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Indian peacekeeper is UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
28 May 2024
MONUSCO
Major Radhika Sen, Indian military peacekeeper serving with the UN Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), wins the 2023 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
An Indian peacekeeper deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who…
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SIDS drowning in debt and ‘running on empty’, warns Guterres in Antigua
28 May 2024
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
A view of Antigua and Barbuda, the host of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4).
International financing is the fuel for sustainable development, but small island States are “running on empty”, drowning in debt and rising sea levels due to…
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Gaza: UN officials condemn Israeli airstrikes on camp for displaced
27 May 2024
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International Medical Corps Field Hospital in Rafah, Gaza.
Senior UN officials have condemned Israeli air strikes on Sunday that hit a camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza, reportedly claiming over 35 Palestinian lives, including women and children…
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Papua New Guinea landslide: 670 feared dead, says UN migration agency
26 May 2024
IOM/ Mohamud Omer
Hundreds were buried in a landslide in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, on May 24, 2024
Friday’s landslide in the north of Papua New Guinea is likely to have been far more deadly than first thought, Serhan Aktoprak, the country head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said…
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In Antigua, island youth build ‘wall of commitment’ to turn tide against climate crisis
26 May 2024
UN News/ Matthew Wells
Delegates to the SIDS Global and Youth Action Summit including Adelaide Nafoi of Samoa (second from left) after completing their section of the “wall of commitment”.
It may be built out of recyclable cardboard boxes, but when world leaders officially open the Fourth…
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Russian attack on Kharkiv shopping centre ‘utterly unacceptable’, says senior UN official
25 May 2024
UN Ukraine
An attack by Russian armed forces on a busy shopping centre in Kharkiv on Saturday, 25 May
An attack by Russian armed forces on a busy shopping centre in Kharkiv on Saturday reportedly killed at least four people and injured around 40. Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian coordinator…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Rwanda’s Majority Female Parliament, Ask about Efforts to Support Trafficking Victims and Promote Girls’ Right to Education
24 May 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Rwanda, with Committee Experts congratulating the…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
24 May 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the World Meteorological Organization.Growing human rights crisis in Rakhine state in Myanmar…
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Director-General's remarks on the occasion of the International Day of Vesak
24 May 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
International Day of VesakFriday, 24 May 2024 at 2.00 p.m.Room XVII, Palais des Nations Ambassador Arunatilaka,Ambassador Berananda,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me start by extending my warmest wishes to all those celebrating the Day of Vesak.It is my great pleasure to join you today on this festive occasion. The celebration of the Day of…
