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‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions: World Meteorological Organization

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions: World Meteorological Organization 15 November 2023 © Unsplash/Ehud Neuhaus Harmful gasses continue to be released into the atmosphere across the world. Greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2022 with “no end in sight to the rising trend”, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report published on Wednesday.…

Israel-Palestine crisis: UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’ 15 November 2023 © WHO Large areas of the Gaza Strip have been destroyed by missile strikes. The UN’s top emergency relief official unveiled a 10-point plan “to rein in the carnage” in Gaza on Wednesday which focuses on a major expansion of aid into into the wartorn enclave, along with a new…

Israel-Palestine crisis: Security Council calls for urgent, extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: Security Council calls for urgent, extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza 15 November 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Pauses and Corridors Throughout Gaza Strip The Security Council passed a resolution Wednesday calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and for urgent and extended…

First Person: UNICEF chief in Gaza visit, bears witness to grave violations against children

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: UNICEF chief in Gaza visit, bears witness to grave violations against children 15 November 2023 © UNICEF UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell (right) visits Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Grave violations against children, including killing, maiming and abductions, are taking place in the Gaza Strip, according to the Executive Director of the UN…

WMO press conference

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO press conference 15 November 2023 Press Conference Announcement Greenhouse Gas Bulletin Prof Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General Dr Oksana Tarasova, senior scientific officer WMO

Roundtable event: Promoting Conflict Prevention through the Socio-Economic Inclusion of Minorities

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Roundtable event: Promoting Conflict Prevention through the Socio-Economic Inclusion of Minorities 15 November 2023 Room XXI, Palais des Nations In recognition of the conflict prevention mandate of the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 14 November 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross…

US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert 14 November 2023 © Unsplash/Colin Lloyd An anti-racism protest takes place in Colorado, USA. (file) The United States need to increase efforts to address “enduring systemic racism” at what is a critical juncture in the fight against discrimination, said the UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert on the issue,…

Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson 14 November 2023 UN Ukraine Human rights officers examine a kitchen where a rocket landed in Posad-Pokrovske in the Kherson region of Ukraine. The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson on Monday.…

World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties 14 November 2023 WHO/Panos/Tania Habjouqa A patient at risk of diabetes receives a special eye exam at the National Centre for Diabetes in Amman, Jordan. One hundred years after the discovery of insulin, millions of people with diabetes around the world still cannot access the care…