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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 20 June 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, and the Human Rights…

HRC hybrid press conference - Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HRC hybrid press conference - Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel 20 June 2023 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Commission’s latest report Navi Pillay, Chairperson Miloon Kothari, Member of the Commission Chris Sidoti, Member of the Commission

UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family 20 June 2023 © Jerry Rolfe From left to right: Laurens, Laurens' mother Silvia, Jane, Sasha, Oksana, and dogs Tess, Mischou, and Alfie. At a home in the British countryside, two retired UN staff members have hosted a Ukrainian mother and son for more than a year. Ahead of World Refugee Day, the housemates shared their stories and the impact the…

World Refugee Day: UN calls for solidarity and inclusion amid record displacement

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World Refugee Day: UN calls for solidarity and inclusion amid record displacement 20 June 2023 © 联合国儿童基金会/Christopher Herwig 在约旦的叙利亚难民收到了过冬冬季衣物。（资料图片） Refugees deserve support and solidarity, not closed borders and pushbacks. That’s a reminder from UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday’s World Refugee Day, regarding the international community’s duty to assist and protect refugees…

DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP 20 June 2023 © 粮食署/Vincent Tremeau 在刚果民主共和国卡南加的粮食计划署食品仓库，一名妇女正在工作。 UN humanitarians issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday to help millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where chronic violence and displacement continue to fuel a dramatic hunger crisis…

Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’ 20 June 2023 © UNRWA/Dominiek Benoot أحد مخيمات لاجئي فلسطين في الضفة الغربية المحتلة (من الأرشيف) The UN’s Middle East envoy said on Tuesday he was “deeply alarmed” at the continuing cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine, and “appalled by the continued loss of civilian lives…

First Person: When refugees bloom in the desert

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: When refugees bloom in the desert 20 June 2023 Yasmine ElDemerdash A UN refugee agency (UNHCR) campaign in 2020 included a cooking show featuring celebrities and refugees, giving them the space to tell their stories and a platform to be heard. Radwa Sharaf is a UN refugee agency, UNHCR, staff member tasked with working with celebrities, content creators, and influencers to…

Sudan crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN mission chief says

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN mission chief says 20 June 2023 © UNMISS/Peter Bateman South Sudanese refugees are returning home following unrest in Sudan. The cross-border impact of the crisis in Sudan is unfurling along multiple fronts, and action is urgently needed to ease rising tensions that has already resulted in deadly clashes, the UN Secretary-General’…

Ukraine war: Guterres calls for continuation of ‘vital’ food and fertilizer agreement

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine war: Guterres calls for continuation of ‘vital’ food and fertilizer agreement 20 June 2023 © UNODC/Duncan Moore Joint inspection teams at work under the Black Sea Initiative. The Secretary-General on Tuesday said he was disappointed by the “slowing pace of inspections” under the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative – the grain and fertilizer deal which has allowed millions of tonnes of…

MINUSCA chief to Security Council: Decade-long cycle of conflict can be broken

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MINUSCA chief to Security Council: Decade-long cycle of conflict can be broken 20 June 2023 MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe كتيبة حفظ سلام تؤمن نقطة تفتيش في بيغوا، جمهورية أفريقيا الوسطى. Despite deteriorating border security, humanitarian and human rights challenges, the Central African Republic (CAR) is committed to a constitutional referendum and local elections, the Security Council heard on…