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World News in Brief: ‘Reckless attacks’ on Ukraine nuclear plant must cease, Chibok abductions 10 years on, action against plant pests

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ‘Reckless attacks’ on Ukraine nuclear plant must cease, Chibok abductions 10 years on, action against plant pests 15 April 2024 © IAEA IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (centre) visits the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (file photo). A recent spate of “reckless attacks” on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine must end immediately…

UN leaders urge ‘wholesale reform’ of global financial architecture

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN leaders urge ‘wholesale reform’ of global financial architecture 15 April 2024 UN News\Vibhu Mishra A daily-wage earner carrying goods on his back at a market in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Secretary-General and President of the General Assembly on Monday led the clarion call for urgent reform of the global financial system, notably how to approach debt relief on behalf of the billions of…

Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Ninth Session in Geneva and Re-Elects Claude Heller as its Chairperson

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Ninth Session in Geneva and Re-Elects Claude Heller as its Chairperson 15 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-ninth session, which is being held in Geneva from 15 April to 10 May, during which it will review efforts by Austria, Azerbaijan, Finland, Honduras, Liechtenstein and North Macedonia to implement the provisions of the…

International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

1 year ago International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 15 April 2024  PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME10:00-11:00          …

First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti 14 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Des personnes qui ont fui leur domicile à cause de la violence vivent désormais dans un ancien théâtre du centre-ville de Port-au-Prince, en Haïti. People affected by gang wars in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, have been describing to the UN how their lives have been…

‘Step back from the brink,’ to avert full-scale Middle East conflict, says UN chief

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Step back from the brink,’ to avert full-scale Middle East conflict, says UN chief 14 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the UN Security Council following Iran's attacks on Israel. The people of the Middle East are facing a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict, António Guterres said on Sunday, urging “maximum…

Fishers in Madagascar adapt to deadly seas due to climate change

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Fishers in Madagascar adapt to deadly seas due to climate change 13 April 2024 © FAO Madagascar/Tojotiana Randrianoavy A group of fishers heads out to sea from the village of Mokola. Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes deadly sea conditions due to climate change, but with the help of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) are finding ways to adapt to…

Guterres condemns Iran’s attack on Israel, calls for immediate end to hostilities

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres condemns Iran’s attack on Israel, calls for immediate end to hostilities 13 April 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General briefs press at UN Headquarters. (file) Strongly condemning the “large-scale attack” launched on Israel by Iran, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged maximum restraint by all parties and warned that “neither the region nor the world can afford…

Guterres welcomes creation of transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres welcomes creation of transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders 13 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke An ambulance at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince shows signs of being attacked. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the establishment of a transitional council in Haiti tasked with choosing new political leadership and setting up elections in the crisis-…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 12 April 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 Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…