More than half of the deaths were never documented due to the difficulty of collecting reliable data on death tolls in conflict zones, made still harder by the brutality of Syria's war.
GENEVA (AN) – The Syrian civil war has killed an average of 84 civilians a day over the past decade, according to the U.N. human rights office.
The new estimate reported on Thursday by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, is based on an estimated 306,887 civilians killed in the country between March 2011 and March 2021.
The U.N. and other aid agencies scrambled to step up relief as Israel and Hamas began a four-day truce.
More than 12,250 people have been killed – including 101 U.N. staff helping Palestinian refugees and at least 4,300 children – and 32,300 others injured in the Gaza war, officials said.
Medical facilities are running out of supplies and fuel, which Israel hasn't allowed into Gaza for a month now.
A new U.N. report finds the number of women and girls living in conflict-affected nations doubled in five years.
'Minutes to midnight': World hits 1.4° of post-industrial warming as climate summit in Dubai opens with new loss and damage fund and report disputing a leader's credibility.
Almost a quarter of the world faces human-induced drought, and 85% of those live in low- or middle-income countries.
A handful of fossil fuel producing countries, petrochemical industries and lobbyists show no interest in a strong, restrictive and legally binding instrument.
An internal audit found a US$31 million funding gap and deficiencies in U.N. Climate Change's Transparency Division.
