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6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA Press Conference 30 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Update on the situation in the oPt Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General 

At Global Citizen Festival, UN deputy chief urges action to achieve development goals

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home At Global Citizen Festival, UN deputy chief urges action to achieve development goals 30 September 2024 UN Partnerships/Daniel Getachew Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed delivers speech to attendees at the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in New York.  UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told thousands gathered in New York’s Central Park on Saturday that although it…

UN Assembly President calls for global unity as high-level debate concludes

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN Assembly President calls for global unity as high-level debate concludes 30 September 2024 Фото ООН/Л. Фелипе Председатель Генассамблеи Филемон Янг. The President of the General Assembly on Monday reminded UN Member States that the Organization’s strength “lies in our diversity” and ability to unite around common goals, as the curtains drew on the 79th session’s high-level debate…

UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’ 30 September 2024 © SOS Méditerranée/Flavio Gasperini Migrants are rescued off the coast of Libya by the non-governmental organization SOS Méditerranée. (file) Action is needed now to stop the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea from “becoming mass graves for migrants”, two UN agencies warned the Security Council on Monday…

World News in Brief: Possible ‘dire consequences’ for Yemen following strikes, Ukraine hospital attack, human rights in Algeria

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Possible ‘dire consequences’ for Yemen following strikes, Ukraine hospital attack, human rights in Algeria 30 September 2024 © UNRWA Children in Gaza play in a school converted into a shelter for families displaced by the conflict. UN humanitarians on Monday warned of the potentially dire consequences that could arise from disruption to the flow of food imports into…

Collective effort essential to get DR Congo on firm path to peace

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Collective effort essential to get DR Congo on firm path to peace 30 September 2024 © IOM/Muse Mohammed Millions of people displaced by the ongoing violence in eastern DRC need urgent humanitarian assistance. (file) Mobilization at the national, regional and international level are needed to support the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the face of continued violence in the east,…

Security Council renews Haiti mission mandate, calls for more action against gangs

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council renews Haiti mission mandate, calls for more action against gangs 30 September 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías UN Security Council members vote and unanimously adopt resolution extending the mandate of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti. The UN Security Council on Monday re-authorized the deployment of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to…

Syrian Minister denounces Israel for its ‘seven-decade-long criminal record’

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Syrian Minister denounces Israel for its ‘seven-decade-long criminal record’ 30 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh of Syria addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria, Bassam Sabbagh, on Monday said the world was at a critical juncture, marked by widespread conflict, economic hardship…

Lebanon crisis: Over one million people flee strikes amid invasion fears

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon crisis: Over one million people flee strikes amid invasion fears 30 September 2024 © UNICEF/Dar Al Mussawir People gather around a bombed building in a southern suburb of Beirut. More than one million people across Lebanon have been uprooted by ongoing and deadly Israeli airstrikes across the country, including one reported early Monday morning in a residential area of central Beirut…

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States Parties, and with Non-Governmental Organizations, National Human Rights Institutions a nd Intergovernmental Organizations

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States Parties, and with Non-Governmental Organizations, National Human Rights Institutions a nd Intergovernmental Organizations 30 September 2024 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning held a meeting with States parties, followed by a meeting with non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and intergovernmental…