Politics

Afghanistan: After attack on funeral in Kabul, UN envoy calls for urgent measures to halt cycle of violence

Photo:Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA, briefs the Security Council.

Urgent aid needed for over 9,000 children fleeing violence in DR Congo to Angola – UNICEF

Photo:Children in the Mussungue reception centre for refugees in Dundo, Angola.

Cholera cases in Yemen may reach 130,000 in two weeks, UNICEF warns

Photo:A child with severe diarrhoea or cholera receives treatment at the Sab'een Hospital in Sana'a, Yemen,on 12 May 2017.

Afghanistan: UN Mission urges restraint amid ongoing violent protests in Kabul

2 June 2017

US decision to withdraw from Paris climate accord a 'major disappointment' – UN

Photo:Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric for the UN Secretary-General, reads a statement on the United States decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Constraints on movement in occupied territory at root of Palestinian hardship – UN report

Photo:A Palestinian girl inside her family’s partially destroyed home, looks at the destruction outside, in the Shejaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City.

UN condemns terrorist attack in Kabul, underscores need to protect civilians

Photo:An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan.

UN Standing Police Capacity: 10 years of rapid assistance to peace operations

Photo:UNPOL’s Maria Silvia introduces safety to children of the Portuguese school in Timor-Leste.

South Sudan: People with Disabilities, Older People Face Danger

May 31, 2017
(Nairobi) – People with disabilities and older people in South Sudan face greater risks of being caught in fighting and greater challenges in getting necessary humanitarian assistance, Human Rights Watch said today.

Do not stand silent while Syrian parties use starvation, fear as ‘methods of war,’ urges UN aid chief

Photo:Children at a shelter in Jibreen, Aleppo, Syria, play with a cart.