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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 5 fast facts

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 5 fast facts 08 June 2024 UN Photo/Albert González Farran Sheij Aldine, a member of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People, rides a special motorbike provided by the organization in North Darfur, Sudan. (file) Imagine daily life without your sight, hearing or a limb or living with the challenges of neurodiversity or paralysis. That…

Director-General's remarks at the GCSP "New Issues in Security" course

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the GCSP "New Issues in Security" course 07 June 2024 Tatiana Valovaya   GCSP “New Issues in Security” course Friday, 7 June 2024, at 2.00 p.m.Visitors’ service Room, Building E, Door 39, Palais des Nations Delivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Kira Kruglikova, Director, Division of Administration, United Nations Office at Geneva Ladies and gentlemen,It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to…

Amid Gaza war, children now work so families can survive: ILO

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Amid Gaza war, children now work so families can survive: ILO 07 June 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children in Gaza collect cardboard to light fires for cooking. Eight months to the day since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, the UN labour agency, ILO, warned on Friday that families there now send their children to work just to survive, as unemployment nears a staggering 80 per cent…

Terrorism, humanitarian crises threaten stability of West Africa: UN deputy chief

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Terrorism, humanitarian crises threaten stability of West Africa: UN deputy chief 07 June 2024 © UNICEF/KC Nwakalor Millions remain displaced across Nigeria due to conflict, climate change impacts and natural disasters. In this file photo, a girl carries water to her shelter at an IDP camp in the country's northeast. Rapidly evolving global political, social, environmental and security…

‘Unimaginable trauma’ haunts Sudan’s displaced while violence, famine threaten millions

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Unimaginable trauma’ haunts Sudan’s displaced while violence, famine threaten millions 07 June 2024 © WFP/Abubaker Garelnabei A woman feeds a child at a school used as a gathering point for displaced people in Port Sudan. (file) Horrific violence and the risk of famine continue to stalk the people of Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday, as they echoed condemnation by UN Secretary-…

World Oceans Day event highlights immediate protection measures needed

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World Oceans Day event highlights immediate protection measures needed 07 June 2024 © Henley Spiers Marine biologists tend to a coral nursery at COMO Cocoa Island, Maldives. UN World Oceans Day, celebrated on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York, focused on “opening minds, igniting senses, and inspiring possibilities” to protect marine life worldwide.…

World News in Brief: UN staff detained in Yemen, cyclone threat for Haiti, rights chief Lao PDR, climate change

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN staff detained in Yemen, cyclone threat for Haiti, rights chief Lao PDR, climate change 07 June 2024 UNICEF/Abdulhaleem The port of Hudaydah in crisis-ridden Yemen. (file) UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric confirmed on Friday that Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen have detained 11 UN national staff working for the Organization there…

Ukraine: Security Council hears of escalating toll of Kharkiv attacks

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Security Council hears of escalating toll of Kharkiv attacks 07 June 2024 © IOM Aftermath of attack in the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine. A recent escalation in fighting in Ukraine, particularly in the Kharkiv region, has left nearly 200 people dead, displaced thousands more and further crippled critical infrastructure, with implications for global food security, a senior UN…

Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza 06 June 2024 UNRWA More than 35 displaced people were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit an UNRWA-run school in Nuseirat, Central Gaza Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight into Thursday left dozens dead, humanitarians warned that cholera and other potentially deadly diseases stalk…

Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza, despite best efforts

10 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza, despite best efforts 06 June 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden A shredded UN flag flies over a destroyed school building in Khan Younis. In a sombre ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, the Organization remembered and honoured the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2023…