Stigmatized for being deaf: Zénabou's story - A UN Feature

08 june 2025 - 15:40:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find [...] Full text...

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US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief

07 june 2025 - 07:12:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The US Government’s announcement of sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on [...] Full text...

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Humans can't survive without a healthy Ocean: UN envoy

06 june 2025 - 18:17:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Ocean is in deep crisis. Factors such as acidification, declining fish stocks, rising temperatures and [...] Full text...

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Over 30 million children suffer from ‘wasting’ in 15 countries: WFP

06 june 2025 - 08:01:49
New York, US (PANA) - Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two UN agencies are uniting to tackle wasting - the deadliest [...] Full text...

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In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level

05 june 2025 - 18:12:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers [...] Full text...

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Coalition working for peace in Sudan condemns attack on UN humanitarian convoy

05 june 2025 - 07:31:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Members of a coalition working for peace in Sudan have strongly condemned the recent attack [...] Full text...

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World Environment Day: UN sounds alarm on plastic pollution crisis

04 june 2025 - 22:57:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every year, 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide, according to the UN. Half of [...] Full text...

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‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves

04 june 2025 - 18:49:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya, UN News [...] Full text...

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'Shocked' UN rights chief says sites of gross human rights violations in Libya must be sealed and impartially investigated

04 june 2025 - 10:38:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday he was shocked by revelations of gross [...] Full text...

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Five humanitarians killed in ‘horrendous’ attack on aid convoy in Sudan

03 june 2025 - 21:14:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges

03 june 2025 - 17:11:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub

03 june 2025 - 12:46:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum unveils framework on transformative technology convergences across key industries

03 june 2025 - 07:50:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Economic Forum on Tuesday released a new report examining how emerging technology combinations are [...] Full text...

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ILO sheds light on potential risks of online work

03 june 2025 - 05:44:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The potential pitfalls of online platforms will be one key area for debate as governments, employers, [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites

02 june 2025 - 21:55:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in [...] Full text...

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Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands

02 june 2025 - 21:11:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Flush flooding in western Nigeria at the weekend has caused devastation around the town of Mokwa [...] Full text...

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Lifting of Israeli blockade ‘the only way to avert mass starvation’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief

02 june 2025 - 06:07:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point [...] Full text...

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WHO greenlights two new vaccines

01 june 2025 - 05:08:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation on Friday issued recommendations for two new immunisation tools. They are a [...] Full text...

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WHO Director-General, Member States reaffirm commitment to WHO and global health at historic World Health Assembly

31 may 2025 - 15:18:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the commitment shown by the Organization’s Member States which, [...] Full text...

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Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns

31 may 2025 - 09:45:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the drug is a flavoured product – [...] Full text...

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Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid

30 may 2025 - 21:22:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained [...] Full text...

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WHO, Africa CDC and RKI expand implementation of a unique partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance in Africa

29 may 2025 - 22:12:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Robert Koch [...] Full text...

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Global job growth revised down amid economic slowdown

29 may 2025 - 07:32:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Wednesday revised its forecast for global employment growth from 1.7% [...] Full text...

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Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions

29 may 2025 - 06:07:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 78th World Health Assembly concluded on Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global [...] Full text...

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‘We are women like you’: UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment

28 may 2025 - 21:25:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In early summer 2024, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana ventured into sector North of [...] Full text...

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UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food

28 may 2025 - 11:59:49
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum: Chief economists warn global growth under strain from trade policy shocks and AI disruption

28 may 2025 - 11:48:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The global economic outlook has worsened since the start of the year, as rising economic nationalism [...] Full text...

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Climate change: World Likely to Breach 1.5°C limit in next five years

28 may 2025 - 06:58:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - 2024 was the warmest year on record – but the heat is far from over. A [...] Full text...

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Sanctions relief for Syria offers ‘powerful message of hope,’ says UN migration agency

27 may 2025 - 21:19:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the [...] Full text...

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Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN

27 may 2025 - 17:03:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins

27 may 2025 - 12:52:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports indicated on Tuesday that Israel’s controversial aid distribution plan had begun in Gaza as the [...] Full text...

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What’s your poison? Alcohol linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer

26 may 2025 - 18:24:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new UN [...] Full text...

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Thousands flee homes in Mozambique as conflict and disasters fuel worsening crisis

25 may 2025 - 09:04:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent [...] Full text...

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Public health champions honoured for work ‘beyond the call of normal duty’

24 may 2025 - 07:44:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some patients are easy to diagnose. They walk into a clinic and explain their symptoms. They [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting

23 may 2025 - 17:22:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader Besigye charged afresh with terrorism

23 may 2025 - 12:39:54
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his aides have been charged afresh with terrorism six months [...] Full text...

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As limited supplies enter Gaza, UN stresses need for more aid

22 may 2025 - 12:17:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that on Wednesday and Thursday, [...] Full text...

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Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts 21

21 may 2025 - 17:49:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top [...] Full text...

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AI threatens one in four jobs – but transformation, not replacement, is the real risk

21 may 2025 - 05:04:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and clerical workers face the highest risk of their roles being radically transformed, prompting calls [...] Full text...

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Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics

21 may 2025 - 04:48:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, countries have adopted the first ever [...] Full text...

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Director-General’s Award for Global Health given to Professor Awa Marie Coll Seck and Professor Sir Brian Greenwood

20 may 2025 - 20:25:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  In recognition of their lifetime achievements in global health, specifically in malaria elimination and beyond, WHO [...] Full text...

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In historic move, WHO Member States approve 20% funding increase and 2026-27 budget

20 may 2025 - 19:55:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -- In a show of support for a sustainably financed World Health Organization, WHO Member States Tuesday [...] Full text...

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UN relief chief welcomes limited Gaza aid resumption – but it’s a ‘drop in the ocean’

20 may 2025 - 05:19:23
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN humanitarian affairs chief has welcomed Israel’s decision to allow limited aid to cross [...] Full text...

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Protection of Civilians week will work to address ‘culture of impunity’

20 may 2025 - 05:11:49
New York, US (PANA) - Over 50,000 civilians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. In Sudan, the figure [...] Full text...

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World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis

20 may 2025 - 04:48:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates [...] Full text...

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WHO validates Mauritania for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem

19 may 2025 - 22:20:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Mauritania as having eliminated trachoma as a public health [...] Full text...

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UN faces deepening financial crisis, urges members to pay up

19 may 2025 - 21:54:26
 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi nominated as next director of WHO African Region

19 may 2025 - 08:36:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi was on Sunday nominated as the next Regional Director of the World [...] Full text...

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Working Group of international follow-up committee on Libya of the Berlin Process calls for protection of civilians

18 may 2025 - 05:14:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Co-chairs of the Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the Berlin Process - [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarian chief demands resumption of aid in Gaza

17 may 2025 - 21:04:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver [...] Full text...

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Pandemic heroes stepped up in 2020 – now they’re asking world leaders to do the same

17 may 2025 - 18:49:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As world leaders meet in Geneva to negotiate a new UN-brokered agreement on pandemic preparedness, we [...] Full text...

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Police officer killed. three others injured in new night-time demonstrations in Tripoli

17 may 2025 - 14:52:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A police officer was killed and three demonstrators were injured during incidents that took place on [...] Full text...

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Journalists being forgotten on the frontline, warns injured war reporter

16 may 2025 - 20:58:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A war reporter from Lebanon who lost a limb in the line of duty is calling [...] Full text...

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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali

16 may 2025 - 20:23:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...

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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali

16 may 2025 - 20:20:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...

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Another year, another rise in food insecurity – including famine

16 may 2025 - 19:40:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In July 2024, famine was detected in the Sudan’s Zamzam IDP camp. In the following months, [...] Full text...

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Over 60 per cent of the Arab world still outside the banking system

15 may 2025 - 19:47:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 2016 and 2024, the number of Egyptians with a bank account – which experts say [...] Full text...

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A historic course correction: how the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero (Feature by UN News)

15 may 2025 - 07:45:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is now [...] Full text...

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Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters

13 may 2025 - 19:35:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record 83.4 million people have been forced from their homes around the world, fuelled by [...] Full text...

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US deportations raise serious human rights concerns

13 may 2025 - 19:05:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation of [...] Full text...

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Gaza: 57 children reported dead from malnutrition, says WHO

13 may 2025 - 17:38:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -- In the aid desert of Gaza, malnourished children are dying while survivors can now expect a [...] Full text...

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UN aviation council finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight

13 may 2025 - 16:48:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN body has found that Russia was responsible for the 17 July 2014 downing of [...] Full text...

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UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily

13 may 2025 - 07:18:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States has asked the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to assist undocumented migrants who [...] Full text...

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Nursing workforce grows, but deep inequalities persist worldwide

13 may 2025 - 07:10:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of nurses around the world has increased in recent years, but a new UN report [...] Full text...

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Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries

12 may 2025 - 12:05:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious [...] Full text...

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Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps

11 may 2025 - 15:11:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers [...] Full text...

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Guterres welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire

11 may 2025 - 13:54:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Following pronouncements of an end to hostilities between India and Pakistan, neighbouring nuclear powers, the UN [...] Full text...

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UN warns copper shortage risks slowing global energy and technology shift

10 may 2025 - 08:05:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies [...] Full text...

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UN warns copper shortage risks slowing global energy and technology shift

10 may 2025 - 07:59:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies [...] Full text...

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UN fund allocates over $4 million to support DRC refugees, Angola cholera outbreak

10 may 2025 - 07:56:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two new allocations from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support DRC refugees in [...] Full text...

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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger

10 may 2025 - 07:16:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa [...] Full text...

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UNRWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem

10 may 2025 - 06:32:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’

09 may 2025 - 14:52:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger [...] Full text...

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UN experts raise alarm over Mali’s suspension of political parties

09 may 2025 - 07:33:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts have strongly criticised Mali’s military authorities for suspending all political parties [...] Full text...

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Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue in Sudan's Port Sudan

08 may 2025 - 06:02:09
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN has renewed its call to end the brutal conflict in Sudan after a [...] Full text...

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DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for 7 May 2025 Humanitarian Aid

07 may 2025 - 19:10:05
 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN food convoy has successfully delivered vital supplies to support tens of thousands of displaced [...] Full text...

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Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese

07 may 2025 - 07:23:22
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Aid teams in South Sudan warned on Tuesday that repeated attacks on healthcare including the [...] Full text...

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More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities

06 may 2025 - 12:59:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Where you're born could be the difference between living over three decades longer than someone else [...] Full text...

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FAO calls for action amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks

05 may 2025 - 17:22:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Greater awareness and action are needed as Europe and parts of the Middle East grapple with [...] Full text...

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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees

03 may 2025 - 19:07:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...

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Journalism facing new threats from AI and censorship - UN rights chief

03 may 2025 - 08:55:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must do everything to ensure that free and independent news reporting can thrive, the UN [...] Full text...

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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees: UNHCR

02 may 2025 - 17:51:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...

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WHO chief laments most disruptive cuts to global health funding ‘in living memory’

02 may 2025 - 08:12:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As sudden budget cuts severely impact global health funding, prolonged conflicts around the world are fuelling [...] Full text...

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Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade: UNRWA

29 april 2025 - 13:04:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has [...] Full text...

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One in four female genital mutilation cases now carried out by health workers

29 april 2025 - 07:34:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming less common worldwide, but when it does occur, it is [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: UN condemns harsh prison sentences in 'conspiracy' case

25 april 2025 - 12:59:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recent lengthy prison sentences handed down to 37 people in Tunisia in the "conspiracy" case [...] Full text...

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More action needed to beat malaria for good, says WHO

25 april 2025 - 05:19:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although strong global collaboration has helped to save nearly 13 million lives from malaria over the [...] Full text...

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Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people

24 april 2025 - 20:26:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling [...] Full text...

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AI lightens the workload – but risks remain, labour agency warns

24 april 2025 - 19:25:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Artificial intelligence, robotics, and digitalization are rapidly reshaping how we work – but they’re a source [...] Full text...

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AI lightens the workload – but risks remain, ILO agency warns

24 april 2025 - 07:33:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Artificial intelligence, robotics, and digitalization are rapidly reshaping how we work – but they’re a source [...] Full text...

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Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts: WHO

24 april 2025 - 07:11:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is [...] Full text...

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Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO

23 april 2025 - 12:17:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Teenage pregnancy remains the leading cause of death among 15-19-year-old girls which countries could help prevent [...] Full text...

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Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts

22 april 2025 - 14:47:57
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Funding and supply shortfalls for the UN World Food Programme's relief work in Ethiopia will [...] Full text...

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Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes

18 april 2025 - 19:59:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water, or medical care three weeks after deadly [...] Full text...

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Africa CDC and WHO update mpox strategy as outbreaks persist

17 april 2025 - 18:30:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as [...] Full text...

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Global growth on recessionary path amid trade tensions and uncertainty

17 april 2025 - 05:23:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world economy is on a recessionary trajectory as global growth is expected to slow to [...] Full text...

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Countries finalise historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations

16 april 2025 - 13:09:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalised a draft global agreement aimed [...] Full text...

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Reciprocal tariffs should exclude vulnerable developing countries – UN trade body

14 april 2025 - 17:12:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Already grappling with low growth and mounting uncertainty, vulnerable and small economies, whose activities have a [...] Full text...

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Foreign aid cuts jeopardise malaria control efforts: WHO

14 april 2025 - 08:17:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since 2000, investments in the global malaria response have prevented more than 2 billion cases and [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

11 april 2025 - 18:30:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, [...] Full text...

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US tariffs move could see three per cent fall in global trade, says top UN economist

11 april 2025 - 17:27:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United States’ new [...] Full text...

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Gaza-UN condemns Israeli plan for buffer zone

11 april 2025 - 15:40:18
11 April 2025 Peace and SecurityGeneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that [...] Full text...

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Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn

11 april 2025 - 14:55:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians [...] Full text...

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Libya calls for integrated approach to combating irregular migration from Africa to Europe

11 april 2025 - 11:36:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation, Ali al-Abed, has stressed that Libya is facing major challenges [...] Full text...

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Preventable ‘meningitis belt’ deaths targeted in health agency action plan

10 april 2025 - 12:53:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of deaths could be avoided from meningitis if countries are able to adopt new guidelines [...] Full text...

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Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts

08 april 2025 - 07:52:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The gathering of data which is essential for an effective response during a humanitarian crisis - [...] Full text...

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Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion

07 april 2025 - 18:52:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat [...] Full text...

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Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures – On World Health Day WHO calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

07 april 2025 - 18:15:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, with the theme “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,” the Gaza Strip continues to [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine

07 april 2025 - 14:14:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian [...] Full text...

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Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality

07 april 2025 - 07:27:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies [...] Full text...

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World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world

06 april 2025 - 14:48:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum

06 april 2025 - 05:43:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Sudan are trapped in siege-like conditions “with no escape, no hope, and often [...] Full text...

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Global cholera cases surge worldwide

06 april 2025 - 05:18:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, [...] Full text...

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WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response

04 april 2025 - 20:06:23
 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum

03 april 2025 - 17:14:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent [...] Full text...

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Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave

02 april 2025 - 08:32:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Surging violence as armed groups target civilians in the east, Human Rights Council hears

02 april 2025 - 08:15:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders

31 march 2025 - 17:31:51
Geneva, Switzrland (PANA) - The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday called for “justice and answers” after Israeli [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity condemns killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent medics in Gaza

31 march 2025 - 07:10:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has outrage at at the deaths [...] Full text...

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Looking beyond GDP to reach the Sustainable Development Goals

31 march 2025 - 06:53:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries should consider looking beyond Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, as the key measure of economic [...] Full text...

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DRC: Outbreaks of infectious diseases due to depletion of stocks due to budget cuts

30 march 2025 - 06:44:39
Goma, DRC (PANA) - The near-total depletion of medical supplies, due to budget cuts and blocked access, is leading to [...] Full text...

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Rights expert deplores the 'regime of terror' imposed by violent extremist groups in Mali

28 march 2025 - 15:53:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali on Friday expressed concern about the [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief denounces a 'frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes'

28 march 2025 - 08:06:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is facing a "frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes," the UN human [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Nearly 400,000 displaced people return home despite insecurity and humanitarian crisis

27 march 2025 - 15:10:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their homes in Sudan since last December [...] Full text...

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DRC: Shadow of humanitarian catastrophe hangs over Ituri province

27 march 2025 - 08:04:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the M23 rebel offensive continues in the eastern Republic of Congo (DRC), in the provinces [...] Full text...

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Biological weapons ‘must not only be unthinkable but also impossible’

27 march 2025 - 07:21:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today’s volatile geopolitical [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market

26 march 2025 - 19:21:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in [...] Full text...

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Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief

26 march 2025 - 08:25:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a [...] Full text...

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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns

25 march 2025 - 16:00:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record [...] Full text...

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UN agency warns of ‘surge’ in AIDS deaths without US funding

25 march 2025 - 05:33:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the [...] Full text...

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Record number of more than 8,900 people died on migration routes in 2024 - IOM

23 march 2025 - 05:18:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record number of more than 8,900 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, the [...] Full text...

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Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis

22 march 2025 - 07:07:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that [...] Full text...

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Climate change: Paris Agreement goals still within reach, says UN chief

19 march 2025 - 07:30:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The effects of human-driven climate change surged to alarming levels in 2024, with some consequences likely [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Council focuses on Iran, Syria and Venezuela

18 march 2025 - 20:56:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top independent experts reported to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, putting the [...] Full text...

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UN migration agency forced to restructure amid significant budget cuts

18 march 2025 - 19:29:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is undertaking “essential structural adjustments” at its Geneva headquarters and [...] Full text...

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Suspension of US funding puts millions of lives at risk, warns WHO

18 march 2025 - 05:46:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, measles: decades of progress on these fronts risk being wiped out in the [...] Full text...

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Interest payments outweigh climate investments in almost all developing countries - UNCTAD

18 march 2025 - 05:31:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Economists at the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) are warning that almost all developing countries pay [...] Full text...

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Nearly 50 million people sign up call for clean air action for better health

17 march 2025 - 19:53:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  In an unprecedented show of unity, more than 47 million health professionals, patients, advocates, representatives from [...] Full text...

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Transparency International says Covid 19 worsened corruption worldwide

15 march 2025 - 12:44:14
 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Five years ago this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global [...] Full text...

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UN expert warns of impact of overfishing on marine ecosystems

15 march 2025 - 08:01:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Overfishing has serious repercussions for marine ecosystems, coastal populations and the global climate, an independent UN [...] Full text...

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New risks loom for global trade, warns UN body

15 march 2025 - 07:26:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While global trade started 2025 on stable ground, challenges are mounting, according to the UN trade [...] Full text...

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Iran protests: Human Rights Council probe condemns online, app-based repression

14 march 2025 - 20:14:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians including [...] Full text...

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Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Rights chief

14 march 2025 - 08:27:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Council: Significant increase in child victims of trafficking

12 march 2025 - 19:17:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide, but the true number of [...] Full text...

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Countries spend more money paying off debt than fighting climate change

12 march 2025 - 07:50:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some developing countries are spending more money on repaying their external debt than on combating climate [...] Full text...

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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts

11 march 2025 - 20:01:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk [...] Full text...

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Gender expert flags increased risk of forced sterilization of disabled women

11 march 2025 - 08:26:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and girls with disabilities are at increased risk of abuse, including forced sterilization, sexual exploitation [...] Full text...

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Building a healthier world by women and for women is key to achieving gender equality

10 march 2025 - 18:38:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on [...] Full text...

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'Accountability for international crimes is essential for justice and lasting peace in Libya'

09 march 2025 - 13:22:54
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Co-Chairs of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN reports 'widespread' abuse of detainees in conflict

07 march 2025 - 11:32:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new United Nations report released on Thursday highlights a "widespread pattern" of arbitrary detention, torture [...] Full text...

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Gender equality in employment would take nearly two centuries, says ILO

07 march 2025 - 11:05:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which set ambitious [...] Full text...

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Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

07 march 2025 - 10:34:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN [...] Full text...

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WHO announces new collaborating centre on AI for health governance

06 march 2025 - 18:51:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday designated the Digital Ethics Centre at Delft University of Technology [...] Full text...

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Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising

06 march 2025 - 17:13:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The weak but significant La Niña weather event that began in December is likely to be [...] Full text...

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UN releases US$110 million to shore up life-saving assistance in neglected humanitarian crises

06 march 2025 - 12:43:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With global humanitarian funding being scaled back precipitously, the United Nations on Thursday allocated US$110 million [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts jeopardise global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns

06 march 2025 - 08:23:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Wednesday that severe funding cuts – particularly in [...] Full text...

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2026 World Cup final will have half-time show - FIFA Chief

06 march 2025 - 08:14:26
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the final of the 2026 World Cup will feature [...] Full text...

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UN expert denounces 'cruel game' of hostage-taking

05 march 2025 - 07:50:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  A United Nations independent expert warned on Tuesday of an increase in hostage-taking by states and [...] Full text...

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Human rights apply to arms transfers, says UN

05 march 2025 - 07:33:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  As the number of violent conflicts reaches “the highest level since World War II,” arms transfers [...] Full text...

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DRC: Almost 80,000 flee amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR

04 march 2025 - 15:09:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Insecurity and horrific sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have left tens [...] Full text...

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Oceans of opportunity squeezed dry by unsustainable use

04 march 2025 - 07:43:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The booming ocean economy sustains hundreds of millions of people, but it is being squeezed dry [...] Full text...

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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief

04 march 2025 - 07:30:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to [...] Full text...

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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief

03 march 2025 - 20:22:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan [...] Full text...

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UN probe nails South Sudanese leaders for fuelling war

01 march 2025 - 08:12:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - South Sudan’s political leaders must address the impunity and corruption that fuels gross human rights violations, [...] Full text...

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UN deplores continuation of indefinite military service in Eritrea

28 february 2025 - 06:22:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eritrea continues to subject its citizens to indefinite military service, in violation of international human rights [...] Full text...

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Sudan is a powder keg with growing risk of war crimes, UN warns

28 february 2025 - 06:18:34
Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - Sudan is a flashpoint, with a growing risk of atrocity crimes and mass starvation deaths, [...] Full text...

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WHO strengthens support for grassroots crowdsourcing campaign: a global movement of unity and solidarity

26 february 2025 - 20:56:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global [...] Full text...

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WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty.

25 february 2025 - 20:24:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions

25 february 2025 - 16:29:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights Council [...] Full text...

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DRC: UN concerned by worsening cholera epidemic in Goma

25 february 2025 - 06:51:19
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - While the security situation in the city of Goma remains worrying and a "precarious calm" is [...] Full text...

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Nuclear weapons are ‘one-way road to annihilation’, warns Guterres

25 february 2025 - 06:29:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the risk of nuclear conflict is rising – [...] Full text...

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Kenyan police officer killed in Haiti anti-gang operation

25 february 2025 - 06:23:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A Kenyan police officer serving with the Security Council-backed Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti [...] Full text...

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UN chief 'deeply concerned' by Sudan's paramilitary RSF to form rival govt

25 february 2025 - 06:17:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern on Monday following the announcement by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...

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Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns

24 february 2025 - 20:12:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 per cent globally by 2050, with annual [...] Full text...

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World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging solidarity at a critical moment for global health

24 february 2025 - 19:22:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced the theme of World Health Day 2025, Healthy [...] Full text...

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Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future

24 february 2025 - 16:51:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Today, 24 February 2025, marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and [...] Full text...

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World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

24 february 2025 - 12:02:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the [...] Full text...

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Parties to DR Congo conflict must treat dead bodies with dignity – UN experts

21 february 2025 - 10:00:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must ensure bodies of the [...] Full text...

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Thousands of people flee from eastern DR Congo into Burundi.

21 february 2025 - 06:30:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people [...] Full text...

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Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls

19 february 2025 - 23:15:54
Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving [...] Full text...

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Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip

19 february 2025 - 17:01:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The emergency polio outbreak response in the Gaza Strip is continuing, with a mass vaccination campaign [...] Full text...

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Thousands arrive in Burundi within days, fleeing rising tension and violence in eastern DRC: UNHCR

19 february 2025 - 09:45:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 10,000 and 15,000 people have crossed into Burundi over the last few days, fleeing escalating [...] Full text...

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UN environment agency calls for urgent action on ‘triple planetary crisis’

18 february 2025 - 18:06:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) called on Tuesday for urgent action to combat climate change, biodiversity [...] Full text...

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DRC: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters

18 february 2025 - 16:29:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious [...] Full text...

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UN rights office warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ as abuses surge in Sudan

18 february 2025 - 15:43:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday sounded the alarm over escalating rights abuses in [...] Full text...

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UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold

17 february 2025 - 18:52:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is [...] Full text...

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UN urges global action to protect and support civilians devastated by Sudan’s war

17 february 2025 - 08:58:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly two years of conflict have fuelled a catastrophic protection crisis and displaced a staggering 12 [...] Full text...

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Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crises in the world’ (By UN News)

15 february 2025 - 05:53:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis worsens amid dwindling aid access

15 february 2025 - 05:34:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A dire displacement crisis is escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as [...] Full text...

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UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo

13 february 2025 - 18:37:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern [...] Full text...

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Guterres calls for probe into death of WFP staff member detained in Yemen

13 february 2025 - 15:43:51
Geneva, Switzerland ((PANA) - Flags at all UN offices in Yemen are flying at half-mast this week following the death [...] Full text...

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US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns

13 february 2025 - 05:37:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts [...] Full text...

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UK fast food giant opens first store in Africa

12 february 2025 - 06:39:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British multi-national sandwich and coffee shop franchise Pret A Manger will launch in Johannesburg [...] Full text...

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Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance

12 february 2025 - 05:14:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN-partnered project to distribute essential childhood cancer medicines has begun in Uzbekistan and Mongolia, [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity to suspend US-funded work in some 20 countries

11 february 2025 - 09:38:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says it will, for the first time in its history, have [...] Full text...

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Africa has potential to become major driver of global trade, says UN

11 february 2025 - 07:07:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa can turn its economic vulnerabilities into opportunities through trade, investment and regional integration, say the [...] Full text...

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Israeli military operations displace 40,000 in the West Bank

10 february 2025 - 20:39:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern part of the West Bank is escalating at [...] Full text...

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‘We all have someone missing’: Families of the thousands of Syrians ‘disappeared’ by Assad regime share stories of loss

10 february 2025 - 18:22:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria during the Assad family’s rule, which stretches [...] Full text...

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Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya

10 february 2025 - 17:17:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two mass graves likely containing the bodies of migrants have been discovered in Libya, highlighting the [...] Full text...

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UN Rights Council launches inquiry into atrocities in eastern DR Congo

09 february 2025 - 17:51:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Human Rights Council has agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission [...] Full text...

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