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Earth Hour: Lights off, climate action on

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Earth Hour: Lights off, climate action on 23 March 2024 UN News UN Headquarters shuts off its lights for the Earth Hour in 2023. (file) The largest global environment movement is happening on Saturday, when the UN invites people around the world to shut the lights to remember the planetary crisis during Earth Hour as young partners find new ways to drive climate action…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirtieth Session After Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirtieth Session After Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia 22 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its thirtieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa…

Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 22 March 2024 Tatiana Valovaya International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave TradeFriday, 22 March 2024, at 3.00 p.m.Room XXII, Palais des Nations Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,It is an honor to join you in commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 22 March 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Fund, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Health situation in the Democratic Republic of the CongoDr. Boureima Hama Sambo, World Health…

How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability?

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability? 22 March 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Displaced men, women, and children sheltering in a boxing arena in downtown Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks in August 2023. Haiti is in the grip of widespread gang violence, the country’s institutions are on the verge of collapse and its citizens…

Russia and China veto US resolution stating imperative of ‘immediate and sustained ceasefire’ in Gaza

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Russia and China veto US resolution stating imperative of ‘immediate and sustained ceasefire’ in Gaza 22 March 2024 United Nations Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of Russia to UN votes against a draft resolution during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. A draft resolution tabled by the United States was vetoed in the UN Security…

UN officials outraged at Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy plants

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials outraged at Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy plants 22 March 2024 Angels of Salvation CSO/Mariia Ostashko Civil society groups work at the site of a recent attack in Dnipro. Top UN officials and agencies on the ground in Ukraine on Friday condemned overnight large-scale coordinated Russian strikes on energy plants across the country that killed at least five people and…

Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger 22 March 2024 © UNICEF/Omar Al-Qattaa Destruction in Gaza City in the sixth month of the conflict. Amid reports of ongoing bombardment across Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians highlighted “shocking levels of disease and hunger” after visiting an overwhelmed hospital in the north of the enclave…

World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo 22 March 2024 © WFP/Hugh Rutherford Families arrive in South Sudan after fleeing fighting in Sudan. Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed alarm over increased reports of sexual slavery and trafficking in Sudan, especially of women and girls…

UN condemns deadly attacks in Moscow

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN condemns deadly attacks in Moscow 22 March 2024 UN News/Anton Uspensky View of the Kremlin in central Moscow. (file) The UN chief condemned in the strongest possible terms Friday’s deadly terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow. Gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk…