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Director-General's remarks at the Opening Session of the 22nd World Association for Sustainable Development International Conference

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Opening Session of the 22nd World Association for Sustainable Development International Conference 22 July 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Opening session of the 22nd World Association for Sustainable Development International ConferenceMonday, 22 July 2024, at 10 a.m.Room XVII, Palais des Nations  Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I extend a warm welcome to all of you at the Palais des Nations and to International…

UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation 21 July 2024 UN Tajikistan/Didor Sadulloev UN Secretary-General António Guterres (file) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has responded to Israel’s airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, which reportedly killed at least six people and injured more than 80, by calling for all parties…

Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth 21 July 2024 UN News At the Al-Istiqlal camp for displaced persons in central Deir al-Balah, Ajith Sunghay, Director of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, visited one of the classrooms set up in tents for [...] The voices of young female students sounded out across a makeshift…

Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa 20 July 2024 UN Photo/Pernaca Sudhakaran Nelson Mandela addresses the the Special Committee Against Apartheid in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York in June 1990. (file) On the heels of this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, marked annually on 18 July, we are taking you back in time…

‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues 20 July 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Local displaced and homeless Haitians gather for free medical treatment at an IOM mobile clinic in Place Clercine in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince. The entire social fabric of families is unraveling in Haiti as displacement in the country reaches record numbers due largely to insecurity and…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 19 July 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Situation in the Gaza StripJeremy Laurence, for the United Nations Human Rights (…

Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort 19 July 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih A child and mother peer through a window in Alsabaat community, Kassala state. Heavy fighting in Sudan has severely curtailed humanitarian aid deliveries across vast areas of the southeast, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday…

Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn 19 July 2024 © UNRWA Clean water and nutritious food remain scarce in the Gaza Strip, fuelling a surge in disease linked to falling immunity levels among the population.. To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked…

World News In Brief: UN rights chief on Bangladesh protests, alarm over Gershkovich sentence, Afghanistan floods latest, decriminalising LGBT laws

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News In Brief: UN rights chief on Bangladesh protests, alarm over Gershkovich sentence, Afghanistan floods latest, decriminalising LGBT laws 19 July 2024 © UNDP Afghanistan Floods in Baghlan, Afghanistan, in May 2024 (file) As student protests continue to rage in Bangladesh, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is urging authorities to quickly restore internet access…

Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight 19 July 2024 UN News/Ezzat El-Ferri A girl sitting on the steps to her home in the Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees in northern Lebanon. On the outskirts of Lebanon’s second capital, Tripoli, lies a Palestinian refugee camp that is almost as old as their plight itself…