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Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery 16 September 2024 UN Photo/R. Kollar The ozone layer can protect the environment. New evidence in the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) annual Ozone and UV Bulletin published on Monday reveals strong evidence that the ozone layer is well on track for a long-term recovery…

How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children and their families fetching water from a UNICEF-supported water tank in Deir Al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. A relentless siege, deadly targeted attacks and chronic restrictions on lifesaving aid deliveries into the war-torn Gaza Strip by Israeli forces: that’s just some of what aid workers are grappling…

More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council 16 September 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza. Not enough progress is being made in getting desperately needed aid and commercial goods into Gaza, the UN…

Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to rethink ‘outdated and ineffective’ international financial architecture

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to rethink ‘outdated and ineffective’ international financial architecture 16 September 2024 © FAO/Luis Tato Women sell okra at a market in Tanout, Niger. Some of the world’s poorest countries spend more on debt repayments than on health, education and infrastructure combined, severely hampering their chances of developing their economies. At the …

OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS / SPECIAL PROCEDURES Press Conference

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS / SPECIAL PROCEDURES Press Conference 16 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 (online) Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health  (online)George Katrougalos, Special Rapporteur on the…

Health teams brave war conditions in Sudan to save newborn babies

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Health teams brave war conditions in Sudan to save newborn babies 15 September 2024 © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty Midwives and other health professionals at the Khartoum Maternity Hospital, Sudan.. The civil war in Sudan has brought to country’s health system to its knees. UN mobile health teams are attempting to plug the gaps, crossing conflict zones to help pregnant women to give birth…

Unchecked AI threatens democracy, warns UN chief

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Unchecked AI threatens democracy, warns UN chief 15 September 2024 UNDP/Rochan Kadariya Young Mozambicans show the finger marked with blue ink after voting in the general elections in Mozambique. Left unchecked, artificial intelligence (AI) could destabilize democratic systems by spreading disinformation, fueling hate speech and distorting public opinion through deepfakes, the UN Secretary-…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Israel, Mexico and Turkmenistan

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Israel, Mexico and Turkmenistan 13 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its ninety-seventh session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Argentina, Armenia, Israel, Mexico and Turkmenistan under the Convention on…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 13 September 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Human Rights Council. A representative of the World Food Programme briefly participated in the briefing but had…

Guterres calls for ‘culture of peace’ and global unity, as crises mount

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls for ‘culture of peace’ and global unity, as crises mount 13 September 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General António Guterres rings the Peace Bell during the ceremony held at UN headquarters in observance of the International Day of Peace 2024 (21 September). Amid escalating global conflicts, deepening divisions and mounting crisis, the UN Secretary-General on Friday…