© UNICEF Buildings lie in ruins in Mandalay region, in central Myanmar, following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Latest news reports indicate that over 1,600 have been killed in Myanmar with thousands injured following two powerful earthquakes on Friday which have left hundreds trapped under rubble. The earthquakes of 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude struck Myanmar […]
© UNOPS / UNOPS is helping to rebuild housing in Ukraine. Nations around the world which are seeking practical solutions to peace and security, humanitarian and development issues are marking 30 years of collaboration with a specialized UN agency. Despite immense security risks and logistical challenges, the agency worked with international partners to transport and […]
UN Photo/Manuel Elías | Results of the General Assembly’s vote on the resolution on the status of the Observer State of Palestine. The UN General Assembly convened again in New York on Friday for an emergency special session on the Gaza crisis and overwhelmingly passed a resolution which upgrades Palestine’s rights at the world body […]
© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra | People search for their belongings in the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. 6 December 2023 Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and unite in a call for […]
© UNFPA/Bisan Ouda A newborn is delivered at the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. 12 November 2023Peace and Security UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, as Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in the heart of the Gaza Strip. The regional directors of the UN sexual […]
16 October 2023 Less than a kilometre from Gaza, pallets of food, fuel, water, and medicine are among the hundreds of tonnes of lifesaving aid packed into a long convoy of trucks idling on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, as drivers await Israel’s green light so they can reach 2.3 million besieged […]