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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 24 September 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Intellectual Property Organization, UN Women, the United Nations…

Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency 24 September 2024 © UNHCR/Faouzia Haidara Refugees build makeshift shelters during the rainy season in Adre, eastern Chad. (file) Ongoing heavy fighting in Sudan has continued to kill and uproot the country’s people who global leaders should remember as they gather in New York on Tuesday, UN humanitarians have said…

LIVE COVERAGE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home LIVE COVERAGE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías The Secretariat building with flags of Member States in the foreground, at UN Headquarters, in New York. The world is on an unsustainable course, the UN Secretary General told world leaders gathered for the UN general debate in New York on Tuesday – but growing…

Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask 24 September 2024 © UNICEF/Ibarra Sánchez A 5-year-old boy walks through destroyed buildings in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon. (file) As Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds dead, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday against a return to the “dark days of 2006” when…

UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’ 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the General Assembly before the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 79th session. The world is locked in a “purgatory of polarity” with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a “…

Trust in UN’s cornerstone ideals ‘crumbling’: King Abdullah II of Jordan

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trust in UN’s cornerstone ideals ‘crumbling’: King Abdullah II of Jordan 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the United Nations is facing an unprecedented crisis,…

The world is at an inflection point but ‘there’s always a way forward’, says Biden

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home The world is at an inflection point but ‘there’s always a way forward’, says Biden 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe US President Joseph Biden addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. United States President Joe Biden told leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that with the world at a historical inflection point “our task, our test, is to make sure that…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia ‘can only be forced into peace’ says Zelenskyy

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia ‘can only be forced into peace’ says Zelenskyy 24 September 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy People survey the damage caused by a missile attack on a building in Kharkiv City, Ukraine. The UN Security Council is meeting for a high level briefing on the Ukraine war. The UN Secretary-General told foreign ministers and ambassadors that Russia's invasion of Ukraine…

‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Laura Jarriel General Assembly Philémon Yang Yang addresses the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 79th session. In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body’s President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate “remains one of the…

‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday told the UN General Assembly that his nation had benefited from a wave of international solidarity in the battle…