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Lebanon: WHO appeals for more support for civilians as crises intensify
20 September 2024
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联合国车辆通过黎巴嫩南部
The international community must come to the aid of Lebanon in the face of back-to-back crises and spillover from the war in Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the country said on Friday, as reports emerged of more Israeli airstrikes in the south.…
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Security Council holds emergency session over Lebanon; region ‘on the brink of catastrophe’
20 September 2024
OCHA/Lebanon
Tayr Harfa village in southern Lebanon was affected by the hostilities across the Blue Line.
The Security Council met in emergency session on Friday following Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut and in the south, which have left at least a dozen dead. It comes…
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Middle East: Regional crisis risks engulfing Syria, UN envoy warns
20 September 2024
UN Photo/Laura Jarriel
Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria.
The escalating regional tensions are drawing Syria deeper into conflict, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Tuesday, citing recent Israeli…
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Lebanon: UN warns of escalating horror in Middle East as ‘communications tools become weapons’
20 September 2024
ONU/Mark Garten
El Consejo de Seguridad durante una reunión acerca de la crisis en Oriente Medio.
The risk to security and stability, not only in Lebanon but also in the wider Middle East region, “could not be clearer or graver”, the top UN political affairs official warned on…
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Youth lead the way ahead of UN Summit of the Future
20 September 2024
UN Photo/Manuel Elías
Participants wait outside the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters during the first Summit of the Future Action Day.
Young people took centre stage at UN Headquarters on Friday in the lead-up to the Summit of the Future – an unprecedented opportunity for world leaders to address current and…
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Director-General's remarks at the Geneva Peace Talks 2024
19 September 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
Geneva Peace Talks 2024 “The Future of Peace”Thursday, 19 September 2024 at 3.00 p.m.Room XVII, Palais des Nations Ladies and Gentlemen, Colleagues and friends,Welcome to the Geneva Peace Talks 2024 at the Palais des Nations!I would like to thank our co-organizers - Interpeace, the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland. I…
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Russian attacks on Ukraine energy set to push 500,000 people out of country
19 September 2024
Victoria Ruban
The aftermath of a missile strike in the Kyiv region in July 2024.
Repeated Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and power cuts in Ukraine will likely uproot an additional 500,000 people ahead of the coming winter, UN human rights monitors said on Thursday…
