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Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law 31 May 2023 IMF/Esther Ruth Mbabazi Kampala, Uganda's capital. UN chief António Guterres is “deeply concerned” after Uganda’s president signed into law a punitive so-called “Anti-Homosexuality Act”, the UN Spokesperson said in a statement released late on Tuesday…

UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered 31 May 2023 UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein Candles and wreaths mark a mass grave site at Ovcara, Croatia, where approximately 200 civilians were massacred in 1994. The UN chief on Wednesday commended the work of the judges and staff of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as its…

Oversight’s key to ensure sustainability in outer space: Guterres

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Oversight’s key to ensure sustainability in outer space: Guterres 31 May 2023 NASA/Johnson NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is seen floating during a spacewalk on 21 December 2015 as he and fellow astronaut Tim Kopra released brake handles on crew equipment carts on either side of the space station. Effective governance of outer space is necessary to propel innovation and achieve the Sustainable…

ILO virtual press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ILO virtual press conference 31 May 2023 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the 11th ILO Monitor on the labour impact of economic and geopolitical crises Under embargo until Wednesday, 31 May 2023 at 2 p.m. CEST (12 p.m. GMT) Mia Seppo, Assistant Director-General for Jobs and Social Protection Sangheon Lee, Director, ILO Employment Policy Department

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 30 May 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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization.…

UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify 30 May 2023 © Sudanese Red Crescent Society Food is distributed in Omdurman, close to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on 15 April, humanitarians have been able to reach desperate families trapped in the conflict’s epicentre, Khartoum,…

Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears 30 May 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A member of the Batoto Yetu dance company performs during the opening of the Second Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. Racism is a global problem, and every country must take a stance against it, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said…

Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war 30 May 2023 © UNICEF/Hasan Belal Two children look at damage caused by the February 2023 earthquake tin northwestern Syria. Action on the ground must match diplomacy’s steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war in Syria, where violence is once again, killing a growing numbers of civilians, the top UN…

Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns 30 May 2023 © UNICEF/Georges Harry Rouzier Many Haitian schoolchildren receive meals supported by the UN. A total of 4.9 million people in Haiti – nearly half of the country's population – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to a new UN-supported report…

WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere 30 May 2023 World Bank/Curt Carnemark Glaciers are retreating due to climate change including in Chile (pictured). Global warming’s devastating effects on the world’s sea ice, icebergs and glaciers – part of what is known as the cryosphere – need to be better understood and mitigated, according to the World Meteorological…