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Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows 29 January 2025 © WHO video The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict. As more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza following the opening of key roads, UN agencies are scaling up humanitarian aid and addressing the growing risks posed by…

New Permanent Representative of Mauritania Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Mauritania Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 29 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Aicha Vall Verges, the new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 28 January 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the…

New Permanent Representative of Cuba Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Cuba Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Rodolfo Benítez Verson, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva,…

New Permanent Representative of New Zealand Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of New Zealand Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Deborah Mary Geels, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to…

New Permanent Representative of Nauru Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Nauru Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Frederick W. Pitcher, the new Permanent Representative of Nauru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr.…

DR Congo emergency: Next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo emergency: Next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies 28 January 2025 © MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan UN police officers talk to displaced people in a camp close to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo provincial capital Goma. (file) The latest reports from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from UN teams on the ground indicate a fast-deteriorating situation on…

DR CONGO CRISIS: Security Council hears call for ‘urgent and coordinated international action’ over Goma

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home DR CONGO CRISIS: Security Council hears call for ‘urgent and coordinated international action’ over Goma 28 January 2025 © WFP/Moses Sawasawa Une femme fuit un camp de déplacés à Goma, dans l'est de la RDC. The Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday over the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with UN agencies and partners on the…

Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears 28 January 2025 © WFP Displaced Palestinians walk through the destruction in Rafah in southern Gaza. The implementation of new Israeli laws banning the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA – set to take effect on Thursday – will heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Security…

World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases 28 January 2025 © Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital A newborn lies in Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital in Al Fasher in Sudan. At least one girl and three boys were killed, and three boys injured, during an attack on the Saudi Hospital in the besieged…