The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is living through the "darkest moment" of its 75 year history, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Wednesday, pointing to a trifecta of legislative, operational and security challenges.
Adolescents across Europe, Central Asia and Canada say they face rising school pressure and diminishing support from families and friends, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
A public execution carried out in a sports stadium in Afghanistan drew condemnation from senior UN officials on Wednesday, who demanded an immediate end to such practices by the ruling Taliban.
Civic space in the Islamic Republic of Iran is shrinking, as human rights defenders and journalists continue to be targeted and charged for "vaguely defined national security offences", Mai Sato, the independent UN expert on the human rights situation in the country has said.
COP29 talks in Baku on Wednesday turned to small island nations facing an existential threat from our warming planet, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres insisted that they "deserve support to deal with a crisis [that they] have done next to nothing to create".
Reports of ongoing bombardments, likely starvation and despair continue to emerge from Gaza where many basic daily staples now "barely exist", UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.
Climate talks at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday turned to the pressing issue of how to manage the demand for minerals essential to producing electric vehicles and solar panels without triggering a "stampede of greed" that exploits local communities and crushes the poor.
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