UN News Today 02 October 2024

WFP food warehouse stormed by desperate civilians, as starvation loomsThe UN honours the service and sacrifice of peacekeepersA new $15 million initiative to boost sustainable development in the Congo Basin 

Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5°C limit in next five yearsGaza: 50,000 children killed in less than 600 days warns UNICEFEssential supplies reach Sudanese hospital: WHO 

The Democratic Republic of Congo rolls out its mpox vaccine programme with 100,000 doses sent by the EU - but what logistical challenges do the medical teams face on the ground?Also on the programme: the UN says both sides in Sudan's civil conflict have committed atrocities that ...  Show more

Venezuela's president accuses the Trump administration of fabricating a war in sending a naval strike force to the Caribbean to lead its controversial sea campaign against alleged drug traffickers. Also: Ukraine's allies pledge to take Russian oil and gas off the market to pressu ...  Show more

The Foreign Minister Winston Peters is set to ask Parliament to call on all those involved in the Gaza conflict to "take urgent steps towards establishing a ceasefire". Peters will also move that MPs unequivocally condemn the Hamas terrorist attacks of October the 7th - and call ...  Show more

Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for an All-weather China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era as the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation gets underway. The UN Security Council again calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with some members in ...  Show more