With UN support, surgeon Denis Mukwege and Panzi Hospital aid rape survivors in Guinea
The United Nations office working to end conflict-related sexual violence helped to bring world-renowned surgeon Denis Mukwege and a team from his Panzi Hospital to Conakry, Guinea, to provide medical and psychological treatment for 30 of the women and girls raped in politically-motivated violence in 2009, it was announced today. In a statement, Under-Secretary-General Zainab […]
UN commemorates 20 years of protecting children in armed conflicts
Top officials from the United Nations and the international community today applauded two decades of efforts to protect children from the scourge of war by marking the 20th anniversary of General Assembly resolution 51/77 (1997) on promotion and protection of the rights of children. In an informal meeting of the 193-member Assembly in New York, […]
Haitian Government, UN and partners launch two-year plan aimed at saving lives, building resilience
The United Nations together with relief organizations in Haiti have launched a two-year, $291 million response plan with the Government to reach more than 2.4 million people across the island that was struck by a devastating hurricane last October. “With more than 98 per cent of Haitians exposed to two or more types of disasters, […]
Russia, Turkey, Iran and UN hash out details of monitoring regime for Syria ceasefire
The delegations of Russia, Turkey and Iran as well as United Nations representatives held their first meeting yesterday to discuss the establishment of a ceasefire implementation regime in Syria that was decided at the 23-24 January talks held in the Kazakh capital of Astana, a UN spokesperson in Geneva said today. This meeting was held […]
Violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity – UN special adviser
The scale of violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar’s Rakhine state documented in a recent United Nations human rights report is a level of dehumanization and cruelty that is “revolting and unacceptable,” the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide said today, underlining the Government’s responsibility to ensure that populations are protected. In […]
Syria: UN provides emergency water around Aleppo, as 1.8 million cut off from water supply
The United Nations has voiced grave concern about nearly two million Syrians in the area of Aleppo who have been without water for almost a month, as UN agencies are helping to provide emergency access to some of the people in need. The UN spokesperson today told journalists in New York that an estimated 1.8 […]