Songs of hope rise from Gaza’s ruins
Among them is Ahmed Abu Amsha, a music teacher who has become something of a humanitarian troubadour. Fleeting moments of…
Tag: Peace
Ukraine: Hopes for peace on life support, Security Council hears
“The longer the war continues, the longer its regional and global impacts will be felt, and the more difficult it…
‘We are women like you’: UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment
There, alongside civilian gender units, Ms. Syme met a group of local community members – both men and women. Partway…
New judge elected to the International Court of Justice
Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud was appointed following a parallel and independent voting process in the General Assembly and Security Council, conducted…
UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine after deadly weekend attacks
The majority of those killed and injured were in major cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv, or in populated…
Afghanistan’s returnees at a crossroads between collapse and recovery
Since September 2023, some three million Afghans have returned – many having been forcibly deported from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran.…
‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
When they eventually did, her mother said to her, “If you are going to die anyway, better to be shot…
In Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack
António Guterres was speaking during a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial in Baghdad to honour the victims of the 19…
UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly
Annalena Baerbock presented her priorities during an informal dialogue with Member States held on Thursday at Headquarters in New York. …
Libya’s fragile peace tested again as new clashes roil Tripoli
Clashes broke out earlier in the week across several districts of the Libyan capital, reportedly triggered by the killing of…