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1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home OCHA Press Conference 08 December 2023 Press Conference Announcement Update on the humanitarian crisis in Haiti Ulrika Richardson - Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) / Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Holds Side Event on the Impact of Climate Change on the Human Rights of Migrants and Promoting Ratification of the Convention

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Holds Side Event on the Impact of Climate Change on the Human Rights of Migrants and Promoting Ratification of the Convention 07 December 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers this afternoon held a side event on the impact of climate change on the human rights of migrants and promoting the ratification of the International…

OCHA Press Conference

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home OCHA Press Conference 07 December 2023 Press Conference Announcement Press briefing on the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2024, the UN and partners’ annual humanitarian appeal – Embargoed until Monday 11 December 2023 at 0600 CET / 0000 ET Mr. Griffiths will make a short statement on the crisis in OPT/Israel and take a few questions at the opening of the briefing. This part is NOT under embargo. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-…

The Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system elects its Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024 and adopts its programme of work

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home The Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system elects its Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024 and adopts its programme of work 07 December 2023 Press Release The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) held its Winter Session on 6 December 2023. The Inspectors elected Inspector Carolina Fernandez Opazo (Mexico) as Chair and Inspector Jesús Miranda Hita (Spain) as Vice-Chair of the Unit for 2024. The Unit also adopted its…

Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organized crime

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organized crime 07 December 2023 UNODC Perú/Coral Estudio Adriana Scordamaglia, a labor prosecutor from Brazil, during a simulated rescue exercise of the STARSOM project in Peru, an initiative to fight organized crime groups involved in migrant smuggling. The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of…

Protect those on the move using deadly Darién crossing

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Protect those on the move using deadly Darién crossing 07 December 2023 © IOM/Gema Cortés A migrant from Venezuela talks to his family after crossing the Darien Gap into Central America. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), on Thursday, called for urgent action to address the deepening humanitarian emergency in the Americas, as the number of…

Do’s and don’ts for tackling chronic back pain

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Do’s and don’ts for tackling chronic back pain 07 December 2023 © Unsplash/Sasun Bughdaryan Globally, about one in 13 people suffer low back pain, according to WHO. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday released its first-ever guidelines on managing chronic low back pain - the leading cause of disability worldwide, that effects an astonishing one in 13 of us…

World News in Brief: Russia’s LGBT ban condemned, unprecedented Africa malnutrition crisis, health after childbirth

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Russia’s LGBT ban condemned, unprecedented Africa malnutrition crisis, health after childbirth 07 December 2023 UN News/Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Russian Federation, addresses the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UN independent human rights experts on Thursday raised concerns about the “…

Stories from the UN Archive: The man who defined genocide

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: The man who defined genocide 07 December 2023 © National Archives in Krakow A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in the Krakow ghetto. Poland. Circa 1941. The word “genocide” was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin in 1944 in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. It consists of the Greek prefix genos, meaning race or…

Gaza fighting continues amid ‘apocalyptic’ conditions; Security Council to meet Friday

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza fighting continues amid ‘apocalyptic’ conditions; Security Council to meet Friday 07 December 2023 © WHO Men walk through the destroyed streets of Gaza. Two months to the day since Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel prompted a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming “apocalyptic” with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts…