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UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has responded to Israel’s airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, which reportedly killed at least six people and injured more than 80, by calling for all parties involved in the conflict to “exercise utmost restraint”.

Ajith Sunghay, Director of OHCHR in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and students in Deir El-Balah, in central Gaza, talk about human rights.

Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth

Local displaced and homeless Haitians gather for free medical treatment at an IOM mobile clinic in Place Clercine in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince.

‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues

Nelson Mandela addresses the the Special Committee Against Apartheid in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York in June 1990. (file)

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Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’: UN world court

Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort

Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight

Boost for UNRWA as UK decides to restore funding

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Aristides de Sousa Mendes' house in Cabanas de Viriato, Portugal, has been transformed into a memorial museum.

The life of Aristides de Sousa Mendes: An example for us all

A prisoner arranges books in the library at Iligan City Jail.

Books offer novel way to counter prison overcrowding in the Philippines

Gambian schoolgirls attend a UNFPA campaign to end female genital mutilation (file).

The Gambia: UN salutes ‘monumental achievement’ as lawmakers uphold FGM ban

Detention facilities in the Philippines are amongst the most crowded in the world.

Less ‘sleeping like sardines’, as Philippines adopts Nelson Mandela Rules for jails

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United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed meets young children at a refugee camp in Chad.

Sustainable development: ‘Be leaders and inspire’ UN deputy chief urges, as 2030 deadline nears

SDGs With only 17 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on track and just six more years until the 2030 deadline, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called for a new era of inspiring leadership, ahead of a special event on Monday to galvanize action.

Toto Aquino in his bedroom at home in Manila.

First Person: Filipino elderly ex-prisoner’s joy of ‘sleeping and eating’

Scammers who do not meet their quotas are often tortured

Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’

Girls study science at a school in India.

Time running short as 2030 deadline looms for UN blueprint for a fairer future

Angelique attended the UNODC-supported Strong Families programme with her mother.

Feeling ‘90 per cent stronger’: Families in the Philippines help prevent drug abuse

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Many Gazans who fled to Rafah are now on the move again.

Searching for safety in Gaza

Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are fleeing from escalating violence in the north and south in the seven-month-long war that has killed nearly 36,000 Palestinians, leaving behind a looming famine and trails of rubble in the besieged enclave.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

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Clean water and nutritious food remain scarce in the Gaza Strip, fuelling a surge in disease linked to falling immunity levels among the population..

Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn

Peace and Security To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked to the disastrous sanitation situation created by the conflict, the UN health agency said on Friday.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.

Guatemala: UN rights chief concerned over polarization, inequality, racism

Human Rights The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday highlighted changes and ongoing challenges in Guatemala – including corruption, racism and gender inequality - following a four-day official visit to the Central American country.

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