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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 02 July 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization…

World News in Brief: Doha talks on Afghanistan, human rights in Belarus, Rohingya refugees in India, global trade rises

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Doha talks on Afghanistan, human rights in Belarus, Rohingya refugees in India, global trade rises 02 July 2024 © UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell Women attending a training on entrepreneurship organized by a civil society organization in Afghanistan. (file) The UN’s top political affairs official on Tuesday reiterated that human rights, especially the rights of Afghan women…

Gaza is a ‘maelstrom of human misery’

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza is a ‘maelstrom of human misery’ 02 July 2024 © UNRWA Over 330,000 tonnes of waste have accumulated in or near populated areas across Gaza, posing catastrophic environmental and health risks. With their homes shattered and lives upended by war, civilians in Gaza are clinging to their dignity under the most inhumane conditions, Sigrid Kaag, the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction…

Gaza: 250,000 set to be displaced by new Khan Younis escalation

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 250,000 set to be displaced by new Khan Younis escalation 02 July 2024 © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda Internally displaced people rest at a camp near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the south of Gaza. “Chaos and panic” are spreading in southern Gaza where an estimated 250,000 people are set to be impacted by new Israeli military evacuation orders from Khan Younis in Gaza, UN humanitarians…

UN urges international solidarity as Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean islands

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN urges international solidarity as Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean islands 02 July 2024 © NOAA Satellite image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean, a category 5 storm with 165-mph winds as of 8:00 AM on July 2, 2024. The United Nations has called for international solidarity with Grenada, the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and other Caribbean islands hit hard by Hurricane Beryl…

New WHO guidelines to help millions quit tobacco

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New WHO guidelines to help millions quit tobacco 02 July 2024 © WHO/Conor Ashleigh A woman walks past a no smoking sign outside a shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday released the first-ever guidelines for those seeking to quit tobacco use, recommending a range of initiatives, treatments and digital interventions…

Sudan’s cocktail of war and flooding leaves people trapped, unable to flee

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan’s cocktail of war and flooding leaves people trapped, unable to flee 02 July 2024 © UNHCR/Levon Sevunts Sudanese women find shelter at the Aboutengue refugee camp in eastern Chad. Millions of people have been forced out of Sudan as the brutal civil war continues to spread, including in Sinja Town, south of the capital Khartoum, where UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that more than…

Tens of thousands displaced in fresh violence in DR Congo

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Tens of thousands displaced in fresh violence in DR Congo 02 July 2024 国际移民组织 逃离家园的人们在刚果民主共和国东部搭建新的避难所。 Millions of displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are suffering amid one of the world’s most neglected crises, the UN International Organization of Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.…

Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the UNOG photo exhibition “Not a Woman’s Job?: Changing Faces of Science and Tech”

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the UNOG photo exhibition “Not a Woman’s Job?: Changing Faces of Science and Tech” 02 July 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Opening of the UNOG photo exhibition “Not a Woman’s Job?: Changing Faces of Science and Tech”2 July 2024, 10:00-11:00, Mezzanine, E Building, Palais des Nations  Mr. Lamanauskas, [Deputy Secretary-General of ITU]Ms. Meddahi, [Deputy Director for Accelerators and Technology, CERN]Excellencies,Ladies and…

Tens of thousands displaced in new Gaza City escalation

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Tens of thousands displaced in new Gaza City escalation 01 July 2024 © UNRWA The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, described the latest scenes in Gaza as "apocalyptic" Ongoing heavy fighting in northern Gaza has now forced an estimated 84,000 people to flee eastern Gaza City in a matter of days, while also cutting off access to a key aid distribution hub, UN humanitarians…