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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 04 February 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Women, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,…

DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens 04 February 2025 © Blaise Irenge VIA Radio Okapi A scattering of people walk through a commercial district in Goma. The UN’s top humanitarian official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday called for Goma airport to be urgently reopened, warning its continued closure is paralyzing relief operations…

Stories from the UN Archive: Marian Anderson broke barriers with music and diplomacy

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Marian Anderson broke barriers with music and diplomacy 04 February 2025 UN Photo Chatting during intermission at New York's Metropolitan Opera House on Human Rights Day in 1950, Eleanor Roosevelt, UN General Assembly President Nasrollah Entezam and contralto Marian Anderson. (file) Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century,…

Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years?

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years? 04 February 2025 UN Photo Units of the UN Force in the Congo (ONUC) secured positions outside the perimeter of Elisabethville in 1963. (file) Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; these recent developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

Deadly attacks in eastern Aleppo highlight Syria’s vulnerability

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Deadly attacks in eastern Aleppo highlight Syria’s vulnerability 04 February 2025 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Aftermath of shelling in Aleppo (file) The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a deadly car bomb attack in the Syrian city of Manbij that killed 20 people, mostly women, and left many others critically injured…

World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World Cancer Day

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World Cancer Day 04 February 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal Fighting in and around Sudan's El Fasher has forced many families to flee in search of safety. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has again urged warring parties to stop targeting civilians.…

Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds 04 February 2025 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier Haitians displaced by violence find refuge on the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Gang violence in Haiti continues to have a devastating impact on the population, according to a new report from the UN office in the country (BINUH) on human rights violations recorded…

What the UN is doing in DR Congo

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home What the UN is doing in DR Congo 04 February 2025 UN News People displaced by conflict shelter at a camp in Goma, in the eastern DRC. The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and the armed M23 group…

UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza as destruction mounts in West Bank

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza as destruction mounts in West Bank 04 February 2025 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Much of Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict. Some 30,000 residents from Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank have fled their homes after large swathes of it were destroyed in a series of controlled detonations by the Israeli security forces (ISF), the UN agency for…

US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians

2 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians 04 February 2025 WFP/Rein Skullerud Distribution of Super Cereal to IDP families that are temporarily hosted in schools like the Eduardo Mondlane primary school in Beira that hosts 208 displaced families. Each family will receive a weekly ration of 21kgs UN agencies on Tuesday offered a dire assessment of the global…