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A child navigates flood waters in Jonglei State in South Sudan.

COP29: Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction

Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires in South America – these are just a few examples of the extreme weather events accelerating and intensifying across the world. With the cost of inaction clearer than ever, financing for clean alternatives to the fossil fuels which are driving climate change will be top of the agenda at this year’s UN climate conference, COP29.

A seven-year-old patient with severe acute malnutrition and dehydration was transferred to a field hospital in southern Gaza in April amid a looming famine in the north.

‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza

Ransomware, malware and other cyberattacks against hospital and health services are putting countless lives at risk.

Cyberattacks on healthcare: A global threat that can’t be ignored

The vast majority of Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African descent.

Time to dismantle legacies of slavery and colonialism impacting African diaspora

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Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and head of UNMISS, briefs Security Council members on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.

South Sudan mission chief ‘confident’ country will have a stable and democratic future

Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries.

Better due diligence in banking crucial to curb financing for mercenaries

Women’s Roundtable at UN-Habitat’s WUF12 in Cairo, Egypt.

A city safe for women is safe for all: Women’s voices lead at World Urban Forum in Cairo

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UNRWA staff continue to work in Gaza where possible.

How has the war in Gaza affected UNRWA’s ability to support Palestinians?

Humanitarian Aid As well as bringing emergency aid to those living in Occupied Palestinian Territory, UNRWA, the agency for Palestine refugees, also provides a range of crucial services. In Gaza, the year-long war has severely threatened their ability to deliver.

People in the Gaza Strip collect relief supplies delivered by boat in 1957. (file)

Stories from the UN Archive: What UNRWA built

The Guajiro bean has fed Wayúu Indigenous Peoples of South America for centuries.

Drought or flooding? No match for this climate-friendly bean

A woman greets members of the Technical Committee of the peace, security and cooperation framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region during a field visit to the Mugunga camp for internally displacement people near Goma.

Explainer: How to advance women’s roles in peace and security

The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake

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The remains of a wristwatch found in the ruins of Hiroshima, Japan, records the moment of the atomic bomb explosion at 8:15am local time on 6 August 1945. (file)

Atomic bombs: The second the world changed

By Ariana Lindquist, Ann Sophie Persson and Eileen Travers

The Nobel Peace Prize was just awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the atomic bomb attacks launched by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Since then, the UN and groups like Nihon Hidankyo have helped to forge a path towards a nuclear-weapon-free world.

Faces of Gaza, one year on

The town of Khan Younis, like many areas of the Gaza Strip, has been decimated by the war.

Thousands descend on UN for busiest week of the year

Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session.

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Hundreds of people take to the streets of Managua, Nicaragua, demanding justice for victims of the violent crackdown on protests. (file)

Nicaragua: Alarming erosion of freedom and academic autonomy

Human Rights The UN’s independent Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua has raised alarm over rights violations which have been sanctioned by the Government against the university sector.

Children and women make up 70 per cent of those killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza.

Gaza: Possible atrocity crimes unfold, new UN report warns

Peace and Security There must be “due reckoning” for horrific violations and possible atrocity crimes in Gaza, the UN human rights chief said on Friday following the release of a new report outlining actions taken by Israeli forces during the ongoing war with Hamas.

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