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- Ukraine: Ongoing Russian strikes continue alarming civilian casualty trendon June 11, 2025
Civilian deaths and injuries in the first five months of 2025 were nearly 50 per cent higher than the same period last year, UN rights experts tasked […]
- Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFPon June 10, 2025
The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, in an […]
- Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probeon June 10, 2025
The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of […]
- UN committed to supporting ‘free, fair and transparent election with the participation of all Iraqis’on June 10, 2025
The top UN official in Iraq reiterated his confidence in the resilience of the country’s people, and the determination of their leaders, in a […]
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- The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million kids still working?on June 11, 2025
Twelve-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She […]
- Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probeon June 10, 2025
The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of […]
- Global action needed as progress stalls on disability-inclusive development goalson June 10, 2025
Nearly all the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators for persons with disabilities are off track, the UN deputy chief said on Tuesday, as […]
- Myanmar on the ‘path to self-destruction’ if violence does not endon June 10, 2025
Nearly three months after a catastrophic earthquake struck Myanmar, the country continues to grapple with its aftermath alongside the brutal civil […]
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- US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chiefon June 6, 2025
The US Government’s announcement of sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday has been condemned by Volker […]
- Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangleon May 28, 2025
The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic meet – has […]
- New judge elected to the International Court of Justiceon May 27, 2025
A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United […]
- Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warnon May 21, 2025
Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top independent human rights experts said on Wednesday.
COVID-19 AND FIELD MISSIONS
Biweekly Update for Member States | Issue # 3 | 9 June 2020
This is the third edition of the update to Member States that focuses on the efforts of the DPPA-DPO-DOS Field Support Group on COVID-19 to strengthen UN risk management systems globally and across the field missions that we support. This work builds on initial robust measures taken to protect UN personnel and prevent transmission of the disease, while ensuring business continuity and supporting host countries. These preliminary measures were put in place at a time when COVID-19 had only started to take hold in areas where UN missions are deployed.