 after Houthi rebels (known officially as Ansar Allah) seized the capital, has been marked by complex political and military tensions. More than 18 million people – half the country’s population – remain dependent on humanitarian assistance and protection. Hans Grundberg, the UN...

Security Council meets over widening Middle East crisis

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·January 14, 2024·27 min read

Video feed of the meeting, expected to start at 3 PM. The UN relief chief told ambassadors that any Gazans forced to flee the enclave must be allowed to return “as international law demands”, while a senior political affairs official warned that the cycle of violence over Red Sea shipping...

Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO

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·January 8, 2024·3 min read

In central Gaza, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Sunday that medics at the only functioning hospital in Deir al Balah governorate “had been forced to cease lifesaving and other critical activities…and leave” after an evacuation order issued amid “increasing” Israeli military activity. Only five doctors reportedly remain...

Gaza crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays and obstacles

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·January 4, 2024·2 min read

In its latest alert on the deteriorating situation for 1.9 million displaced people in the Strip, UN aid coordination office OCHA blamed “delays and denials” along with active conflict for the lack of distribution beyond Wadi Gaza. “This includes medicines that would have provided vital support to more than 100,000 people...