United Nations

• More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’

  Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. 

• From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight

  From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge over island shorelines, threatening to swallow entire communities.

• DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say

  In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday.

• Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide

  The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action. 

• UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide

  The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls.