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Sigrid Kaag, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, briefs the Security Council.

UN coordinator in Gaza announces new plan to deliver lifesaving aid

A new mechanism for getting lifesaving aid into Gaza will start in the coming days, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator Sigrid Kaag announced in a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.

UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator, Sigrid Kaag, visiting the Nasser Medical complex in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Recovery in Gaza ‘is not only physical’, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator says

A view of the Earth and a satellite as seen from outer space.

Russia vetoes Security Council draft resolution on a weapon-free outer space

Migrants sleep underneath a boat on the beach in Obock, Djibouti.

UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti

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New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines

UNRWA seeks $1.2 billion to meet urgent needs in Gaza and the West Bank

Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond

UN chief calls for all hands on deck at Climate Promise 2025 launch

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Dominic Allen, UNFPA Representative in Palestine, (second from left) walking in and around the destroyed al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. (14 April 2024)

Remember Sabreen al-Sakani, one of 180 women who give birth in Gaza every day

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Rein Paulsen, Director of Office of Emergencies and Resilience, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Real risk of famine in Sudan, warns senior FAO official

This automatic sound recording machine captured even the fastest spoken words in the 1940s. (file)

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Daily life continues on the streets of Port-au-Prince, despite the insecurity.

First Person: ‘Our tears are dry, we are exhausted’ – Youth voices in Haiti

Law and Crime Prevention A youth activist in Haiti has described how years of gang violence, kidnappings and insecurity in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has forced their “tears to run dry”.

Every month, thousands of Sudanese people still migrate to nearby countries like South Sudan and Chad, forgotten and voiceless on an incredibly challenging journey, and nobody knows when it will end.

Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war

A premature baby is fed in a hospital incubator.

Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement is dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality.

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

Rokaya stands in front of her house in Indramayu, West Java.

From desperation to determination: Indonesian trafficking survivors demand justice

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

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

Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation. As Israel continues to bomb the occupied territory and restrict the entry of lifesaving goods, the UN is scrambling to respond.

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.

Gaza’s displaced children: ‘A heartbreaking story of loss and grief’

A five-year-old boy sits on his mattress in a shelter courtyard surrounded by several hundred other displaced people.

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Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, briefs journalists on UNRWA and latest developments in Gaza.

UNRWA committed to implement independent review recommendations

Humanitarian Aid The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday reiterated that he welcomed the recommendations of a much-awaited report on its efforts to ensure neutrality and to respond to allegations of serious breaches when they arise.

Food aid is delivered by boat in Bor in South Sudan (file).

World News in Brief: South Sudan tax impositions, Somalia flash floods, Ukraine attacks

Humanitarian Aid The UN acknowledges assurances from the South Sudanese government that the recent imposition of taxes on fuel and supply trucks does not apply to the Organization. Still, concerns remain regarding humanitarian aid efforts in the region since some of the UN’s fuel and supply trucks are being held at many depots and the border.

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