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Support Palestinian women-led organizations at heart of Gaza aid response

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Support Palestinian women-led organizations at heart of Gaza aid response 10 June 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A woman and child carry possessions through the streets of Rafah. The UN agency championing gender equality called on Monday for greater investment in Palestinian women-led organizations who are at the forefront of humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip.…

Youth in Haiti remain optimistic amid worsening instability

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Youth in Haiti remain optimistic amid worsening instability 10 June 2024 © UNICEF/Joseph Haitian youth celebrate national Youth Day in Port-au-Prince. The crisis in Haiti has left children among the most vulnerable to extreme violence, malnutrition, poverty, and collapsing social systems there, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).…

Envoy highlights progress towards a new political landscape in Central Africa

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Envoy highlights progress towards a new political landscape in Central Africa 10 June 2024 © WFP/Jacques David In addition to battling a multidimensional humanitarian crisis, Chad is also sheltering hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees. The adoption of a new constitution in Chad alongside new inclusive dialogue in Gabon, standout as positive recent developments in Central Africa, the…

What’s going on at COSP17?

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home What’s going on at COSP17? 10 June 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The UN hosts events around the year focused on disabilities issues, including its annual observance of World Down Syndrome Day, where participants discussed the theme “Leave no one behind in education”. Hundreds of people with disabilities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society representatives alongside…

HRC Press Conference

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home HRC Press Conference 10 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement 56th regular session of the Human Rights Council Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Sixth Regular Session from 18 June to 12 July 2024

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Sixth Regular Session from 18 June to 12 July 2024 10 June 2024 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-sixth regular session from 18 June to 12 July 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The session will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 18 June under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening will be addressed…

First Person: Guest editing UN News’s first live blog takeover

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Guest editing UN News’s first live blog takeover 09 June 2024 Courtesy of Nick Herd Nick Herd is a Canadian activist, actor and talk show host. Activist, actor and talk show host Nick Herd will be leading the UN News team as its first ever guest editor on Tuesday, when people from around the world gather at UN Headquarters to take part in the largest global meeting on issues…

Gaza: Deaths and devastation during hostage rescue operation show ‘seismic trauma’ of ongoing war

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Deaths and devastation during hostage rescue operation show ‘seismic trauma’ of ongoing war 09 June 2024 © UNRWA More than 35 displaced people were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit an UNRWA-run school in Nuseirat, Central Gaza. The scenes of devastation witnessed in the aftermath of Israel’s military operation to release hostages from the Nuseirat refugee camp proves that each day…

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 5 fast facts

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 5 fast facts 08 June 2024 UN Photo/Albert González Farran Sheij Aldine, a member of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People, rides a special motorbike provided by the organization in North Darfur, Sudan. (file) Imagine daily life without your sight, hearing or a limb or living with the challenges of neurodiversity or paralysis. That…

Director-General's remarks at the GCSP "New Issues in Security" course

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the GCSP "New Issues in Security" course 07 June 2024 Tatiana Valovaya   GCSP “New Issues in Security” course Friday, 7 June 2024, at 2.00 p.m.Visitors’ service Room, Building E, Door 39, Palais des Nations Delivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Kira Kruglikova, Director, Division of Administration, United Nations Office at Geneva Ladies and gentlemen,It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to…