News from the United Nations

• Time running short as 2030 deadline looms for UN blueprint for a fairer future July 5, 2024
  How can we get closer to achieving UN Member States’ detailed plans to make the world a better place within the next six years? A two-week event starting on 8 July at UN Headquarters will attempt to answer that crucial question.
• Tens of thousands displaced as fighting intensifies in southeast Sudan July 5, 2024
  Fresh fighting in southeast Sudan is exacerbating civilian suffering, with reports that over 136,000 people have fled their homes in search of safety, UN humanitarians have said.
• Refugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa, new data shows July 5, 2024
  Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, exploitation and death on sea and on land across Africa as they move through the continent, UN agencies said on Friday, in an appeal to border authorities to do more to protect them.
• Eleven new biosphere reserves added to global list July 5, 2024
  The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday designated 11 new biosphere reserves, recognizing their importance for conserving biodiversity and cultural heritage.
• UN official describes total devastation in Carriacou following Hurricane Beryl July 5, 2024
  The island of Carriacou in Grenada has been virtually “flattened” by the devastating Hurricane Beryl, a senior UN official there reported on Friday, as humanitarian teams ramp up their support to communities affected across the Caribbean.
• UN warns of escalating tensions on Lebanon-Israel ‘Blue Line’ frontier July 5, 2024
  The UN voiced deep concern on Friday at the increase in the intensity of exchanges of fire across the Blue Line, which separates Lebanese and Israeli armed forces.
• Gaza war grinds on as forcibly displaced run out of space to shelter July 4, 2024
  Bombing continued overnight into Thursday in Gaza where some of the tens of thousands of people uprooted in response to Israeli evacuation orders have had to turn back after finding nowhere to shelter, UN humanitarians reported.
• UN chief to leaders of regional bloc: end wars, deal with existential crises July 4, 2024
  Deep global divisions and conflicts must end to clear a path to tackling world’s two existential threats: climate change and the negative impacts of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, UN chief António Guterres told the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Astana on Thursday.
• UN mobilizes $4 million for Hurricane Beryl response in the Caribbean July 4, 2024
  The UN Secretary-General has reiterated his solidarity with countries affected by Hurricane Beryl, releasing $4 million from the Organization’s emergency response fund to kickstart relief efforts.
• Ukraine: UN report reveals ‘horrific toll’ of Russian attacks July 3, 2024
  A new report from UN human rights monitors in Ukraine has revealed the “horrific toll” of attacks by Russian armed forces, with May recording the highest number of civilian casualties in nearly a year.