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At least one in eight people now obese

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home At least one in eight people now obese 29 February 2024 © UNICEF/Zhanara Karimova Snacks at a shop in Kazakhstan. At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, citing a newly released global medical study. That’s one billion…

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

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Serbia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 29 February 2024 Presentation of Credentials Milan Milanović, the new Permanent Representative of Serbia 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 appointment to Geneva, Mr.…

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

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Thailand Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 29 February 2024 Presentation of Credentials Usana Berananda, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms.…

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

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Viet Nam Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 February 2024 Presentation of Credentials Phan Dung Mai, the new Permanent Representative of Viet Nam 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…

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

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Algeria Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 February 2024 Presentation of Credentials  Rachid Bladehane, the new Permanent Representative of Algeria 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…

HRC Press Conference

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HRC Press Conference 28 February 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua’s latest report on the human rights situation in Nicaragua. Jan-Michael Simon, Chair of the Group of ExpertsÁngela Maria Buitrago, Member of the Group of ExpertsAriela Peralta Distefano, Member of the Group of Experts

All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief 28 February 2024 UN News The Al-Shaboura neighborhood in Rafah, lies in ruins. All parties to the Gaza conflict have been responsible for “clear violations of international humanitarian law including possible war crimes”, according to the UN’s top human rights official, Volker Türk…

Afghanistan: UN appalled at revival of public floggings, executions

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: UN appalled at revival of public floggings, executions 28 February 2024 © Unsplash/Mohammad Husaini Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. A revival of Taliban-ordered public executions by gunfire taking place in sports stadiums in several cities in Afghanistan “must cease immediately”, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Wednesday…

Wheat from war-torn Ukraine to feed families affected by conflict in Sudan

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Wheat from war-torn Ukraine to feed families affected by conflict in Sudan 28 February 2024 © WFP/Abubaker Garelnabei Emergency food aid from Ukraine arrives in war-torn Sudan. More than 7,000 tonnes of wheat donated by war-ravaged Ukraine will help to feed one million conflict-affected people in Sudan for a month, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.…

World News in Brief: Air travel boom erases COVID dip, ‘disturbing’ new anti-LGBT bill in Ghana, rights abuses in Crimea

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Air travel boom erases COVID dip, ‘disturbing’ new anti-LGBT bill in Ghana, rights abuses in Crimea 28 February 2024 © Unsplash/John Oswald Madrid airport, Spain. The UN aviation agency on Wednesday announced that air traffic levels are operating at around two per cent above their high in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded much of the world’s population in…