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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 15 April 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Development Programme, UN Women, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Refugee…

Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians, UN rights office warns

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians, UN rights office warns 15 April 2025 © ЮНИСЕФ/Ф.Чуфани Разрушения на юге Ливана. Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued to claim civilian lives and destroy vital infrastructure, the UN human rights office warned on Tuesday, raising alarm over mounting violations since a ceasefire agreement took effect last November…

Israeli strike on hospital ‘further cripples’ Gaza’s fragile health system

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Israeli strike on hospital ‘further cripples’ Gaza’s fragile health system 15 April 2025 © WHO A hospital in Gaza City damaged during the ongoing conflict. An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday has further jeopardized already limited access to lifesaving medical care in the war-torn enclave…

External flow of weapons into Sudan must end, insists UN’s Guterres

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home External flow of weapons into Sudan must end, insists UN’s Guterres 15 April 2025 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Some 400 people are now living in the Omar Haj Musa ​site for displaced people in Kassala, eastern Sudan. Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected the peaceful transition to civilian rule after the overthrow of Omar Al-Bashir, UN chief…

UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent 15 April 2025 Unsplash Fort of Goree Island, Senegal, was the site of one of the earliest European settlements in Western Africa. The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on African Descent in New York said on Tuesday.…

UN Youth Forum brings fresh perspectives on sustainable development

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN Youth Forum brings fresh perspectives on sustainable development 15 April 2025 UN Photo/Manuel Elías A participant attends the Economic and Social Council Youth Forum (ECOSOC) at UN Headquarters in New York. Young people from across the globe are meeting at UN Headquarters this week to share their recommendations to transform the world into a fairer, greener and more sustainable place.…

World News in Brief: Relief supplies for Myanmar, invest in Haiti, child migrant deaths in Italy

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Relief supplies for Myanmar, invest in Haiti, child migrant deaths in Italy 15 April 2025 United Nations UNHCR is supporting internally displaced people at Chan Thar Kone in aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar. A plane carrying some 40 metric tonnes of lifesaving aid arrived in Myanmar from Dubai on Tuesday to support survivors of the devastating…

Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo 15 April 2025 © MONUSCO/Aubin Mukoni People continue to flee fighting in the eastern DR Congo where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have made major gains. Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency…

International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

1 week 1 day ago International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. 14 April 2025 Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room (Room XX),…

Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives 14 April 2025 © Mohamed Khalil A school in Al-Geneina City in West Darfur State, which had been serving as a displaced persons shelter, was burned to the ground amidst the ongoing crisis in Sudan. As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest chapters” may…