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UNRWA staff are supporting children in Gaza.

#ActforHumanity and end violence against aid workers on World Humanitarian Day

With the number of aid workers killed in the line of duty reaching record highs, the UN and partners are demanding greater accountability as countries commemorate World Humanitarian Day on Monday.

Destroyed houses in a village in Sagaing province. (file)

Widespread floods and uptick in fighting deepen humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

A humanitarian worker provides information to a family arriving at a humanitarian hub in Zaporizhzhia, after evacuating from Donetska Oblast in Ukraine in 2022. (file)

World Humanitarian Day: What it means to be an aid worker today

A mother gives therapeutical food to her son at a WFP nutrition clinic in Yemen.

UN and partners report acute malnutrition surge in Government-controlled areas of Yemen

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Put people at the centre of urban policies, says new UN-Habitat chief

Sudan: UN chief welcomes decision to reopen key border crossing for aid delivery

Ukraine: Deteriorating safety at Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant following drone blast nearby

Guterres appeals for ‘Polio Pause’ in Gaza

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Workers at a Chinese shoe-making factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Why the world needs a UN global tax convention

Victor Ochen (l), the youngest ever African nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The power of our choices: from war-torn childhood to Nobel Peace Prize nominee

A team composed of Sweden's top gymnasts perform at UN Headquarters in 1973. (file)

Stories from the UN Archive: Tumbling for peace and development

UNICEF Representative in Sudan, Sheldon Yett poses with children at Abdullah Naj internally displaced people's gathering point in Port Sudan during his first field mission in the country

UNICEF ‘using every possible means’ to get food to children facing famine in Sudan

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UNHAS flies to some of the most inaccessible parts of Burkina Faso.

UN airlifts a ‘lifeline’ for Burkina Faso’s communities in need

Humanitarian Aid The dual-rotor helicopter touching down on Fada N’gourma’s dusty airstrip is a game changer for the hungry communities in eastern Burkina Faso.

Mahmoud Al-Said goes through some of his family photos gathered over 76 years of refuge in Lebanon.

Witness to the Nakba: A Palestinian teacher is still waiting for a solution 76 years after becoming a refugee in Lebanon

A cooperative member sews a garment at Olango Sindaw Ko Kauyagan Producer cooperative in Piagapo, village.

First Person: Stitching together a future following deadly siege

Dolls dressed in traditional Moroccan clothing made by a project in Morocco.

The orange economy: Where creativity fuels prosperity

Local displaced and homeless Haitians gather for free medical treatment at an IOM mobile clinic in Place Clercine in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince.

‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues

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Many Gazans who fled to Rafah are now on the move again.

Searching for safety in Gaza

Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are fleeing from escalating violence in the north and south in the seven-month-long war that has killed nearly 36,000 Palestinians, leaving behind a looming famine and trails of rubble in the besieged enclave.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

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Why the world needs a UN global tax convention

Economic Development The global tax system needed reform, and the UN answered the call on Friday with a blueprint for a new universal tax accord that represents an historic step towards changing the financial landscape.

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