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‘Act together’ for clean air, Guterres urges

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Act together’ for clean air, Guterres urges 06 September 2023 Unsplash/Luca Baggio In Landmannalaugar, Iceland (pictured) clean air is important for the health and day-to-day lives of people. Marking the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a powerful call for increased international cooperation to address the “global…

WMO press conference

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO press conference 06 September 2023 Press Conference Announcement Annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin: Focus on Heatwaves Lorenzo Labrador, scientific officer Sara Basart, scientific officer

HRC hybrid press conference

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HRC hybrid press conference 06 September 2023 Press Conference Announcement Press briefing on the upcoming 54th session of the Human Rights Council (11 September-13 October 2023) Ambassador Václav Bálek, President of the Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Fourth Regular Session from 11 September to 13 October 2023

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Fourth Regular Session from 11 September to 13 October 2023 06 September 2023 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-fourth regular session from 11 September to 13 October 2023 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 11…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 05 September 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Trade Organization, World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Office…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Albania on Legal and Institutional Reforms, Ask Questions on Children’s Access to Justice and Efforts to Ensure Education for All Children

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Albania on Legal and Institutional Reforms, Ask Questions on Children’s Access to Justice and Efforts to Ensure Education for All Children 05 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Albania under the Convention on the Rights…

UNEP/GRID hybrid press conference

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNEP/GRID hybrid press conference 05 September 2023 Press Conference Announcement UNEP Marine Sand Watch Launch Pascal Peduzzi, Director, UNEP/GRID-Geneva Arnaud Vander Velpen, Sand industry & data analytics officer, UNEP/GRID-Geneva

Record numbers risking lives to cross dangerous Darien Gap

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Record numbers risking lives to cross dangerous Darien Gap 05 September 2023 © UNICEF/Jose Daniel Urdaneta A Haitian family arrive at a temporary reception centre in Panama after crossing the Darién Gap. An unprecedented number of migrants and refugees continue to cross the dense tropical jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap, risking their lives and facing horrific…

UN provides funding boost for ‘neglected’ humanitarian crises

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN provides funding boost for ‘neglected’ humanitarian crises 05 September 2023 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Au Yémen, où un enfant sur deux souffre d'un retard de croissance, un professionnel de la santé mesure de jeunes enfants dans un village près d'Al Hudaydah. UN relief chief Martin Griffiths released $125 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) on Tuesday to…

Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban 05 September 2023 © UNICEF/Anton Skyba for The Globe and Mail A man walks in front of a crater left by an explosion during escalating conflict in Kyiv, Ukraine. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed by cluster munitions, according to new data released on Tuesday by the UN-partnered Cluster…