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“Not a Woman’s Job? Breaking Barriers in Sports”

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search “Not a Woman’s Job? Breaking Barriers in Sports” 22 July 2024 Convention site, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Paris…

FAO Press Conference

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search FAO Press Conference 22 July 2024 Press Conference Announcement  Media launch of the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (SOFI)Embargo until 24 July 2024 at 2 p.m.Maximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist

Director-General's remarks at the Opening Session of the 22nd World Association for Sustainable Development International Conference

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Director-General's remarks at the Opening Session of the 22nd World Association for Sustainable Development International Conference 22 July 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Opening session of the 22nd World Association for Sustainable Development International ConferenceMonday, 22 July 2024, at 10 a.m.Room XVII, Palais des Nations  Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I extend a warm welcome to all of you at the Palais des Nations…

UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation 21 July 2024 UN Tajikistan/Didor Sadulloev UN Secretary-General António Guterres (file) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has responded to Israel’s airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, which reportedly killed at least six people and injured more than 80, by…

Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth 21 July 2024 UN News At the Al-Istiqlal camp for displaced persons in central Deir al-Balah, Ajith Sunghay, Director of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, visited one of the classrooms set up in tents for [...] The voices of young female students sounded…

Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa 20 July 2024 UN Photo/Pernaca Sudhakaran Nelson Mandela addresses the the Special Committee Against Apartheid in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York in June 1990. (file) On the heels of this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, marked annually on 18 July, we are…

‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search ‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues 20 July 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Local displaced and homeless Haitians gather for free medical treatment at an IOM mobile clinic in Place Clercine in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince. The entire social fabric of families is unraveling in Haiti as displacement in the country reaches record numbers due…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 19 July 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Situation in the Gaza StripJeremy Laurence, for the United…

Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort 19 July 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih A child and mother peer through a window in Alsabaat community, Kassala state. Heavy fighting in Sudan has severely curtailed humanitarian aid deliveries across vast areas of the southeast, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday…

Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn 19 July 2024 © UNRWA Clean water and nutritious food remain scarce in the Gaza Strip, fuelling a surge in disease linked to falling immunity levels among the population.. To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly…