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MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories
04 October 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today held a general debate on its agenda item seven on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
State of Palestine, speaking as an entity concerned, said it was regretful that some…
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‘Patience’ and dialogue with Taliban only way forward: Afghanistan mission chief
04 October 2023
UN News
Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan and head of the UN mission in the country.
The top UN political official in Afghanistan remains hopeful that Taliban leaders will reverse their stance on women’s rights, urging the international community…
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No meaning lost in translation: The UN’s quirkiest contest
04 October 2023
UN Photo/MB
Since the early days of the UN, documents were translated into the six official languages.
How would you translate these phrases into another language? “There are those who know how to fill a dishwasher, and those who don’t care” and “¡El chat GPT me ha hecho una paella…
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UN rights office concerned over pre-election violence in Liberia
04 October 2023
UNDP/Morgana Wingard
Downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
A senior UN human rights official on Wednesday called on authorities in Liberia to take all necessary measures to ensure that the upcoming elections can take place in a fully inclusive manner…
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World News in Brief: Water ‘being taken for granted’, global teacher crisis, Nipah in India update
04 October 2023
Unicef Malawi
Noria Kanyama, a primary school student in Chikwawa district, Southern region of Malawi, fetching water from a nearby river.
While some 2.4 billion people live in countries where the supply of water is limited, global water demand for agriculture is expected to…
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UN chief reinforces call for multilateral reform, outlines next steps
04 October 2023
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Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the informal meeting of the General Assembly plenary on his “Our Common Agenda” report.
Global leaders issued a resounding call for reform and renewed multilateral cooperation during the General Assembly’s crunch week, the UN chief told…
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UNCTAD press conference
04 October 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Publication of the Trade and Development Report 2023
Embargo until Wednesday, 4 October 2023 at 12 (noon) Geneva time
Rebeca Grynspan, UNCTAD Secretary General
Richard Kozul-Wright, UNCTAD, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies
