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Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA 10 January 2024 WHO Surgeons operate on a patient at Al-Quds hospital in Gaza. (file) Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver desperately needed humanitarian relief inside Gaza have effectively cut off five hospitals in the north from access to “lifesaving medical supplies and…

World News in Brief: UN helicopter captured in Somalia, Ecuador violence condemned, new Human Rights Council president

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN helicopter captured in Somalia, Ecuador violence condemned, new Human Rights Council president 10 January 2024 UN Photo/Sourav Sarker United Nations helicopters at Mogadishu Airport in Somalia. (file) The UN remains concerned about the fate of personnel travelling on one of its helicopters in Somalia that reportedly was seized on Wednesday by al-Shabaab militants,…

‘No end in sight’ to Ukraine war, UN political chief warns

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No end in sight’ to Ukraine war, UN political chief warns 10 January 2024 © UNOCHA/Oleksii Holenkov Cities across Ukraine, including Dnipro (pictured), were heavily bombed over the festive period. The new year has brought no respite to Ukraine, with recent weeks seeing some of the worst attacks of the nearly three-year war, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council on…

Global unemployment to increase in 2024, warns ILO report

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global unemployment to increase in 2024, warns ILO report 10 January 2024 © ILO/Marcel Crozet Jobless workers wait for employment opportunities in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Global unemployment is expected to rise this year, with growing inequality and stagnant productivity also a cause for concern on the economic horizon, the UN labour agency ILO said on Wednesday…

ILO Press Conference

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ILO Press Conference 10 January 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024 (WESO trends) Under Embargo until Wednesday, 10 January at 12 p.m. (noon- Geneva time) (11:00 GMT) Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Director-GeneralRichard Samans, Director, Research Department

Director-General's remarks at the Opening Session of FerMUN 2024

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Opening Session of FerMUN 2024 10 January 2024 Tatiana Valovaya FerMUN 2024Opening SessionWednesday, 10 January 2024, at 10:00 a.m.Room XIX – Palais des Nations Bonjour et bienvenue au Modèle des Nations Unies du Lycée international de Ferney VoltaireWelcome to FerMUN 2024!It is a real pleasure for me to welcome you - local students from our region, and those who have joined us from 39 schools across 22 countries worldwide - to the…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 09 January 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, and the International…

UPDATED: Aid relief arriving in Gaza but ‘too little, too late’, warns WHO

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UPDATED: Aid relief arriving in Gaza but ‘too little, too late’, warns WHO 09 January 2024 © WHO A healthcare worker tends to wounded children in Gaza. With no let-up in fighting across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better access across the enclave, where relief is arriving “too little...too late” to help civilians caught up in the ongoing conflict.…

World News in Brief: Time for climate justice urges UN chief, Ukraine war update, call for ‘free and fair’ elections

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Time for climate justice urges UN chief, Ukraine war update, call for ‘free and fair’ elections 09 January 2024 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin Children play on parched land in southern Pakistan. The European climate agency on Tuesday reported that record global heat last year showed an overall increase of 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels – just a fraction below the 1.5-degree…

General Assembly meets over Gaza veto by US in Security Council

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home General Assembly meets over Gaza veto by US in Security Council 09 January 2024 United Nations The UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The immediate priority in Gaza must be saving civilian lives said the President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, as Member States gathered to debate the use of the…