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DR Congo emergency: Next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo emergency: Next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies 28 January 2025 © MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan UN police officers talk to displaced people in a camp close to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo provincial capital Goma. (file) The latest reports from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from UN teams on the ground indicate a fast-deteriorating situation on…

DR CONGO CRISIS: Security Council hears call for ‘urgent and coordinated international action’ over Goma

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR CONGO CRISIS: Security Council hears call for ‘urgent and coordinated international action’ over Goma 28 January 2025 © WFP/Moses Sawasawa Une femme fuit un camp de déplacés à Goma, dans l'est de la RDC. The Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday over the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with UN agencies and partners on the…

Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears 28 January 2025 © WFP Displaced Palestinians walk through the destruction in Rafah in southern Gaza. The implementation of new Israeli laws banning the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA – set to take effect on Thursday – will heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Security…

World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases 28 January 2025 © Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital A newborn lies in Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital in Al Fasher in Sudan. At least one girl and three boys were killed, and three boys injured, during an attack on the Saudi Hospital in the besieged…

DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told 28 January 2025 © WFP/Moses Sawasawa People displaced by the fighting in Goma flee the city. The UN Security Council convened its second emergency meeting in three days on Tuesday to address the escalating crisis in Goma – the regional capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC…

New Permanent Representative of Malta Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Malta Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 27 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Randolph De Battista, the new Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. De…

Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2025

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2025 27 January 2025 Room XVIII,…

Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 27 January 2025 Tatiana Valovaya International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust“Holocaust remembrance and education for dignity and human rights”Monday, 27 January 2025 at 1.00 p.m.Room XVIII, Palais des Nations Dear Mr. Ivan Lefkovits [Holocaust survivor],Ambassador Meron [Permanent Representative of Israel],Ambassador…

Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime 27 January 2025 © OHCHR/Sandra Bitar Hanny Megally, member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, at a site of mass grave in the Damascus area. A report from UN human rights investigators for Syria released on Monday has laid bare the systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances by…

‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated 27 January 2025 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Prayers and a moment of silence at the United Nations Observance of International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Hate continues to grow at an alarming speed, and the world must do more to fight growing antisemitism the UN Secretary-…