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WMO Press Conference

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WMO Press Conference 07 October 2024 Press Conference Announcement State of Global Water Resources report Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-GeneralStefan Uhlenbrook, Director, Hydrology, Water and CryosphereSulagna Mishra, scientific officer 

A letter from a mother in Gaza: Hardships, heartbreak and hope

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home A letter from a mother in Gaza: Hardships, heartbreak and hope 06 October 2024 © UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic A mother with her newborn on the rubble of their bombed home in Khan Younis. (file) ‘‘This story doesn’t start from day one. It starts from nine months ago – the day I learned I was going to be a mother…

Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe 06 October 2024 © WHO A flight with medical supplies arrives in Beirut, Lebanon. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the “humanitarian catastrophe” now engulfing Lebanon following a massive escalation in Israeli airstrikes and a “limited” ground invasion…

Guterres urges global community to repeat ‘utter condemnation’ of 7 October Hamas terror attack

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges global community to repeat ‘utter condemnation’ of 7 October Hamas terror attack 05 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs journalists at the launch of the Global Principles for Information Integrity. In a message to mark one year since the Hamas-led terror attack during which more than 1,250 Israelis and foreign nationals were brutally…

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Twenty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Morocco, Norway and Ukraine

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Twenty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Morocco, Norway and Ukraine 04 October 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its twenty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Morocco, Norway and Ukraine.Juan Pablo Albán Alencastro, Committee Rapporteur, said the Committee held…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 04 October 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of…

Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes 04 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Beirut's southern suburbs have continued to be targeted by Israeli airstrikes. As Lebanon suffered another night of heavy Israeli bombing, UN humanitarians and partners described how people desperate to flee the violence found the country’s main border crossing into…

WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use 04 October 2024 © WHO/Katson Maliro A sample is taken from a person with mpox. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.…

‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on 04 October 2024 UN News Orphaned children gathered in an open space in the the Al-Baraka Camp in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Some Palestinian orphans in Gaza have gotten a glimmer of hope as the tragedies triggered by the grinding nearly year-long war continue to deplete the Strip…

UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools 04 October 2024 UNRWA A person pointing to a damaged building in the Tulkarem camp. (file) The UN chief has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, who died when a residential building in Tulkarem camp in the West Bank was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday night…