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Youth-led groups tackle famine in war-ravaged Sudan
19 August 2024
How do you tackle famine? UN News spoke with young people operating “emergency response rooms” in war-torn Sudan to find out how they are helping to overcome hunger at besieged famine-stricken camps in North Darfur, home to more than half a million displaced people, as the world commemorates World Humanitarian Day, marked annually on 19 August…
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New Permanent Representative of Latvia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
19 August 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Ivars Pundurs, the new Permanent Representative of Latvia 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…
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New Permanent Representative of Sweden Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
19 August 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Magnus Hellgren, the new Permanent Representative of Sweden 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, Mr. Hellgren…
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UN and partners report acute malnutrition surge in Government-controlled areas of Yemen
18 August 2024
Acute malnutrition is escalating among children in Government-controlled areas in Yemen, UN agencies and partners said in a report published on Sunday.
The sharp increase is being driven by diseases, including cholera and malaria, high food insecurity, and limited access to…
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Put people at the centre of urban policies, says new UN-Habitat chief
18 August 2024
The new head of the UN agency working to make cities more sustainable is optimistic about how urban planning can meet people’s need for adequate housing - while also protecting the planet.
Anacláudia Rossbach assumed the post of Executive Director of UN-Habitat, which is based in…
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Ukraine: Deteriorating safety at Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant following drone blast nearby
17 August 2024
Safety at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit the road near the site’s perimeter, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday.
Situated in southern Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya is…
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Sudan: UN chief welcomes decision to reopen key border crossing for aid delivery
17 August 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has commended the decision by the Sudanese authorities to reopen a crucial corridor for aid to enter the war-ravaged country, his spokesperson said on Saturday.
The Adre border crossing with Chad has been closed for most of the year. It is the…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome Belarus’ Strategies to Promote Interethnic Peace, Ask About the Stripping of Citizens’ Nationality and the Dissolution of Ethnic Minority Associations
16 August 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth periodic…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
16 August 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of Radio, TV & Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.…
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UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing
16 August 2024
The perpetrators of a deadly rampage targeting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank must face justice to deter future attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted on Friday.
Echoing widespread condemnation internationally and within Israel of the attack…
