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UN deputy chief calls for major arms spending cuts and urgent action to save SDGs
15 July 2024
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Opening of SDG Action Weekend
The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Monday urged global leaders to redirect resources from warfare to peace and sustainable development initiatives.
Speaking…
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UN remembers Nelson Mandela’s commitment to fight poverty and inequity
15 July 2024
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Nelson Mandela International Day recognizes his struggle for democracy and a culture of peace throughout the world.
The UN paid tribute on Monday to the life and legacy of the first democratically elected President of South Africa, the late Nelson Mandela, whose long walk to freedom…
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Childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023
14 July 2024
UNDP India/Gaurav Menghaney
India’s immunization programme caters to almost 27 million newborns each year.
New data published on Monday by UN agencies shows that immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, leaving around 2.7 million lacking the protection they need compared to the pre-COVID-19 levels of 2019…
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Philippines: Humane approach to incarceration relieves chronic prison overcrowding
14 July 2024
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Men's dormitory 4 at Manila City Jail.
A more humane approach to dealing with people accused of breaking the law in the Philippines is helping relieve overcrowding in one of the world’s most congested prison systems…
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First Person: Filipino elderly ex-prisoner’s joy of ‘sleeping and eating’
13 July 2024
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Toto Aquino in his bedroom at home in Manila.
An ex-prisoner in the Philippines, released from jail as a result of a UN-supported Government programme to tackle overcrowding in detention facilities, has spoken of his joy ‘sleeping and eating’ as a free man…
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Gaza: Guterres ‘shocked and saddened’ by deadly strikes on Al Mawasi, as WHO and partners aid medical response
13 July 2024
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WHO and partners have been responding to help those injured during a series of airstrikes in Gaza’s Al-Mawasi area on Saturday, near Khan Younis.
The UN health agency and partners are helping treat many of those injured during Saturday’s deadly airstrikes by Israeli…
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Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome Syria’s Cooperation with the United Nations Refugee Agency, Raise Questions on the Treatment of Kurdish Communities and Cases of Enforced Disappearances
12 July 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of the Syrian Arab Republic on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts welcoming…
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Director-General's remarks at the Closing Session of the 62nd Graduate Study Programme
12 July 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
Closing Session of the 62nd Graduate Study ProgrammeTheme: “Summit of the Future: Challenges and Opportunities”Friday, 12 July 2024 at 3:30 p.m.Room VII, Palais des Nations Dear students,It is my pleasure to join you today for the closing session of this year’s Graduate Study Programme. Since 1962, the UN’s Graduate Study Programme has brought…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
12 July 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 and representatives from the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization.Widening Health Catastrophe in the Democratic Republic of the CongoDr. Adelheid Marschang,…
