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World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks continue, education in Africa, Albinism update

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks continue, education in Africa, Albinism update 13 June 2024 © OCHA/Tanya Lyubimova Iryna, an aid worker from the Relief Coordination Centre, comforts an evacuee now living in a site for displaced people. The UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown on Thursday said she was ‘appalled’ by the scale of Russia’s overnight attack on Kryviy Rih…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL - REMARKS TO THE PRESS ON THE G7

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home THE SECRETARY-GENERAL - REMARKS TO THE PRESS ON THE G7 12 June 2024 Press Release  Dear members of the press,It is wonderful to be back in Geneva.I have just come from Jordan, where the United Nations co-hosted a conference on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.From here I will go to the G7 Summit in Italy.My message is very clear:This is a critical time.We face profound global challenges on multiple fronts.And the G7 leaders have a particular responsibility.First…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL - REMARKS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home THE SECRETARY-GENERAL - REMARKS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION 12 June 2024 Press Release  [as delivered]Madame la Secrétaire générale, chère Doreen Bogdan-Martin,Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs,C'est un grand plaisir de m'adresser au Conseil de l'Union Internationale des Télécommunications.En tant qu'ingénieur - et c’est vrai que pendant deux années, j’ai enseigné précisément les télécommunications dans mon université…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS TO THE GLOBAL LEADERS FORUM FOR THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF UN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS TO THE GLOBAL LEADERS FORUM FOR THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF UN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 12 June 2024 Press Release [as delivered] Excellences, chers invités et amis,C'est un grand plaisir et un privilège de me joindre à vous pour commémorer le soixantième anniversaire de la CNUCED, à présent connue sous le nom de l’ONU Commerce et Développement.Il y a soixante ans, à une époque de transformation et de bouleversements, la CNUCED…

Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe 12 June 2024 © UNRWA Large parts of Gaza have been reduced to rubble amid the ongoing conflict. Palestinian armed groups and Israeli authorities have both committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the attack on 7 October and the subsequent military operations, according to a new report by a UN independent…

Guterres highlights ‘unique level of destruction’ in Gaza ahead of G7 summit

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres highlights ‘unique level of destruction’ in Gaza ahead of G7 summit 12 June 2024 © UNRWA In Gaza, people are taking shelter anywhere they can, including damaged UNRWA facilities in the north. UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his solidarity with the people of Gaza and the global body’s deep commitment to the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) on Wednesday, while…

Guterres hails 60 years of UN trade and development action

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres hails 60 years of UN trade and development action 12 June 2024 UNCTAD/Pierre Albouy UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the UNCTAD Global Leaders Forum in Geneva. The right to development is inextricably linked with trade which the world’s poorest countries - now “mired in debt” through no fault of their own - have every right to pursue on much fairer…

Waiting would be ‘death sentence’ for millions on brink of starvation: Relief chief

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Waiting would be ‘death sentence’ for millions on brink of starvation: Relief chief 12 June 2024 © OMS Un paciente de siete años con desnutrición aguda grave y deshidratación fue trasladado a un hospital de campaña en el sur de Gaza en abril, en medio de una inminente hambruna en el norte. Millions of people are teetering on the brink of starvation as conflict rages across many corners of…

Ukraine Recovery Conference: UN sounds alarm over humanitarian funding

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine Recovery Conference: UN sounds alarm over humanitarian funding 12 June 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Children in Borodianka, Ukraine, study under lamplight in a shelter. The UN is becoming increasingly concerned over falling levels of humanitarian funding for civilians across war-torn Ukraine, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) told delegates to the Ukraine Recovery…

Worldwide levels of forced displacement hit new high: UNHCR

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Worldwide levels of forced displacement hit new high: UNHCR 12 June 2024 © UNICEF/Mahamat Mariam Djimé Adam, 33, is sitting in the yard of Adre’s secondary school in Chad. She arrived from Sudan with her 8 children. "We were attacked in our home, my husband was killed and all our belongings were taken. I managed to escape with my children This year and last have seen historically high…