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COP29 climate talks: Major emitters must right ‘colossal injustice’ on island nations, says UN chief

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home COP29 climate talks: Major emitters must right ‘colossal injustice’ on island nations, says UN chief 13 November 2024 ©PMA/Fedel Mansour El huracán Beryl ha causado estragos en Union Island, en San Vicente y las Granadinas. COP29 talks in Baku on Wednesday turned to small island nations facing an existential threat from our warming planet, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres insisted…

Middle East: Gaza food markets ‘in decay’ as starvation looms

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: Gaza food markets ‘in decay’ as starvation looms 13 November 2024 © UN Women/Samar Abu Elouf Displaced families head from the Al Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City to the south of the enclave. Reports of ongoing bombardments, likely starvation and despair continue to emerge from Gaza where many basic daily staples now “barely exist”, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 12 November 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, UN Women, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.1,000 days of full-scale…

Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Lebanon and the Security Council as famine looms

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Lebanon and the Security Council as famine looms 12 November 2024 UNMAS UN staff work on logistics preparations in Khan Younis, Gaza, in April 2024. (file) Top UN officials warned the Security Council on Tuesday that famine is imminent in Gaza unless immediate action is taken, with UN agencies on the ground reporting dire conditions as the conflict…

Gaza: ‘People losing hope’ as aid access is refused to north, warns UNRWA

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘People losing hope’ as aid access is refused to north, warns UNRWA 12 November 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA schools in Gaza are providing accommodation for displaced families. Dead bodies are lying in the streets of besieged northern Gaza while hospitals run out of blood packs – a situation that’s “nothing short of catastrophic”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday…

Sudan: Allies of warring generals ‘enabling the slaughter,’ Security Council hears

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Allies of warring generals ‘enabling the slaughter,’ Security Council hears 12 November 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih A mother holds the bullet that was removed from her eight-year-old daughter after she was hit at her home on the outskirts of capital Khartoum. The people of Sudan face an ever-deepening crisis as the relentless war between rival militaries pushes the country…

‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns at COP29 climate summit

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns at COP29 climate summit 12 November 2024 UNFCCC/Kiara Worth UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the opening of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take…

COP29: Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss and damage funding

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home COP29: Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss and damage funding 12 November 2024 © UNICEF/Pham Ha Duy Linh A young Vietnamese man cleans up debris at his home after Typhoon Yagi swept through Quang Ninh province. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial mechanism to assist developing countries affected by…

The Philippines brace for more storms amid devastating typhoon season

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home The Philippines brace for more storms amid devastating typhoon season 12 November 2024 © ADB A boy drags possessions through the flooded streets of Manila in the aftermath of a typhoon. (file) After enduring 12 typhoons this year, including two back-to-back storms in less than a month, communities across the Philippines are bracing for more extreme weather.…

1,000 days of full-scale war on Ukraine: UNHCR urges solidarity with victims

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home 1,000 days of full-scale war on Ukraine: UNHCR urges solidarity with victims 12 November 2024 © UNHCR/Iryna Tymchyshyn At a collective site in Kharkiv, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements (right) meets Svitlana, a pensioner whose home was destroyed by a glide bomb. With Ukraine approaching 1,000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion, civilians are facing mounting…