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Stories from the UN Archive: BBC legend and UN Earth Champion

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: BBC legend and UN Earth Champion 05 June 2024 BBC Sir David Attenborough was named a Champion of the Earth by the UN's Environment Programme. (file) As communities across the planet celebrated World Environment Day on 5 June, we are taking you back to the 1950s when broadcaster extraordinaire Sir David Attenborough went from zoologist to climate…

New UNICEF report reveals severe child food poverty amid world crises

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New UNICEF report reveals severe child food poverty amid world crises 05 June 2024 © WFP/Ali Jadallah A child receives food at a WFP-supported kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a new report that highlights alarming levels of child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises.…

World heading towards new temperature records, UN weather watchdog warns

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World heading towards new temperature records, UN weather watchdog warns 05 June 2024 © Unsplash Temperatures continue to reach record highs across the world. At least one of the years between now and 2028 will very likely set a new temperature record, breaking through the crucial 1.5°C temperature limit, the UN weather agency, WMO, said on Wednesday.…

World News in Brief: Mass floggings in Afghanistan, refugee resettlement crisis, ‘greening education’

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Mass floggings in Afghanistan, refugee resettlement crisis, ‘greening education’ 05 June 2024 © UNICEF/Mukhtar Neikrawa The waiting room of a maternity hospital in Herat Province, Afghanistan. A spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Wednesday said he was “deeply disturbed” over the widespread and continued use of corporal punishment in Afghanistan.…

World leaders demand ‘surge in action’ for sustainable development

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World leaders demand ‘surge in action’ for sustainable development 05 June 2024 UN Photo/Cia Pak The Sustainable Development Goals projected onto UN Headquarters, New York, in 2015   UN Secretary-General António Guterres convened Heads of State and Government in New York on Wednesday to advance efforts to get countries back on course to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs…

Orlando Bloom describes ‘devastating impact’ of DR Congo violence on women and children

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Orlando Bloom describes ‘devastating impact’ of DR Congo violence on women and children 05 June 2024 © UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom greets a child during a visit to the Bushagara site for internally displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As violence escalates and millions of people continue to be displaced in eastern Democratic…

UN investigative team hands over key ISIL crime data to Iraq

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN investigative team hands over key ISIL crime data to Iraq 05 June 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Ana Peyró Llopis, Acting Special Adviser and Head of the Investigative Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017), briefs council members on threats to international peace and security. As the UN team charged with investigating crimes committed by the Da’esh terrorist…

Acute food insecurity to rise in 18 ‘hunger hotspots’, warn aid agencies

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Acute food insecurity to rise in 18 ‘hunger hotspots’, warn aid agencies 05 June 2024 © UNICEF/Mark Naftalin A girl carries water to her home at a camp for forcibly displaced people in Bentiu, South Sudan. No less than 18 crisis locations already suffering from dire food insecurity could see a “firestorm of hunger” unless aid reaches them urgently, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday…

UN News special coverage: Guterres issues hard-hitting call for climate action

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN News special coverage: Guterres issues hard-hitting call for climate action 05 June 2024 United Nations A Moment of Truth: Special Address on Climate Action by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. That's a wrap for our live coverage of one of the most important speeches on climate change that António Guterres has made since becoming Secretary-General. Declaring that now is a "moment on…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 04 June 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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Trade and Development and the World Meteorological Organization.Shocking Needs of Refugees and Migrants on Routes from Africa to Europe…