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WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155351
Published: October 4, 2024 12:00
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.
Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155336
Published: October 4, 2024 12:00
As Lebanon suffered another night of heavy Israeli bombing, UN humanitarians and partners described how people desperate to flee the violence found the country’s main border crossing into Syria cut by a new dawn strike, forcing them to skirt “a huge…
Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155286
Published: October 3, 2024 12:00
People in Lebanon uprooted by Israeli airstrikes including in central Beirut have described being forced to flee “total destruction”, amid fresh reports of Hezbollah projectile attacks into Israel and close-quarter clashes along the UN-patrolled line of…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155211
Published: October 2, 2024 12:00
Security Council members are meeting in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war. App users can follow our live coverage here.
UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155251
Published: October 2, 2024 12:00
Hours after Iran fired a reported 200 missiles at Israel in response to Israeli military incursions in southern Lebanon raising fears of a wider Middle East escalation, UN human rights chief Volker Türk insisted on Wednesday that “peace must prevail” in…
Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal as ‘limited’ ground invasion reportedly begins
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155186
Published: October 1, 2024 12:00
UN humanitarians launched a $426 million appeal for Lebanon on Tuesday to support one million people uprooted by widespread Israeli shelling amid what Israel has described as a “limited, localised and targeted” ground operation into Lebanon, across the…
Lebanon crisis: over one million people flee strikes amid invasion fears
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1155141
Published: September 30, 2024 12:00
More than one million people across Lebanon have been uprooted by ongoing and deadly Israeli airstrikes across the country, including one reported early Monday morning in a residential area of central Beirut, adding to fears of a full-scale invasion.
China is committed to dialogue, ‘not throwing gas on the fire’, Foreign Minister Wang says
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1155106
Published: September 28, 2024 12:00
Wang Yi, the Foreign Minister of China reiterated on Saturday his country’s commitment to playing a constructive role and engaging in mediation for peace, not exploiting volatile situations for “selfish gains”.
Ukraine: UN official deplores deadly double attack on hospital
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1155096
Published: September 28, 2024 12:00
The top UN aid official in Ukraine has condemned Russian attacks in the northeastern city of Sumy on Saturday which damaged a hospital and killed and injured several people.
Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1155101
Published: September 28, 2024 12:00
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Saturday over the dramatic escalation of events in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, over the past 24 hours.
Lebanon crisis: ‘This is just the beginning’ say those impacted by deadly escalation
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1155026
Published: September 27, 2024 12:00
The sudden and massive escalation between Israel and the Hezbollah armed group in Lebanon has created widespread fear that even worse is to come, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1154921
Published: September 26, 2024 12:00
A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding at Lebanon’s border with Syria as thousands of people flee Israeli shelling linked to the war in Gaza, UN humanitarians said on Thursday, just as Israel premier Benyamin Netanyahu arrived in New York for the UN…
Sudan crisis: Countries gather at UN General Assembly for action call
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1154851
Published: September 25, 2024 12:00
With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis it has created, UN agencies and Member States meeting at the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday prepared to issue a renewed call for urgent action to protect the…
LIVE: Diplomacy centre stage as world leaders debate future of multilateralism
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1154731
Published: September 24, 2024 12:00
Nearly 120 Heads of State and Government are in New York where the general debate is set to begin in just a few minutes' time following the adoption of the pivotal Pact for the Future on Sunday. The UN Secretary-General has told Member States they are here…