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Middle East crisis: Live updates on 1 November from the UN and the region

·November 1, 2024·1 min read

We are following the news as it happens from UN offices in Geneva and New York and on the ground in Gaza and Lebanon, bringing you the latest updates throughout the day as conflict continues to rattle the region. UN News app users can follow here....

Middle East crisis: Live updates on 30 October from the UN and the region

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·October 30, 2024·1 min read

As the crisis in the Middle East continues, we are taking you into UN Headquarters for briefings with top UN officials and dispatches from across the region. UN News app users can follow our live updates here....

Middle East crisis: Live updates from the Security Council and UN across the region

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·October 29, 2024·1 min read

We will be following the latest breaking news over the day, including from UN staff on the ground, dispatches from Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region, and the Israeli Knesset’s vote to outlaw the work of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA. We also recap the emergency Security Council meeting on...

Security Council holds emergency session over Lebanon; region ‘on the brink of catastrophe’

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·September 23, 2024·1 min read

The Security Council met in emergency session on Friday following Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut and in the south, which have left at least a dozen dead. It comes amid an uptick in cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces – and two days of deadly wireless device...

Israel-Gaza: UN chief urges ceasefire, region ‘on the precipice’

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·October 18, 2023·2 min read

Speaking in Beijing, Mr. Guterres said that a ceasefire would “provide sufficient time and space” to realize two essential appeals which he made earlier this week: to Hamas, for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages held in Gaza, and to Israel, to immediately allow aid to enter the...

‘Robust’ cooperation with Arab League can quell conflict in the region

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·June 9, 2023·2 min read

“Together we can achieve what neither organization can achieve on its own,” she said, presenting the UN Secretary-General’s latest report on the important collaboration. Recent strains on multilateralism have seen trust in institutions and processes sorely tested, most recently by the uneven response to the COVID-19 crisis, she said. “Defiance...

1 in 3 children overweight in the European region: WHO report

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·May 14, 2023·2 min read

The WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, was launched by the spouses of 16 European leaders and Heads of State, in the Croatian capital. Childhood obesity data for WHO’s European Region, paints an alarming picture. Challenging environment “Our children are increasingly growing up in environments that make it very difficult for them to eat well and...

UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region

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·May 6, 2023·1 min read

“It is time to end the violence,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region, held in Bujumbura, Burundi. Since the resurgence of the M23 armed...

In Burundi, Guterres outlines challenges facing the region

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·May 6, 2023·3 min read

“Everyone must put an end to hate speech, work to restore trust, and refrain from any action that could undermine the progress made for peace” in DRC, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, on the eve of the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation...

Sudan: UN ‘relief chief’ heads to the region as humanitarian crisis nears ‘breaking point’

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·May 1, 2023·3 min read

“The scale and speed of what is unfolding is unprecedented in Sudan. We are extremely concerned by the immediate as well as long-term impact on all people in Sudan, and the broader region,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement. The UN again urged the warring sides to protect civilians...

Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds

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·December 31, 2022·1 min read

However, the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region, published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) projects post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts to prompt a very slight decrease next year – to 11.7 per cent. Mounting poverty Meanwhile, poverty measured against national lines...

Resurgence of ethnic clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile region triggers death and destruction |

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·November 7, 2022·1 min read

According to the UN, inter-communal clashes that have flared up several times since July have caused at least 359 fatalities, injured 469 people, displaced more than 97,000, and triggered extensive property damage. “The clashes between the ethnic communities are rooted in long standing issues over land ownership and ethnic...