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In Dialogue with Guatemala, Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend the New Government’s Achievements, Raise Issues Concerning the 2017 Guatemala City Youth Shelter Fire and Recruitment of Children by Gangs

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Guatemala, Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend the New Government’s Achievements, Raise Issues Concerning the 2017 Guatemala City Youth Shelter Fire and Recruitment of Children by Gangs 08 May 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Guatemala, with Committee Experts praising the…

Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder sounds a note against apartheid

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder sounds a note against apartheid 08 May 2024 UN Photo United States singing legend Stevie Wonder describes his commitment against apartheid at a press conference at UN Headquarters in 1985. (file) “You know you are saying something right,” Stevie Wonder told reporters at UN Headquarters on his birthday in 1985. “I really don’t mind being banned…

Unprecedented flooding displaces hundreds of thousands across East Africa

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Unprecedented flooding displaces hundreds of thousands across East Africa 08 May 2024 © UNHCR/Bernard Ntwari Homes in Kajaga in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, where urban refugees also reside, are flooded as the Rusizi stream breaks its banks due to ongoing heavy rains. “Unprecedented and devastating” flooding in East Africa has triggered widespread displacement with hundreds of…

No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency 08 May 2024 UN News Gazans are evacuating Rafah in fear of a ground attack. Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that “no fuel or aid” is getting into the enclave…

Another climate record: Extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Latin America and Caribbean

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Another climate record: Extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Latin America and Caribbean 08 May 2024 © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi Two children stand barefoot on cracked, parched soil in a dry riverbed in southern Bolivia. (file) 2023 saw another climate record tumble, with Latin America and the Caribbean registering their hottest ever recorded temperatures, according to the UN’s weather…

No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans, says WHO chief

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans, says WHO chief 08 May 2024 © Unsplash/Finn Mund H5N1 avian influenza is common among wild birds and has caused outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows. The H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human transmission, the UN health agency said on Wednesday, urging continued surveillance…

Director-General's remarks at the reception on the occasion of the installation of a "Red Bench"

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the reception on the occasion of the installation of a "Red Bench" 08 May 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Reception on the occasion of the installation of a “red bench”Permanent Mission of Italy in GenevaWednesday, 8 May 2024 at 11.30 a.m. Ambassador Grassi,Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,Let me begin by thanking the Permanent Mission of Italy for organizing this reception and for drawing the attention of International Geneva to…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 07 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 of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Office of the High-Commissioner for Human Rights.Situation in GazaAlessandra Vellucci, for the…

Press Freedom Day

11 months 3 weeks ago Press Freedom Day 07 May 2024 Room XXIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva A PRESS FOR THE PLANET: PROTECTING JOURNALISTS AND SCIENTISTS IN DEFENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT…

Director-General's remarks at the World Press Freedom Day event

11 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the World Press Freedom Day event 07 May 2024 Tatiana Valovaya World Press Freedom Day event“A Press for the Planet”Tuesday, 7 May 2024 at 3.00 p.m.Palais des Nations, Room XXIII Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends,Welcome to the Palais des Nations for World Press Freedom Day event!It is my honor to read out the message of the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres:“The world is going through an unprecedented…