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Lifesaving programmes in peril, UNRWA chief urges countries to reconsider funding suspension

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lifesaving programmes in peril, UNRWA chief urges countries to reconsider funding suspension 27 January 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini visits colleagues in Gaza. (file) The head of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Saturday that some countries’ decisions to halt funding will jeopardize its lifesaving programmes, urging them to reconsider…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 26 January 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization. …

Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2024

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2024 26 January 2024 UN Geneva to Mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Dayunder Theme “…

Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 26 January 2024 Tatiana Valovaya International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust“Recognizing the Extraordinary Courage of Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust”Friday, 26 January 2024, at 13:00Room XVIII, Palais des NationsDear Ms. Martha Raviv [Holocaust survivor],Ambassador Eilon Shahar [Permanent Representative of…

US: Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocation

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home US: Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocation 26 January 2024 © Unsplash/Maria Oswalt An activist holds anti-death penalty signs outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. The UN human rights chief has expressed deep regret over the execution of a prisoner in the United States on Thursday night through the country’s first ever use of nitrogen…

World News in Brief: UNHCR chief on frontlines in Ukraine, 10 million displaced in Sudan, instability grows in Lebanon

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UNHCR chief on frontlines in Ukraine, 10 million displaced in Sudan, instability grows in Lebanon 26 January 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Damaged buildings in a town in the Donetsk region. (file) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned of dramatic humanitarian suffering throughout Ukraine and worsening conditions as war-affected civilians…

UN world court calls for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN world court calls for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza 26 January 2024 © ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek The International Court of Justice delivers its ruling in the case of South Africa v. Israel in The Hague. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Palestinians had a right to be protected from acts of genocide, calling on Israel to “take all measures within its…

UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks 26 January 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file) Secretary-General António Guterres has asked the head of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, to “swiftly” investigate “extremely serious allegations” that several agency staffers were involved in the 7 October…

Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration 26 January 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Prayers and a moment of silence at the United Nations observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Hate is growing at an alarming speed, and the world must strongly denounce forces of division, especially in the wake of the abhorrent 7 October…

Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders 26 January 2024 © UNRWA/Hussein Owda Women and children take shelter in an overcrowded UNRWA facility in Khan Younis, Gaza, amid nearby gunfire and shelling. Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push them “into ever smaller areas” amid “ever-intensifying…