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Planning ahead: 5 things to know about the UN’s landmark Summit of the Future

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Planning ahead: 5 things to know about the UN’s landmark Summit of the Future 03 September 2024 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas A view of the Eduardo Kobra mural at UN Headquarters. Is there another way the world could be run? And in the face so much global turmoil, how can we make the future fairer? This September, a major event at UN Headquarters is being billed as once in a generation opportunity…

Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio 02 September 2024 UN News Ferial, a grandmother took her two granddaughters to Deir El Balah health center to get polio vaccination. If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza is to be successful in halting the spread of a virus that has resurfaced in the Strip after 25…

Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign 02 September 2024 © UNRWA Despite constant challenges, UNRWA opened four temporary health clinics in Gaza, with its medical teams providing thousands of consultations every day. The UN-led mass polio vaccination campaign entered its second day in central Gaza on Monday with pauses in fighting holding sufficiently for thousands…

New Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 02 September 2024 Presentation of Credentials Hichem Bayoudh, the new Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.…

New Permanent Representative of Jordan Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Jordan Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 02 September 2024 Presentation of Credentials Akram Sa’ud Harahsheh, the new Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva…

New Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 02 September 2024 Presentation of Credentials Frank Büchel, the new Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to this appointment, Mr…

UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway 01 September 2024 WHO UN-led polio vaccination campaign gets underway in middle areas of Gaza The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of Gaza. The operation aims to inoculate 600,000 children in the coming days…

Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’ 31 August 2024 UN Photo/Teddy Chen Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the press at UN Headquarters in New York in 1967. (file) When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters in the 1960s to protest the Viet Nam conflict, the civil rights leader likened the anti-war movement to the…

‘Giving help and giving hope’, an aerial lifeline to the world’s most isolated

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Giving help and giving hope’, an aerial lifeline to the world’s most isolated 31 August 2024 © WFP/Theresa Piorr UNHAS flies helicopters to the inaccessible parts of Haiti. A humanitarian air service, which has been described by the World Food Programme chief as “giving help and giving hope” to the world’s most remote and disadvantaged communities, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Mexico’s Progress in Decreasing Pregnancy in Girls, Ask about Measures to Protect Children from Violence, Organised Crime and Child Marriages

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Mexico’s Progress in Decreasing Pregnancy in Girls, Ask about Measures to Protect Children from Violence, Organised Crime and Child Marriages 30 August 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Mexico, with Committee Experts praising the State’s progress…