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The UN hosts events around the year focused on disabilities issues, including its annual observance of World Down Syndrome Day, where participants discussed the theme “Leave no one behind in education”.

What’s going on at COSP17?

Hundreds of people with disabilities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society representatives alongside ambassadors from around the world are due to meet at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday to discuss the challenges and opportunities in terms of work, cutting-edge tech and humanitarian crises as well as conflict and climate disasters.

The aftermath of an attack on a UN school-turned shelter in Nuseirat on 6 June, where at least 35 displaced people were killed during an Israeli airstrike.

Gaza: Deaths and devastation during hostage rescue operation show ‘seismic trauma’ of ongoing war

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Sheij Aldine, a member of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People, rides a special motorbike provided by the organization in North Darfur, Sudan. (file)

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Amid Gaza war, children now work so families can survive: ILO

‘Unimaginable trauma’ haunts Sudan’s displaced while violence, famine threaten millions

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A mother brings her child to a mobile health clinic in Hajjah, Yemen.

Yemen: International community must build on ‘fragile’ humanitarian progress

Gabriel Grimsditch, UNEP programme management officer, is doing fun dives with Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas.

Unravelling the tales of sharks and dugongs on World Oceans Day

Sir David Attenborough was named a Champion of the Earth by the UN's Environment Programme. (file)

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A teacher in India leads an awareness class about menstrual and general hygiene to her students. (file)

Explainer: What’s a dignity kit?

Women Every month, nearly two billion women and girls menstruate, but during times of war and climate disasters, from the conflict in Gaza to the devastation caused by Cyclone Remal in Asia, UN humanitarian teams rush to serve affected communities, providing critical aid, which includes dignity kits.

Workers construct barriers to combat sea erosion along the coastline of Tuvalu.

More climate funding needed to ‘transition from rhetoric to decisive action’

Jelaskovic Ibrahim of the then-Yugoslav medical staff of the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) treats a child in El Kuntilla in the Sinai in Egypt in 1959. (file)

Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force

An UNHAS helicopter lands on Ile de la Tortue off the north coast of Haiti.

Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti

Dominica's geothermal energy pipe, Roseau Valley

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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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Millions remain displaced across Nigeria due to conflict, climate change impacts and natural disasters. In this file photo, a girl carries water to her shelter at an IDP camp in the country's northeast.

Terrorism, humanitarian crises threaten stability of West Africa: UN deputy chief

Economic Development Rapidly evolving global political, social, environmental and security challenges risk undermining peace and economic development across West Africa, the UN deputy chief said on Friday, reiterating the importance of a multilateral and inclusive response.

Marine biologists tend to a coral nursery at COMO Cocoa Island, Maldives.

World Oceans Day event highlights immediate protection measures needed

Climate and Environment UN World Oceans Day, celebrated on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York, focused on “opening minds, igniting senses, and inspiring possibilities” to protect marine life worldwide.

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