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UN rights expert exposes $1 billion ‘death trade’ in arms for Myanmar military

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights expert exposes $1 billion ‘death trade’ in arms for Myanmar military 17 May 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. The Myanmar military has imported at least $1 billion in arms and raw materials to manufacture weapons since generals staged their coup in February 2021, according to a…

Millions of children still facing dire conditions 100 days after Türkiye-Syria quakes: UNICEF

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Millions of children still facing dire conditions 100 days after Türkiye-Syria quakes: UNICEF 17 May 2023 © UNICEF Child labour in Türkiye and Syria could increase following the February earthquake. More than six million boys and girls in Türkiye and Syria are still struggling to cope 100 days after the deadly earthquakes that hit both countries, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on…

WMO hybrid press conference

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO hybrid press conference 17 May 2023 Press Conference Announcement Global Climate Update with predictions for 2023-2027 Prof Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General (B-128) Dr Leon Hermanson, Met Office climate scientist (via Zoom)

OCHA / UNHCR hybrid press conference

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home OCHA / UNHCR hybrid press conference 17 May 2023 Press Conference Announcement Joint launch of the Revised Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan 2023 and the Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (May - October 2023). Ramesh Rajasingham, Head and Representative of OCHA in Geneva. Raouf Mazou, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, UNHCR.

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Spain on Legislation, Ask about Measures to Help Female Victims of Trafficking and to Improve Education for Roma, Refugee and Migrant Women

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Spain on Legislation, Ask about Measures to Help Female Victims of Trafficking and to Improve Education for Roma, Refugee and Migrant Women 16 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 16 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Finland for Providing Free Education for Children up to Age 18, Ask about the Detention of Asylum-Seeking Children and the Criminalisation of the Sale of Children

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Finland for Providing Free Education for Children up to Age 18, Ask about the Detention of Asylum-Seeking Children and the Criminalisation of the Sale of Children 16 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Finland under the…

Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warned

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warned 16 May 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, briefs members of the UN Security Council. The security situation in the Sahel remains very worrying and the spiralling crisis in Sudan is…

Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19’s sting

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19’s sting 16 May 2023 © ILO/Bobot Go Window cleaners work in Muntinlupa City, Philippines. Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic carry on, according to the UN’s latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report, released on Tuesday…

Sudan crisis: UN continues to scale up aid, as security allows

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: UN continues to scale up aid, as security allows 16 May 2023 © UNICEF/Donaig Le Du Refugees from Sudan wait to collect essential non-food items during distribution in Koufroun, a Chadian village near the Sudanese border. The UN and humanitarian partners continue to scale up the aid response for the millions in need across Sudan on Tuesday, as news reports described heavy…