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First Person: Bodies of children in Haiti have turned into ‘battlegrounds’

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Bodies of children in Haiti have turned into ‘battlegrounds’ 07 February 2025 © UNICEF/Ralph Tedy Erol UNICEF's James Elder visits a school in Port-au-Prince. Armed groups in Haiti are inflicting “unimaginable horrors” on children, turning their “bodies into battlegrounds”, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF…

Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the photo exhibition "17 Faces of Action"

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the photo exhibition "17 Faces of Action" 07 February 2025 Tatiana Valovaya Opening of the photo exhibition “17 Faces of Action”Friday, 7 February 2024Fenaa Alawwal (cultural center), Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia     Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,Dear friends,It is my great pleasure to join you for the inauguration of the photo exhibition “17 Faces of Action”. This project is…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Belarus for Progress in Preventing Trafficking, Ask about Criminalisation of HIV Transmission and Reported Repression of Civil Society

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Belarus for Progress in Preventing Trafficking, Ask about Criminalisation of HIV Transmission and Reported Repression of Civil Society 06 February 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of Belarus, with Committee Experts…

Stake out Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stake out Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva 06 February 2025 Press Conference Announcement Statement regarding Israel’s disengagement from the Human Rights Council. H.E. Mr. Daniel MERON, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN Office at Geneva 

Reusable rockets, air taxis and ‘autonomous autos’ are the future: WIPO

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Reusable rockets, air taxis and ‘autonomous autos’ are the future: WIPO 06 February 2025 © Unsplash/Timo Wielink An autonomous vehicle on the streets of San Francisco. Air taxis, “autonomous autos” and reusable rockets are just some of the future transport solutions that inventors all over the world are striving to make a reality, while patents for combustion engines are “flatlining”, the UN…

Gaza: 10,000 aid trucks reached enclave since ceasefire began

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 10,000 aid trucks reached enclave since ceasefire began 06 February 2025 UN News A massive UN-led aid surge is underway to people in Gaza. The humanitarian community’s plan to flood Gaza with lifesaving aid passed an important milestone on Thursday with the news that more than 10,000 relief lorries have entered the enclave since the ceasefire began on 19 January…

It’s official: January was the warmest on record

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home It’s official: January was the warmest on record 06 February 2025 © Unsplash/Craig Manners January 2025 was the warmest since records began, at 1.75°C above the pre-industrial level. The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service…

Guterres appeals for mediation to end crisis in eastern DR Congo

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres appeals for mediation to end crisis in eastern DR Congo 06 February 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة، أنطونيو غوتيريش. Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday in a briefing to journalists in New York.…

Toxic air threatens children’s lives across East Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF warns

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Toxic air threatens children’s lives across East Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF warns 06 February 2025 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin A kindergarten teacher helps a child with a face mask before outdoor activities in Nalaikh, Mongolia. More than 100 children under the age of five die every day in East Asia and the Pacific due to air pollution, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in a new analysis…

Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe

2 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe 06 February 2025 © UNOCHA/MohanadZayat More than two million displaced Syrians continue to live in temporary shelters. Widespread pillaging and the destruction of property in Syria by all parties to the conflict have largely gone unpunished and likely amount to war crimes, top independent rights investigators reporting…