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In Lebanon, Guterres highlights challenges and support for peacekeepers

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home In Lebanon, Guterres highlights challenges and support for peacekeepers 17 January 2025 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka in Naqoura in southern Lebanon. Continuing his high profile visit to Lebanon, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday underscored the challenges faced by UN peacekeepers and reiterated the…

UNRWA chief: Ceasefire is the start, not the solution

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA chief: Ceasefire is the start, not the solution 17 January 2025 UN Photo/Mark Garten Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, briefs journalists on UNRWA and latest developments in Gaza. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) on Friday welcomed the Gaza ceasefire…

Security Council briefed on challenges to peacekeeping in Lebanon, Syria

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council briefed on challenges to peacekeeping in Lebanon, Syria 17 January 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wide shot of the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. Two senior UN peacekeeping officials briefed the Security Council on Friday on recent developments in Lebanon and the occupied Syrian Golan, and the challenges facing “blue helmets” serving there.…

Director-General's remarks at the screening of the film "Cabrini"

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the screening of the film "Cabrini" 17 January 2025 Tatiana Valovaya Screening of the film CabriniFriday, 17 January 2025 at 12.00 p.m.Room XIX, Palais des Nations Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,Dear friends, It is a pleasure to welcome you all to this special screening of the film Cabrini. I wish to thank the Permanent Mission of Italy and the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See for jointly organizing…

Conference on Disarmament to Hold First Public Plenary of its 2025 Session on Tuesday, 21 January

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament to Hold First Public Plenary of its 2025 Session on Tuesday, 21 January 17 January 2025 Press Release The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, will hold the first public plenary of its 2025 session on Tuesday, 21 January.  The meeting will start at 10 a.m. under the Presidency of Italy.  Tatiana Valovaya, Director-…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Honduras’ Programmes Supporting Children with Disabilities, Ask about High Levels of Early Pregnancy and Child Sexual Abuse

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Honduras’ Programmes Supporting Children with Disabilities, Ask about High Levels of Early Pregnancy and Child Sexual Abuse 16 January 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the sixth and seventh combined periodic report of Honduras, with Committee Experts praising the State’s programmes supporting…

Economic recovery is losing steam, warns UN labour agency

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Economic recovery is losing steam, warns UN labour agency 16 January 2025 © ILO/BMF Media A woman sorts peppers at a factory in Poncitlan, Mexico. Geopolitical tensions, the rising costs of climate change and unresolved debt issues are putting labour markets under pressure, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) published on Thursday.…

UN stands with Ukrainians for the long-term, insists UN aid chief

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN stands with Ukrainians for the long-term, insists UN aid chief 16 January 2025 © UNOCHA/Yurii Veres A woman stands outside her bomb-damaged home in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The embattled people of Ukraine and those forced abroad need $3.32 billion in lifesaving and sustained humanitarian assistance to help them cope as a fourth year of war looms after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February…

UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria 16 January 2025 © OHCHR/Anthony Headley The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk (left) meets President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Syria on Thursday, acknowledging the traumas both nations have endured over decades…

WHO launches $1.5 billion appeal to tackle global health crises

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home WHO launches $1.5 billion appeal to tackle global health crises 16 January 2025 © UNICEF/Herold Joseph A malnourished child receives medical treatment in Haiti. The world is facing an extraordinary convergence of crises that has left 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.…