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Myanmar quake: Airstrikes continue despite ceasefire, says OHCHRSudanese suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum: IOMCholera is surging globally, warns UN health agency

Sudan emergency: UN rights chief condemns widespread extrajudicial killingsNicaragua rights probe names 54 officials over alleged violations Cyprus: after talks in Geneva, leaders agree on landmine clearance plan

Myanmar quake response hampered by lack of cash, says UN relief chief FletcherGaza: UN rights chief Türk urges independent probe into killing of aid workersBiological Weapons Convention turns 50, an international success story

Gaza aid worker killings: one humanitarian still missingUN teams say whole communities have been flattened in Myanmar quakeDR Congo crisis: UN deputy rights chief condemns ongoing violence

UN teams ramp up response to deadly quake in Myanmar and ThailandGaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitariansMeasles risk remains high in United States, notes WHO

DR Congo: record 28 million people now face acute hungerGaza: aid teams warn of war’s impact on children as supplies run out UN rights body sounds alarm over South Sudan crisis

In Gaza, Israeli evacuation orders cover an area the size of Manhattan, warns OCHASyria: Devastated country’s people live on less than $2 a day, say Human Rights Council-appointed investigatorsMalnutrition starts in the womb, warns WFP in urgent call for preventive action at Paris summit

In Gaza, UN aid workers continue vital work for most vulnerable communities Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of conflictSudan’s people uprooted by conflict drag themselves across Chad’s border, says UNDP

Gaza: UN relief chief Tom Fletcher condemns new Israeli attacks on medics, hospitalsUNAIDS chief warns of surge in deaths unless US restores funding$934.5 million appeal launches for life-saving aid to 1.5 million Rohingya

Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing2024 was deadliest year on record for migrantsChild rights in Ukraine under attack

Despite some gains, women remain significantly underrepresented in decision-making positions – especially at senior levels of the judiciary worldwide.Judge Angela Attachie, from Ghana, is both a Circuit Court Judge and the Queen Mother of Ho Bankoe – a dual role that makes her as a key figure in community governance and social development.Speaking to UN News’ Pia Blondel, she talks about her journey to the courtroom, her experience as a woman in a traditionally male-dominated field, and what needs to change for more women to rise in leadership positions.

UN’s Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, RussiaGaza: UNRWA chief condemns killing of five more staff as Israel steps up offensiveWHO hails cities taking action against preventable diseases

Gaza: UN staffer killed at UNOPS premisesUkrainians tortured, raped, executed by Russian captors, UN Human Rights Council hearsBelarus in spotlight at Human Rights Council

Gaza: the UN condemns the killing of hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli strikes – UNWRA, OHCHR, OCHAIran, Syria in spotlight at Human Rights CouncilCyprus talks resume at UN Geneva in a positive ‘new atmosphere’

Syria’s disappeared: relative of Assad regime’s victims speaks of anguish searching for truth and justiceGaza: Israeli aid blockade is impacting people and relief teams’ work, warns supply teamsInterest payments outweigh climate investments in almost all developing countries: UNCTAD

Bangladesh: UN chief pledges to help stave off food rations cut to RohingyaIran ramps up rights restrictions on women and girls, Human Rights Council probe warnsCoffee price hike blamed on climate change, says FAO

Rights investigators pin war crimes allegations on Israeli forces amid Gaza warEurope, Central Asia report highest number of measles cases in more than 25 yearsConflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Türk

Afghanistan: Opium prices approach historic peaks, organised crime benefitsSignificant increase in child victims of trafficking over the last five yearsBrain-changing tech in spotlight at Human Rights Council

Syria’s Alawite families ‘summarily executed’, the UN human rights office warnsMyanmar’s Rohingya facing worst levels of hunger in years: UNICEFRodrigo Duterte arrest: UN rights office hails courage of families of Philippines’ ‘drug war’ victims

Syria escalation: UN aid teams working to reach civilians in danger: OCHAGazans face substantial drop in drinking water access from Israel power cutDR Congo crisis: mpox centre looted amid ongoing violence