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22 August 2024

Families continue to shelter in school buildings in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza: Vital aid supplies running low as schools hit in further strikes

UN aid teams have warned that vital chorine supplies that are essential for purifying water are running out and deteriorating in Gaza, while humanitarians condemned new strikes on schools sheltering people displaced by the war.

Humanitarian Aid

A UN staff member provides medical care to a displaced woman and children.

Haiti: Millions of lives on the brink amid multiple crises

Years of underfunding of humanitarian aid and increasing needs have put millions of Haitians at risk of chronic vulnerability, according to a newly released UN report.

Humanitarian Aid

Nepal: New transitional justice law aids wider search for truth

The adoption of new transitional justice legislation in Nepal marks an important step in the nation's long journey towards accountability and reconciliation, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said Thursday.

Human Rights

A group of people advocate against hate and discrimination based on ethnicity and religion in the Central African Republic (2017).

World News in Brief: UN chief condemns religious hate, threats to freedom in Sri Lanka, four young people executed in Somalia, human rights office for Caribbean

As the world marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General urges a renewed global commitment to ensuring everyone can live free from "fear, stigma, and persecution," regardless of their religion or beliefs.

Peace and Security

Men unload sacks of onions from a truck in Bamako, Mali, a landlocked developing country. Their lack of direct access to the vital trade links often result in landlocked countries paying high transport and transit costs.

Driving Progress: Botswana prepares for historic UN conference on landlocked countries

Leaders from landlocked developing countries, (LLDCs) will gather in Gaborone, Botswana, this December to tackle challenges, explore solutions, and build alliances for a more equitable and prosperous future.

Economic Development

A woman and her baby stand in the rubble of Cyclone Idai, that struck central Mozambique in 2019.

Mozambique makes great strides towards Early Warnings for All

Mozambique is playing a leading role in a UN-led global initiative to ensure that all people on the planet are protected against weather-related hazards through early warning systems, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.

Climate and Environment

Gazans respond to evacuation orders issued by the Israeli authorities.

Middle East: Security Council urged to find path away from 'vicious cycles of despair'

The Security Council met on Thursday to hear from top officials about the situation on the ground in the Middle East, a region roiling from the ongoing war in Gaza as the conflict enters its 11th month. Council members, along with the ambassadors of Israeli and Palestine, shared their positions during another heated discussion.

Peace and Security

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets a community member from Lalomanu in Samoa which like many small island nations needs massive investment to counter rising seas and climate shocks.

UN chief urges climate justice for Pacific nations beset by rising oceans

Pacific island nations threatened by rising oceans, debt and geopolitical tensions can only fight back if international lenders agree to fairer terms for vital development funding and the world's biggest polluters make a "massive increase" in contributions to address "climate chaos", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday.

Climate and Environment