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Yemen: Recent progress marred by Gaza war fallout, UN envoy reports

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: Recent progress marred by Gaza war fallout, UN envoy reports 14 February 2024 © UNICEF/Saleh Bin Hayan YPN A mother-of-nine, who is suffering from malnutrition herself, cooks a meal for her children in an IDP camp in Aden, Yemen. The shockwaves from the war in Gaza continue to reverberate across the wider Middle East region, with the situation in Yemen much more complex than it was a…

UNCTAD Press Conference (Cancelled)

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNCTAD Press Conference (Cancelled) 13 February 2024 Press Conference Announcement Presentation of the Global Supply Chain Forum 2024 Matthew Wilson, Ambassador of Barbados to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva (from Geneva)Pedro Manuel Moreno, UNCTAD Deputy Secretary General (from Geneva)The. Hon. Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - Barbados (from Bridgetown) 

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 13 February 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and Unitaid.Health…

Stories from the UN Archive: Boris Karloff, leprosy and Nigeria

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Boris Karloff, leprosy and Nigeria 13 February 2024 UN Photo/Tim McKulka Residents at the Luri-Rokwe leper colony in Sudan in 2008. (file) As the world celebrates World Radio Day, marked on 13 February, we dug into the UN archives for a vintage podcast classic from 1959, when famed Frankenstein actor Boris Karloff narrated an episode describing a visit to a…

Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan 13 February 2024 © UNICEF/Annadjib Ramadane Maha A Sudanese mother and her children take refuge in a town in Chad across the border from Darfur in Sudan. Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into new areas, driving displacement and hunger while exposing…

World News in Brief: Rafah ‘slaughter’ fears, Ukraine energy system attacks, rights abuses against Syrian returnees

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rafah ‘slaughter’ fears, Ukraine energy system attacks, rights abuses against Syrian returnees 13 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Palestinian children play in a classroom at a displaced shelter in Rafah city, Gaza. UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Martin Griffith has reiterated his warning against a full-scale military assault on Rafah, where more than half of…

Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official 13 February 2024 © OHCHR/Media Clinic Displaced Palestinians at a temporary shelter in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. As international efforts continue to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, the head of UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinians, warned on Tuesday that those in the enclave remain deeply…

Rising hunger: UN chief identifies wars, climate chaos as aggravating factors

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rising hunger: UN chief identifies wars, climate chaos as aggravating factors 13 February 2024 © UNDP/Aurelia Rusek Ongoing violence, climate change, desertification, and tension over natural resources are all worsening hunger and poverty in Chad and across the Sahel. Countries must act now to break the deadly links between conflict, climate and food insecurity, UN Secretary-General António…

Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion approaches

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion approaches 12 February 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches, a senior UN official on Monday voiced deep…

Gaza: Relief over rescued hostages as Tedros warns of ‘ocean of need’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Relief over rescued hostages as Tedros warns of ‘ocean of need’ 12 February 2024 © WHO Palestinian wounded to be treated at Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Amid reports on Monday that two hostages have been rescued during a raid by Israeli special forces in Rafah City, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said the spiralling…