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Director-General's remarks at the Chinese Lunar New Year 2024

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Chinese Lunar New Year 2024 02 February 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Chinese Lunar New Year 2024Friday, 2 February 2024, at 12.30 p.m.Mezzanine, 2nd floor, E Building, Palais des Nations Ambassador Chen Xu,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends,Allow me to start by wishing you all Chun Jie Kuai Le! Happy Lunar New Year! It is my great pleasure to be with you to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Wood Dragon…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Holds Fifteenth Informal Meeting with States

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Holds Fifteenth Informal Meeting with States 01 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its fifteenth informal meeting with States.  Committee Experts discussed the Committee’s draft general comment on realising children’s rights through access to justice and effective remedies, its communication and simplified reporting…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Italy on Gender Architecture, Ask About Human Trafficking and Gender Parity in Politics

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Italy on Gender Architecture, Ask About Human Trafficking and Gender Parity in Politics 01 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the eighth periodic report of Italy, with Committee Experts commending the State on its robust gender architecture, while asking…

Gaza: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis 01 February 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA teams are working around the clock to distribute food to desperate Palestinians. Lifesaving aid operations in Gaza are “in peril” amid ongoing Israeli bombardment because of the funding crisis impacting the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, top UN officials reiterated on Thursday…

Cancer rates set to rise 77 per cent by 2050

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Cancer rates set to rise 77 per cent by 2050 01 February 2024 © WHO/Gilles Reboux An oncologist consults with a cancer patient at a hospital in Lyon, France. Global cancer cases are expected to rise around 77 per cent by the middle of the century, UN health authorities said on Thursday, highlighting the growing burden of the disease.…

Gaza: UN rights experts condemn ‘killing and silencing’ of journalists

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN rights experts condemn ‘killing and silencing’ of journalists 01 February 2024 Unsplash/Engin Akyurt Over 120 journalists have lost their lives in Gaza since 7 October. Ongoing military operations by Israel in Gaza have made it the deadliest and most dangerous war for journalists covering it “in recent history”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Thursday…

UN and partners launch $2.7 billion humanitarian appeal for Yemen

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN and partners launch $2.7 billion humanitarian appeal for Yemen 01 February 2024 © UNICEF/YPN أم مع ابنتها في عيادة متنقلة في حجة، اليمن. Humanitarians will need $2.7 billion to support millions of civilians in war-ravaged Yemen this year, the UN and partners said on Thursday.  Nearly a…

World News in Brief: Dozens killed in Mali ‘summary executions’, Ukraine update, civilian protection in DR Congo, Haiti human rights

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Dozens killed in Mali ‘summary executions’, Ukraine update, civilian protection in DR Congo, Haiti human rights 01 February 2024 UN/George Musubao UN peacekeepers from Tanzania serving under MONUSCO in the DRC speak to women after delivering medical and food supplies at Mbau hospital in Beni, North Kivu province (file photo). UN human rights chief Volker Türk expressed…

Stories from the UN Archive: All-star 1950s cast visits European refugee camps

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: All-star 1950s cast visits European refugee camps 01 February 2024 UN Photo Stage and screen actor Yul Brynner, Special Consultant, and Dr. Auguste Lindt, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, attend a meeting of the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva in 1960. (file) Yul Brynner was a charismatic and engaging star of stage and screen, and in 1959, the United…

New Permanent Representative of Uruguay Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Uruguay Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 01 February 2024 Presentation of Credentials  Carlos Mata Prates, the new Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations…