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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 24 November 2023 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, UNAIDS, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Germany on National Action Plan to Fight Racism, Raise Questions on Racial Profiling by Police and Racism in Education

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Germany on National Action Plan to Fight Racism, Raise Questions on Racial Profiling by Police and Racism in Education 24 November 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-third to twenty-sixth periodic report of…

Committee against Torture Concludes Seventy-Eighth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Concludes Seventy-Eighth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia 24 November 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Burundi, Costa Rica,…

UN delivers more aid into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN delivers more aid into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause 24 November 2023 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Two men share drinking water in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations was able to scale up delivery of humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza during the humanitarian pause that went into effect on Friday following an agreement reached this week between Israel and Hamas…

In visit to Antarctica, Guterres appeals for action to end ‘climate anarchy’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home In visit to Antarctica, Guterres appeals for action to end ‘climate anarchy’ 24 November 2023 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres looks across the ice sheet at Frei Antarctica base. Antarctica has been called the sleeping giant, but it is now being awoken by climate chaos, the UN Secretary-General has warned…

Clashes in eastern DR Congo displace 450,000 in six weeks

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Clashes in eastern DR Congo displace 450,000 in six weeks 24 November 2023 © UNHCR/Blaise Sanyila People who have fled clashes and violence in North Kivu seek refuge in Rusayo, in the DR Congo. Humanitarians are urgently scaling up aid in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where an escalating crisis is again unfolding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the UN Children’s Fund…

Gaza: Start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need 24 November 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A five-year-old boy drinks bottled water delivered by UNICEF in the Khan Younis camp. Trucks with relief supplies continued to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Friday after the entry into force of a four-day pause in fighting, UN humanitarians said…

From the Field: A destroyed Ukrainian village rebuilds

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: A destroyed Ukrainian village rebuilds 24 November 2023 UN Ukraine Human rights officers examine a kitchen where a rocket landed in Posad-Pokrovske in the Kherson region of Ukraine. On a sunny day, Ivan, a burly retired welder in his fifties, stood in front of his ruined house in Posad-Pokrovske, in the Kherson region of Ukraine…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome Morocco’s Global Activities to Promote the Convention, Ask about Measures to Prevent Hate Speech and to Preserve Amazigh Language and Culture

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome Morocco’s Global Activities to Promote the Convention, Ask about Measures to Prevent Hate Speech and to Preserve Amazigh Language and Culture 23 November 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the…

With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid 23 November 2023 © UNICEF/Mohammad Ajjour Palestinian women walk through the rubble of the Nasr neighbourhood of Gaza City. (file) Humanitarian agencies preparing to go into Gaza continued to build up stocks of desperately needed aid for the war-torn enclave on Thursday, amid delays in the implementation of a temporary…