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UN News - Global perspective Human stories
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Global perspective Human stories
News in Brief 15 April 2024
Gaza: Rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli militarySudan crisis in international spotlight one year since war beganGrower taskforce mulls action to tackle spike in plant pests
Apr 15
3 min
News in Brief 12 April 2024
Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official Sudan facing looming famine, warn humanitariansUkraine war leaves 3.3 million in dire need on frontlines: IOM 
Apr 12
4 min
News in Brief 11 April 2024
Life-threatening heat alert for children in east Asia: UNICEFMyanmar middle class ‘disappearing’: UN development reportGaza: Security Council demands accountability for humanitarian attacks
Apr 11
3 min
News in Brief 9 April 2024
‘Fear and loss’ for Sudanese displaced by brutal fightingHepatitis killing thousands each day and numbers rising: WHODozens of migrants perish in Djibouti shipwreck
Apr 9
4 min
News in Brief 8 April 2024
Palestine UN membership in spotlight amid Rafah invasion fears Attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities ‘must cease immediately’: UN atomic watchdogHealthcare ‘inaccessible’ for displaced people, warns UN migration agency 
Apr 8
4 min
News in Brief 5 April 2024
Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military strategySudan: UN food agency convoy reaches Darfurs for first time in monthsGlobal deployment of rapid diagnostic tests to boost fight against cholera
Apr 5
4 min
News in Brief 4 April 2024
Ukraine: Ambulance teams at 3 times greater risk of death and injuryHuman Rights Council resolution demands further Iran violations probeMore than 700 attacks by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank
Apr 4
3 min
News in Brief 3 April 2024
Haiti: Armed gangs continue assault on healthcareUN teams in Sudan and South Sudan team up over crucial medical aidEgypt must halt executions, urge UN human rights experts
Apr 3
4 min
News in Brief 2 April 2024
Gaza: health system ‘barely surviving’ warns UN health agency chiefUkrainians suffer Russia-imposed ‘violence, intimidation, and coercion’, Türk tells Human Rights Council Malawi drought affects nearly two million farming families 
Apr 2
3 min
News in Brief 1 April 2024
Protect Gaza hospitals: WHO chiefAfghanistan: Children killed or injured in two mine blastsHeavy rains destroy homes and farmland in Afghanistan
Apr 1
3 min
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