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News from the United Nations
- Dangers grow for Myanmar quake survivors, health system 'overwhelmed' April 8, 2025In earthquake-shattered central Myanmar, people are sleeping in the streets in fear of buildings collapsing, facing early monsoon rains and the risk of waterborne diseases, the UN warned on Tuesday.
- Gaza: Guterres calls on Israel to ensure life-saving aid reaches civilians April 8, 2025With no aid allowed into Gaza for more than a month, the UN Secretary-General appealed on Tuesday for guaranteed humanitarian access to the enclave.
- Ukraine crisis: ‘Even wars have rules,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council April 8, 2025Nearly 13 million people in Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid as displacement, psychological trauma and the destruction of essential services continues to take a devastating toll, the UN relief chief warned on Tuesday.
- With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans April 7, 2025Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid teams warned on Monday that civilians trapped there face multiple daily challenges as relief supplies run critically low.
- Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion April 7, 2025An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat of landmines and explosive ordnance – with war-torn Ukraine now the most heavily contaminated country in the world – the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Monday.
- UN reflects on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda April 7, 2025The UN Secretary-General called on Monday for commitment to build a world of justice and dignity in honour of the victims and survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts April 7, 2025The gathering of data which is essential for an effective response during a humanitarian crisis - and can help save lives – is under increasing threat due to global funding cuts, according to the UN’s humanitarian coordination office, OCHA.
- UN peacekeeping challenged as conflicts and ceasefires grow more complex April 7, 2025As ceasefires grow more fragile and conflicts more unpredictable, UN peacekeeping is having to adapt faster amid rising political tensions, disinformation and confusion over mandates.
- World News in Brief: Syria transition update, healthcare as a human right, more than 2,000 killed and injured in Haiti this year April 7, 2025UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, issued a statement on Monday following his latest “extensive discussions” with leader of the caretaker administration in Damascus, Ahmed al-Sharaa.
- Myanmar quake: ‘I constantly worry – what if another earthquake happens?’ April 7, 2025Ten days after the catastrophic quake which struck Myanmar, children remain the most vulnerable – losing their homes, their schools, and in many cases, their families.