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A view of the Peace Palace in The Hague, which is the seat of the International Court of Justice.

Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’: UN world court

The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an obligation not to recognize” the decades-long occupation.

A girl sitting on the steps to her home in the Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees in northern Lebanon.

Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight

UNWRA staff are providing children with support to help them through the trauma of war.

Boost for UNRWA as UK decides to restore funding

Clean water and nutritious food remain scarce in the Gaza Strip, fuelling a surge in disease linked to falling immunity levels among the population..

Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn

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A prisoner arranges books in the library at Iligan City Jail.

Books offer novel way to counter prison overcrowding in the Philippines

Gambian schoolgirls attend a UNFPA campaign to end female genital mutilation (file).

The Gambia: UN salutes ‘monumental achievement’ as lawmakers uphold FGM ban

Detention facilities in the Philippines are amongst the most crowded in the world.

Less ‘sleeping like sardines’, as Philippines adopts Nelson Mandela Rules for jails

Following Israeli relocation orders, Palestinians take as much belongings as they can to move to a new place. Nowhere is safe in Gaza.

UN aid mission witnesses ‘apocalyptic’ scenes in Gaza city, with most basic supplies non-existent

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United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed meets young children at a refugee camp in Chad.

Sustainable development: ‘Be leaders and inspire’ UN deputy chief urges, as 2030 deadline nears

SDGs With only 17 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on track and just six more years until the 2030 deadline, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called for a new era of inspiring leadership, ahead of a special event on Monday to galvanize action.

Toto Aquino in his bedroom at home in Manila.

First Person: Filipino elderly ex-prisoner’s joy of ‘sleeping and eating’

Scammers who do not meet their quotas are often tortured

Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’

Girls study science at a school in India.

Time running short as 2030 deadline looms for UN blueprint for a fairer future

Angelique attended the UNODC-supported Strong Families programme with her mother.

Feeling ‘90 per cent stronger’: Families in the Philippines help prevent drug abuse

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Many Gazans who fled to Rafah are now on the move again.

Searching for safety in Gaza

Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are fleeing from escalating violence in the north and south in the seven-month-long war that has killed nearly 36,000 Palestinians, leaving behind a looming famine and trails of rubble in the besieged enclave.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

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Elizabeth Spehar, ASG for Peacebuilding Support, briefs the Security Council meeting on Cooperation between the UN and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security.

UN stresses value of cooperation with key organizations across Eurasia

Peace and Security The UN relies on cooperation with regional and subregional organizations “now, more than ever” amid mounting global tensions and challenges, a senior official said on Friday in a briefing to the Security Council.

Two women sit outside their temporary shelter in Gaza.

No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza

Women Wars are never gender neutral and Gaza is further evidence of this as some one million women and girls bear “the worst brunt” of nine months of conflict, the UN Women Special Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Thursday.

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