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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 13 February 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and Unitaid.Health…

Stories from the UN Archive: Boris Karloff, leprosy and Nigeria

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Boris Karloff, leprosy and Nigeria 13 February 2024 UN Photo/Tim McKulka Residents at the Luri-Rokwe leper colony in Sudan in 2008. (file) As the world celebrates World Radio Day, marked on 13 February, we dug into the UN archives for a vintage podcast classic from 1959, when famed Frankenstein actor Boris Karloff narrated an episode describing a visit to a…

Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan 13 February 2024 © UNICEF/Annadjib Ramadane Maha A Sudanese mother and her children take refuge in a town in Chad across the border from Darfur in Sudan. Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into new areas, driving displacement and hunger while exposing…

World News in Brief: Rafah ‘slaughter’ fears, Ukraine energy system attacks, rights abuses against Syrian returnees

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rafah ‘slaughter’ fears, Ukraine energy system attacks, rights abuses against Syrian returnees 13 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Palestinian children play in a classroom at a displaced shelter in Rafah city, Gaza. UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Martin Griffith has reiterated his warning against a full-scale military assault on Rafah, where more than half of…

Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official 13 February 2024 © OHCHR/Media Clinic Displaced Palestinians at a temporary shelter in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. As international efforts continue to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, the head of UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinians, warned on Tuesday that those in the enclave remain deeply…

Rising hunger: UN chief identifies wars, climate chaos as aggravating factors

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rising hunger: UN chief identifies wars, climate chaos as aggravating factors 13 February 2024 © UNDP/Aurelia Rusek Ongoing violence, climate change, desertification, and tension over natural resources are all worsening hunger and poverty in Chad and across the Sahel. Countries must act now to break the deadly links between conflict, climate and food insecurity, UN Secretary-General António…

Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion approaches

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion approaches 12 February 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches, a senior UN official on Monday voiced deep…

Gaza: Relief over rescued hostages as Tedros warns of ‘ocean of need’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Relief over rescued hostages as Tedros warns of ‘ocean of need’ 12 February 2024 © WHO Palestinian wounded to be treated at Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Amid reports on Monday that two hostages have been rescued during a raid by Israeli special forces in Rafah City, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said the spiralling…

World News in Brief: Syria aid lifelines, Sudan telecoms blackout, increased patrols in Abyei, preventing terrorism

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Syria aid lifelines, Sudan telecoms blackout, increased patrols in Abyei, preventing terrorism 12 February 2024 © UNICEF/PAC Trucks carrying essential humanitarian supplies travel from Türkiye through the Bab al-Salam border crossing, into northwest Syria. Two critical lifelines for millions of people in northwest Syria have been extended for an additional three months,…

First-ever UN report on migratory species reveals complex threats

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home First-ever UN report on migratory species reveals complex threats 12 February 2024 UNEP/Kyle Babb Vulnerable to the escalating ocean temperatures caused by climate change, sea turtles face a heightened risk in their natural habitats. Migratory species globally are facing critical challenges, with nearly half in decline and over 20 per cent threatened with extinction, a landmark UN report has…