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Israel: New law blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’, Guterres warns

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Israel: New law blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’, Guterres warns 08 October 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in the Middle East. Two bills before the Israeli parliament could put a halt to the lifesaving operations of UN Palestine relief agency, UNRWA, which has been indispensable and irreplaceable “more than ever” over…

‘Families ran for their lives’: Syria receives 250,000 refugees fleeing Lebanon

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Families ran for their lives’: Syria receives 250,000 refugees fleeing Lebanon 08 October 2024 © UNHCR/Houssam Hariri Families flee into Syria following airstrikes in Lebanon. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded an urgent visit to Syria, highlighting the plight of 250,000 people who have crossed into the country fleeing airstrikes in Lebanon. …

‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo 08 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region. The situation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has remained “alarming” amid ongoing…

UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs 08 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy Debris is cleared following an attack on in Kharkiv City on 22 September 2024, As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its 1,000-day mark, the UN’s top human rights official reiterated his call for Russia to cease its attack immediately and comply with its…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 08 October 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 spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Human Rights Council.War in…

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

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Panama Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 08 October 2024 Presentation of Credentials Juan Alberto Castillero Correa, the new Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Mr. Castillero Correa served as…

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

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Ecuador Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 08 October 2024 Presentation of Credentials Marcelo Vàzquez Bermúdez, the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador 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…

Director-General's remarks at the Sixth Edition of the Introduction to UN Geneva Conferencing and Services for New Diplomats

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Sixth Edition of the Introduction to UN Geneva Conferencing and Services for New Diplomats 08 October 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Sixth Edition of the Introduction to UN Geneva Conferencing and Services for New DiplomatsTuesday, 8 October 2024, at 9.30 a.m.Library Events Room, B Building, Palais des Nations Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 6th edition of our introduction program about UN…

Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand 07 October 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of civil society organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Lao People’s Democratic…

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO 07 October 2024 © UNICEF/Faisal Magray A group of women fill water pots and containers in Barki village, located in the Karauli district of Rajasthan, India. The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO…