Aid relief arriving in Gaza but ‘too little, too late’, warns WHO
UN NEWS—With no let-up in fighting across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better access across the enclave, where relief is arriving “too little
‘Visible signs of hope’ for Haiti, Assembly President Francis insists
UN NEWS—“Haiti is not hopeless”, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Monday during a meeting addressing the multiple crises besetting the Caribbean nation, alongside the presidents of the UN Security Council and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Dennis Francis, a veteran diplomat from
Haiti: Gangs move into rural areas as Türk says new force ‘must be deployed’
UN NEWS—Gang violence in Haiti is on the rise with new alliances being forged and expansion into rural areas previously considered safe, warns a new UN report. The report, published on Tuesday by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN political mission in Haiti (BINUH), calls for the
Karabakh: Azerbaijan must ‘guarantee the rights of ethnic Armenians’
UN NEWS—A UN-appointed independent human rights expert on Wednesday called on Azerbaijan to “guarantee the rights of ethnic Armenians” in the Karabakh region and ensure that civilians who remain “are respected and protected in line with its international obligations.” “Azerbaijan must also promptly and independently investigate
Only way to end nuclear risk ‘is to eliminate nuclear weapons’: Guterres
UN NEWS—When “geopolitical mistrust and competition” has pushed the nuclear risk to Cold War levels, total elimination of such weapons is the only route to a peaceful future, the UN chief has said. Secretary-General António Guterres issued his call in a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination
UN space agency vigilant over threat posed by ‘near-Earth objects’
UN NEWS—With over 18,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) lurking beyond the stratosphere, 2,000 of which are classified as potentially hazardous, the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is using Friday’s International Asteroid Day to raise awareness across the planet. NEOs are asteroids or comets that come relatively close
‘Generations of Haitians’ at risk, warns Guterres, calling for international force to help quell gang violence
UN NEWS—In Port-au-Prince on Saturday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed solidarity with the Haitian people “facing a terrible and mutually reinforcing cycle of… crises”, and urged deployment of an international force to assist the National Police in combating gang violence. The UN chief expressed deep concern at the extreme
Guterres: Eliminate ‘weapons of terror’ to avert future chemical warfare
UN NEWS—The world must make every effort to eliminate chemical weapons, the UN chief said on Monday, raising grave concerns about their continued use. “We cannot go backwards,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message addressing the fifth Special Session of the States parties to review the operation
Haiti must remain at ‘forefront’ of international agenda, Security Council hears
UN NEWS—Amid the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Haiti, discussions about the country’s future governance remain deadlocked, UN Special Representative Helen La Lime said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday. She called for greater support for the Caribbean nation as protracted insecurity and
Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts and ‘no country is immune’
“When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Some 60 per cent of the world’s undernourished people live in areas affected by