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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 30 January 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and…

Amid UNWRA funding crisis, desperate Gazans scour trucks for food

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Amid UNWRA funding crisis, desperate Gazans scour trucks for food 30 January 2024 © UNRWA Palestinians queue for food in the rain at a shelter in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza. As the UN chief prepares to meet representatives from countries who donate to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) late on Tuesday following allegations of collusion with Hamas, the UN health agency, WHO, reiterated…

World News in Brief: Response plan for Somalia launched, mass executions in Iraq, Ukraine update, new European heat record

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Response plan for Somalia launched, mass executions in Iraq, Ukraine update, new European heat record 30 January 2024 © WFP/Arete/Abdirahman Yussuf Mohamud A woman wades through flood water in Hirshabelle State, Somalia. The UN and partners launched the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan for Somalia on Tuesday, calling for $1.6 billion to assist 5.2 million people across…

‘No substitute’ for UNRWA’s lifesaving work in Gaza: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No substitute’ for UNRWA’s lifesaving work in Gaza: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator 30 January 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Sigrid Kaag, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, briefs reporters following consultations with the Security Council. No organization can be a substitute for the UN agency assisting Palestinians, UNRWA, in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the…

Myanmar demands greater focus urges UN rights chief, three years after coup

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar demands greater focus urges UN rights chief, three years after coup 30 January 2024 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Essential child nutrition services have been expanded in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Three years after the military deposed the elected Government in Myanmar, the ever-deteriorating human rights crisis in the country is now in freefall, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said…

USA: Rights experts slam ‘outrageous’ execution of inmate by nitrogen gas suffocation

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home USA: Rights experts slam ‘outrageous’ execution of inmate by nitrogen gas suffocation 30 January 2024 © Unsplash/Х. Мендоса Здание Капитолия в Вашингтоне. Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council unequivocally condemned the recent execution of an American inmate by nitrogen gas inhalation – the first time ever that the method has been used.…

Gaza: Aid cuts to UN agency could be felt in weeks

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid cuts to UN agency could be felt in weeks 30 January 2024 © UNRWA Food is distributed at a shelter in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza. Donor funding cuts stemming from Israel’s allegations against a dozen staff members at the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, will be felt within weeks, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday, as fears grow that consequences on the ground could contradict…

Non-Governmental Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Niger, Tajikistan, Italy and Turkmenistan

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Non-Governmental Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Niger, Tajikistan, Italy and Turkmenistan 29 January 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of non-governmental organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Niger, Tajikistan,…

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Eighty-Seventh Session in Geneva

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Eighty-Seventh Session in Geneva 29 January 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-seventh session, hearing a statement from Andrea Ori, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and…

Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians 29 January 2024 © UNDP PAPP/Abed Zagout In Gaza, children wait to receive food as the bombardments on the enclave continue. (file) Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan Younis, UN humanitarians warned on Monday, as the UN agency for Palestinians, UNWRA,…