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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 and to International…
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UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation
21 July 2024
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 calling for all parties involved in the conflict to “exercise utmost restraint”.
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Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth
21 July 2024
The voices of young female students sounded out across a makeshift classroom tent in the Al Istiqlal camp at the centre of Deir al-Balah in Gaza, against the backdrop of war in the bombarded and besieged enclave as the head of the UN human rights office, OHCHR, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory listened intently…
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Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa
20 July 2024
On the heels of this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, marked annually on 18 July, we are taking you back in time to an epic moment at the United Nations in the 1990s when the anti-apartheid hero and icon made a historic debut in the UN General Assembly Hall as the first democratically elected President of South Africa…
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‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues
20 July 2024
The entire social fabric of families is unraveling in Haiti as displacement in the country reaches record numbers due largely to insecurity and gang-related violence, according to Abdoulaye Sawadogo, head of the UN’s humanitarian coordination office, OCHA, in the Caribbean island nation.
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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 Nations Human Rights (…
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Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight
19 July 2024
On the outskirts of Lebanon’s second capital, Tripoli, lies a Palestinian refugee camp that is almost as old as their plight itself.
The Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees was established in 1955 to host many of those who had been forcibly displaced from the…
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Boost for UNRWA as UK decides to restore funding
19 July 2024
The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees UNRWA welcomed the decision by the United Kingdom on Friday to resume funding of the agency “at a critical time, as the agency continues to come under harsh and unprecedented attacks”.
Sixteen countries pulled funding from the UN agency in January worth $450 million…
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Guatemala: UN rights chief concerned over polarization, inequality, racism
19 July 2024
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday highlighted changes and ongoing challenges in Guatemala – including corruption, racism and gender inequality - following a four-day official visit to the Central American country.
“It was a priority for me to come to Guatemala at a…
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Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort
19 July 2024
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.
In an alert, WFP expressed deep concern about “the escalation of fighting” in Sudan’s Sennar State. More than 136,000 people have already fled their…
