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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 26 March 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Division of Administration, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the…

Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza 26 March 2024 UN Human Rights Council/Sérine Meradji Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, makes remarks at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against…

UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces 26 March 2024 © UNICEF/Pashkina Buildings destroyed by shelling in Izyum, Ukraine. (file) The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday, revealing a surge in credible allegations of torture and executions of captured Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the hands of…

World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia 26 March 2024 © UNICEF/Herold Joseph The crisis in Haiti is taking a toll on health care facilities in the country. An alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is heightening the risk of a malnutrition crisis in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on…

Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight 26 March 2024 © WHO/Christopher Black Children are being treated in a temporary field hospital in Mouraj, a neighbourhood in the south of the Gaza Strip. Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number of children killed overnight” and…

IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs in transit while fleeing conflict

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs in transit while fleeing conflict 26 March 2024 © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson Volunteers help refugees arriving on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. (file) One in three migrant deaths happens while people flee conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday. More than two in three migrants whose deaths have been…

UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’ 26 March 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A wide view of the Security Council as it holds a procedural vote on the agenda of the meeting. On the screen is Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland. The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Tuesday issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian…

ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters 14th year

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters 14th year 26 March 2024 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Des images d'archives d'une famille déplacée en Syrie fuyant les combats près d'Idlib (archives). When a group linked to the ISIL terror organization claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall on 22 March, one of the pretexts reportedly given for the…

Sexual exploitation and abuse: UN intensifying efforts to uphold victims' rights

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Sexual exploitation and abuse: UN intensifying efforts to uphold victims' rights 26 March 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías The Secretariat building with flags of Member States in the foreground, at UN Headquarters, in New York. The UN received 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff last year, together with related personnel and partners, according to its latest…

World News in Brief: 17 million Yemenis need health support, cholera in Somalia, OCHA chief stepping down, Haiti crisis update

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: 17 million Yemenis need health support, cholera in Somalia, OCHA chief stepping down, Haiti crisis update 25 March 2024 © IOM/Rami Ibrahim A young child is provided with health care in Aden, Yemen. Conflict in Yemen entered its 10th year on Monday, as UN humanitarians issued a warning that over half the country’s populations are in desperate need of aid.…