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UN-backed refugee athletes named as Olympic flag bearers

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN-backed refugee athletes named as Olympic flag bearers 23 July 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider The United Nations and the Olympic flags raised at UN Headquarters. (file) The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has thrown its full support behind Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al Ghotany, the athletes chosen as flag bearers for the Olympic Games which start on Friday in Paris, who will be proudly bear the banner…

Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture 23 July 2024 Meeting Summaries  The Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture this morning presented the Subcommittee’s seventeenth annual report to the Committee against Torture.Suzanne Jabbour, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, said that in 2023…

UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030 22 July 2024 © UNAIDS Thailand/Cedriann Mart The Ozone Foundation offers a range of harm reduction measures to prevent the spread of HIV. An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic to end AIDS by 2030, according to a new report by the Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in…

Gaza City-bound UN aid convoy comes under Israeli fire, says UNRWA

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza City-bound UN aid convoy comes under Israeli fire, says UNRWA 22 July 2024 UNRWA A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes in a classroom at shelter run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. A UN convoy has been hit by “heavy shooting” from Israeli forces at a checkpoint while en route to Gaza City, the United Nations agency for Palestine…

UN leaders urge ‘maximum political will’ to rescue SDGs

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN leaders urge ‘maximum political will’ to rescue SDGs 22 July 2024 © UNICEF/Ricardo Franco Urgent efforts are needed to get the Sustainable Development Goals back on track. Top UN officials on Monday called for urgent reforms to the international financial system to boost efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030…

Forests face increasing risk of wildfires and pests due to climate change

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Forests face increasing risk of wildfires and pests due to climate change 22 July 2024 © FAO/Luis Tato A woman carries goods through Uluguru Nature Forest Reserve in Morogoro, Tanzania. The world’s forests are becoming increasingly susceptible to wildfires and pests due to climate change, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released Monday.…

World News in Brief: UN Commission of Inquiry accepts ICJ opinion, continued attacks in Ukraine, improved neurological medicines access

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN Commission of Inquiry accepts ICJ opinion, continued attacks in Ukraine, improved neurological medicines access 22 July 2024 UNRWA Palestinian families move possessions after they are told by the Israeli authorities to move to new locations. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Monday welcomed the…

Middle East: ‘One rash move could trigger a catastrophe’

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: ‘One rash move could trigger a catastrophe’ 22 July 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. A recent surge in cross-border deadly attacks risks escalating violence across the Middle East and requires immediate de-escalation…

UN Special Envoy warns of escalation risk in Syria

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN Special Envoy warns of escalation risk in Syria 22 July 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Geir Pedersen (on screen), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, briefs the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the country. The threat of regional conflict affecting Syria has not abated, particularly in the face of recent Israeli strikes on the war-torn country, UN Special Envoy…

UNODA Press Conference

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UNODA Press Conference 22 July 2024 Press Conference Announcement Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): second sessionH.E. Mr. Akan Rakhmetullin, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chair of the second session of the NPT Preparatory Committee.