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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 09 April 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, as well as spokespersons and representatives for the UN Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the UN Development Programme.…

Assembly President announces first-ever ‘Sustainability Week’

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Assembly President announces first-ever ‘Sustainability Week’ 09 April 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías United Nations General Assembly prepares to hold a meeting on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals. (file) The President of the General Assembly on Tuesday announced the UN body’s inaugural Sustainability Week, encapsulating a series of high-level discussions and initiatives aimed…

Hepatitis killing thousands daily, WHO warns in new report

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Hepatitis killing thousands daily, WHO warns in new report 09 April 2024 © WHO/Sri Lanka Preventing hepatitis B infection through immunization in infancy substantially reduces chronic infections and cases of liver cancer and cirrhosis in adulthood. The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to a report by…

‘Fear and loss’ multiplies in Sudan exodus

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Fear and loss’ multiplies in Sudan exodus 09 April 2024 © WFP/Jacques David Food is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad. Over 8.5 million Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan since the war between rival militaries erupted last April, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday…

Colombia serves as ‘a model’ for countries using dialogue to forge peace

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Colombia serves as ‘a model’ for countries using dialogue to forge peace 09 April 2024 UN Photo/Santiago Puentes Viana Women's organisations in Colombia promote the importance of gender equality. Colombia has reached an “important juncture” in advancing peace after decades of war, but efforts to sustain the current momentum must be redoubled, the head of a UN mission in the country told…

UN continues to face aid access denials in Gaza

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN continues to face aid access denials in Gaza 09 April 2024 © UNRWA طفل صغير يحمل صفائح مياه في قطاع غزة. UN-coordinated food convoys are three times more likely to be denied access to north Gaza than other aid convoys, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported on Tuesday.  Israeli…

World News in Brief: Shipwreck tragedy off Djibouti coast, drone attacks continue at Ukraine nuclear plant, Madagascar cyclone update

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Shipwreck tragedy off Djibouti coast, drone attacks continue at Ukraine nuclear plant, Madagascar cyclone update 09 April 2024 © IOM Djibouti A boat carrying migrants that sank off the coast of northeastern Djibouti in April 2024. Since 2014, over 480 migrants have drowned trying to cross the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Horn of Africa. 1At least 38 migrants -…

Massive investment and financial reform needed to rescue SDGs

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Massive investment and financial reform needed to rescue SDGs 09 April 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Traders in Madagascar. one of the most under-developed countries in Africa, transport charcoal to market. Financing for sustainable development is at a crossroads and without urgent investment, global efforts to achieve a more just and equitable world by 2030 will fail, the UN deputy chief…

Palestinian request for UN membership moves on to specialized committee

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Palestinian request for UN membership moves on to specialized committee 08 April 2024 UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré The flag of the State of Palestine is raised at the United Nations in Geneva. (file) The Security Council on Monday referred the application of the observer State of Palestine for full UN membership to the specialized committee set up to vet new members…

Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion 08 April 2024 UN News Recovering of bodies from under the rubble of a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. The Security Council prepared to convene on Monday to consider a Palestinian request for United Nations membership as humanitarians expressed deep concerns…