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‘Racism requires ignorance’: How art and culture can help end racial discrimination

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Racism requires ignorance’: How art and culture can help end racial discrimination 24 March 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Sarah Lewis, Associate Professor at Harvard University and Founder of Vision & Justice, addresses the UN General Assembly Commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Despite significant progress over…

Guterres urges governments to free detained UN personnel and ensure their safety

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges governments to free detained UN personnel and ensure their safety 24 March 2025 © IOM/Majed Mohammed At IOM’s Migrant Response Point in Aden, migrants receive the cholera vaccine as part of a nationwide effort to tackle the outbreak. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the immediate release of 52 United Nations personnel currently detained worldwide, including…

‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi 24 March 2025 © UNHCR/Susan Hopper The Kutupalong refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar where the majority of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh live. The plight of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya is intensifying almost eight years since hundreds of thousands fled persecution and sought shelter in Bangladesh, the UN said…

UN peace missions strained, with trust ‘in short supply’ and widening divisions

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UN peace missions strained, with trust ‘in short supply’ and widening divisions 24 March 2025 UN Photo/Michael Ali UN peacekeepers patrol Mutwanga in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. United Nations peace operations are facing mounting challenges as conflicts become more protracted, geopolitical divisions widen and transnational threats multiply, Secretary-General António…

Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse 24 March 2025 © UNFPA Two Gazans walk through a bomb site following renewed attacks on the enclave. The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes – but pledged that “the UN is not leaving” the…

South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns 24 March 2025 © WFP/Peter Louis Displaced people in Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. (file) South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) warned on Monday…

UNAIDS Press Conference

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UNAIDS Press Conference 24 March 2025 Press Conference Announcement Impact of US funding cuts on the HIV response Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director  Angeli Achrekar, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director 

Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI

4 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI 23 March 2025 © Unsplash/С. Джонсон Только 20 процентов населения мира говорит дома на английском, но на этом языке представлена почти половина обучающих данных для основных моделей ИИ. For two years, one international organization under the umbrella of the UN has been leading a relentless campaign in the corridors of global…

3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief

4 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home 3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief 23 March 2025 © UNFPA الموت والدمار في غزة بعد الغارات الجوية في الصباح الباكر يوم 18 مارس. The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 21 March 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the International Federation…