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UN envoy urges responsible leadership amid Kosovo-Serbia tensions

5 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy urges responsible leadership amid Kosovo-Serbia tensions 30 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, briefs members of the Security Council. As tensions mount between Pristina and Belgrade, the UN’s top official in Kosovo called for “responsible leadership”…

Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Ecuador’s National Councils for Equality, Ask about State of Emergency Restrictions and Military Management of Prisons

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Ecuador’s National Councils for Equality, Ask about State of Emergency Restrictions and Military Management of Prisons 29 October 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Ecuador on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 29 October 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Director-General of the International Organization for Migration, and the representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

Russia: Torture now ‘a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad’

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia: Torture now ‘a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad’ 29 October 2024 UN News Mariana Katzarova began work as the first UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation on 1 May 2023, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council. In a new report launched on Tuesday the UN independent expert on human rights in Russia exposes…

At COP16, Guterres urges world to ‘choose wisely…make peace with nature’

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home At COP16, Guterres urges world to ‘choose wisely…make peace with nature’ 29 October 2024 UN Colombia/Santiago Puentes Viana Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the COP16 biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for decisive action to restore harmony with nature, warning that environmental crises are pushing humanity toward…

UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban 29 October 2024 © UNRWA Amid the continued forced displacement and destruction in Gaza, children are being provided with crucial psychosocial support. Top UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the irreplaceable role of the global body’s agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, insisting that if…

Middle East crisis: Live updates on UNRWA, Gaza and more

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates on UNRWA, Gaza and more 29 October 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA and partners completed the second round of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, but access to the north remains blocked for the final phase. Our live coverage ranged from the Security Council and UN Headquarters to dispatches from across the Middle East as tensions escalated and the war on Gaza and…

Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia 29 October 2024 © Unsplash/Dulcey Lima A hummingbird hovers over an orange flower. Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological diversity and develop a lasting blueprint that will allow humankind to live in harmony with nature…

Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings 29 October 2024 © WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei أم تحمل رضيعها في بورت سودان، شرق السودان. Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with displacement now exceeding 11 million people amid reports of mass killings and systematic-sexual violence across…

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference 29 October 2024 Press Conference Announcement Publication of the Trade and Development Report 2024: Rethinking Development in the Age of Discontent Embargo until Tuesday, 29 October 2024 at 2:30 pm Geneva time Rebeca Grynspan, UN Trade and Development Secretary General Anastasia Nesvetailova, UNCTAD, Head, Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch, Division on Globalization and Development…