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UN health agency issues alert on falsified semaglutides used for diabetes treatment, weight loss

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN health agency issues alert on falsified semaglutides used for diabetes treatment, weight loss 20 June 2024 © Unsplash/Roberto Sorin Cápsulas y píldoras genéricas (archivo). The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued a medical product alert on the release of three batches of falsified semaglutides – brand name Ozempic – the type of medicines primarily used to treat type 2…

Global foreign investment declines for second year as geopolitical tensions rise, UN trade body reports

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global foreign investment declines for second year as geopolitical tensions rise, UN trade body reports 20 June 2024 © ILO/K.B. Mpofu Fruit vendors walk through a market in Harare, Zimbabwe. Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by two per cent to $1.3 trillion in 2023 amid global economic slowdown and rising geopolitical tensions, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN trade…

Birth in a war zone: Coping amid ongoing attacks in Ukraine

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Birth in a war zone: Coping amid ongoing attacks in Ukraine 20 June 2024 © UNFPA Ukraine Oleksandra and Oleksandr Chebotar tend to their newborn in Ukraine. Like many expecting parents, Oleksandra and Oleksandr Chebotar were eagerly awaiting the birth of their daughter. The way it happened, however, was unlike anything they had ever imagined…

Stories from the UN Archive: Archivists unerase mystery woman

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Archivists unerase mystery woman 20 June 2024 UN Photo Twelve nations signed the landmark Refugee Convention in 1951, but who is the only woman at the table? (file) Too often, women’s names have been erased from history, including at the signing of the landmark Refugee Convention in 1951. But, this is no longer the case for Margaret (Kitchen) Bruce, thanks to…

WHO announces global resurgence of cholera cases in 2024

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO announces global resurgence of cholera cases in 2024 20 June 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A child receives medical care at a cholera treatment centre in North Kivu, DR Congo. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start of this year.…

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference 20 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement Publication of the World Investment Report 2024: Investment Facilitation and Digital Government Embargoed until 20 June 2024 at 11:30 a.m. Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, UN Trade and DevelopmentRichard Bolwijn, UN Trade and Development, Head of the Investment Research Branch 

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on his Global Update

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on his Global Update 19 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied…

MORNING - Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Concludes that Israeli Authorities and Hamas Are Both Responsible for War Crimes

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Concludes that Israeli Authorities and Hamas Are Both Responsible for War Crimes 19 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Human Rights Council Concludes Dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with the…

Laws of war likely ‘consistently violated’ in Israeli strikes on Gaza: UN rights office

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Laws of war likely ‘consistently violated’ in Israeli strikes on Gaza: UN rights office 19 June 2024 © UNICEF/Tess Ingram Parts of the city of Khan Younis are now almost unrecognizable after more than eights months of intense bombardment, UN officers report. A UN probe into the Israeli military’s bombing of Gaza has pointed to the laws of war being “consistently violated” with regard to the…

Independent rights probe highlights Israeli ‘destruction and dislocation’ tactics in Gaza

10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Independent rights probe highlights Israeli ‘destruction and dislocation’ tactics in Gaza 19 June 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Young children travel in the back of a truck in Khan Younis. (file) High-level independent human rights investigators reiterated serious concerns on Wednesday about the legality of the Israeli army's conduct in Gaza and pushed back at claims that their inquiry has done…