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Cine ONU: "State of Silence"

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Cine ONU: "State of Silence" Cine ONU: "State of Silence" 14 November 2024 6:45 PM Cinema Cinérama Empire, Rue de Carouge 72-74, 1205 Geneva Discover "State of…

Director-General's message for the Exhibitions "PARTICIPATE!" and "MAMA - Mother Nature"

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Director-General's message for the Exhibitions "PARTICIPATE!" and "MAMA - Mother Nature" 14 November 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Exhibitions “PARTICIPATE!” and “MAMA – Mother Nature”Thursday, 14 November 2024 Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,Dear friends,It’s a real pity I cannot be with you today in Baku. Greetings from Geneva!It is a great pleasure to address the opening of…

Committee against Torture Commemorates Fortieth Anniversary of the Convention against Torture

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Committee against Torture Commemorates Fortieth Anniversary of the Convention against Torture 14 November 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning held a high-level event to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.In opening remarks, Claude Heller, Chairperson of the Committee…

OHCHR Press Conference

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search OHCHR Press Conference 14 November 2024 Press Conference Announcement Renaud de Villaine, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR Diego Luna, Actor and Executive Producer of documentary “State of Silence”Santiago Maza, Filmmaker, Director of documentary “State of Silence”Thibaut Bruttin, Director General of Reporters Without Borders

COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on the path to net-zero

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on the path to net-zero 14 November 2024 Maxime Pontoire A person carrying a red sun umbrella walks through a solar panel farm in France. Meeting on Thursday with non-governmental entities in Baku for the COP29 climate talks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the crucial role that cities, regions…

Gaza: Israeli war tactics condemned as aid still blocked from reaching north

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Gaza: Israeli war tactics condemned as aid still blocked from reaching north 14 November 2024 © WHO A young man drags water through a temporary tented camp in Khan Younis, Gaza. Intense Israeli military operations have continued in Gaza as UN humanitarians reported that multiple attempts to deliver lifesaving aid to besieged areas in the north of the enclave had…

Coffee, tea and cocoa costs see global food import bill soaring past $2 trillion

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Coffee, tea and cocoa costs see global food import bill soaring past $2 trillion 14 November 2024 UN Photo/Martine Perret A coffee handler holds up coffee beans in Timor-Leste. The global food import bill is projected to exceed $2 trillion in 2024 – fuelled by the rising cost of everyone’s favourite hot drinks – according to the latest Food Outlook released by the…

Middle East crisis: Live updates for 14 November

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Middle East crisis: Live updates for 14 November 14 November 2024 © WFP/Ali Jadallah Trucks carrying relief aid inside Gaza wait for authorisation to proceed. (file) Israeli military operations are blocking, denying or impeding lifesaving aid requests in Gaza on Thursday as the war there and in Lebanon continues to kill, injure and displace civilians. In an…

Global diabetes epidemic reaches critical levels with 800 million cases

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Global diabetes epidemic reaches critical levels with 800 million cases 14 November 2024 © WHO/Panos/Eduardo Martino A medic checks the blood glucose level of pregnant and diabetic women at the Centre for Diabetes Assistance and Endocrinology in Bahia, Brazil. Global diabetes cases have quadrupled since 1990, affecting over 800 million adults worldwide, according to…

UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change 14 November 2024 © UNHCR/Francis Mukasa South Sudanese refugee and climate activist Opira Bosco Okot teaches school students in Uganda. UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate Action initiative in a bid to mobilise the world’s forcibly displaced to join the fight…