🎙 Gaza: People ‘are clearly dying’ from hunger, warns UN food agency
🎙 Global nutrition data reveals extent of famine risk & ‘widespread death’ Food and Agriculture Organization World Food Programme UNICEF
🎙 Tanzania in rights spotlight over ritual attacks on people with albinism UN Human Rights

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.UNRWA is the backbone of aid operations in Gaza. The agency launched a $1.2 billion appeal on Wednesday to support more than 2 million people across the besieged enclave and in the West Bank.
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❗️We have learned with dismay of a shipwreck, Sfax, Tunisia 🇹🇳 (23/04). 19 bodies of migrants trying to reach #Lampedusa 🇮🇹 have been recovered.

510 deaths have been recorded so far by IOM Global Data Institute along the Central Mediterranean route since 1 January 2024.

Health workers like Safiullah from Nangarhar province travel long distances every day to #vaccinate children. They show us that it is #HumanlyPossible to build a future where every child not only survives but thrives. #WorldImmunizationWeek

Global Report On Food Crises 2024 by Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme & UNICEF reveals extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond.

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After the UK Parliament passed the “Safety of Rwanda” bill, two top UN officials sounded an alarm that it breaches refugee laws and harms human rights and protections.
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The General Assembly debated veto use, marking two years since its 'veto initiative' enhanced greater accountability for the Security Council's permanent members who hold the privilege to use it - China, France, Russia, UK & US.

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Calling all Indigenous communities, social media influencers & corporate giants: UN Development just launched the #ClimatePromise 2025 initiative to help developing countries tackle 'climate chaos'.

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WATCH: Caroline Ziadeh, the head of the UN Mission in Kosovo, tells UN News that, despite bringing the Serb and Albanian communities together is far from impossible. news.un.org/en/audio/2024/…

Fuel taxes affecting UN trucks in South Sudan and deadly flash floods in Somalia top our World News in Brief bulletin for Tuesday.
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Since the start of the conflict in Gaza, 180 UNRWA staff and at least 400 people seeking UN protection have been killed. Briefing journalists in New York, Philippe Lazzarini underscored the importance of accountability.
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Presenting her annual report to the Security Council, UN expert on rape in wartime USG SRSG Ms. Patten urged members “to silence the guns and amplify the voices of women as a critical constituency for peace”.
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🎙 Gaza: mass graves uncovered with victims’ hands tied: Volker Türk
🎙 Asia, the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023: World Meteorological Organization
🎙 Ethiopia clashes displace 50,000, warn UN humanitarians UN Humanitarian

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Ensuring the economic rights and empowerment of #Indigenouswomen and girls can dispel harmful stereotypes reinforced by gender social norms, attitudes, and behaviors. Read #GR39 bit.ly/4afgCLX

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Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather, new State of Climate in Asia report by World Meteorological Organization & United Nations ESCAP shows.

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Millions are on the brink of famine in Sudan but ‘a window of opportunity’ exists for the international community to act now as the main planting season approaches, says @FAOEmergencies Director Rein Paulsen
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Becoming a successful international fashion photographer is hard for anyone, but it’s particularly difficult if you grow up in Dominica. This hasn’t deterred aspiring photographer Josiah Johnson, who dreams of seeing his pictures in Vogue!
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Russian attacks on Ukrainian large urban centres appear to have, yet again, intensified over the past days. In a week, civilians were killed, injured & dozens of homes damaged in Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv & Odesa - the last two were hit today again.

This must stop.
#NotATarget

180 women give birth in Gaza every day and they need our help more than ever, says senior UNFPA official for Palestine #RememberSabreen

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