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Experts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death 23 October 2024 UN Photo/Milton Grant An aerial view of the Kremlin and Red Square in the Russian Federation. (file) For more than half a year, the family of award-winning Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna have lived in torment, seeking answers about their daughter’s fate, after she disappeared while…

Syria facing alarming regional spillover, UN envoy warns

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syria facing alarming regional spillover, UN envoy warns 23 October 2024 © UNICEF/Rami Nader Syrian and Lebanese families, who fled the escalating violence in Lebanon arrive in Syria. The conflict in Gaza and Lebanon is spilling over into Syria, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Wednesday…

World News in Brief: UNRWA staffer killed in Gaza, Central African Republic update, terror in Türkiye, journalists face financial reprisals

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UNRWA staffer killed in Gaza, Central African Republic update, terror in Türkiye, journalists face financial reprisals 23 October 2024 © UNOCHA UN agencies operating in Gaza City in May 2024. (file) A strike in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip has led to death of at least one staff member of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Wednesday…

UNICEF: 85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile, conflict-affected areas

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF: 85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile, conflict-affected areas 23 October 2024 © WHO A child receives the polio vaccine in Gaza. Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood immunisations leaving many children vulnerable to the resurgence of polio, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 22 October 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations 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 Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, and the…

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference 22 October 2024 Press Conference Announcement Presentation of the Review of Maritime Transport 2024: Navigating maritime chokepoints Embargo 22 October at 5:30 p.m. Geneva time Shamika Sirimanne, UN Trade and Development, Director of Technology and Logistics Jan Hoffmann, UN Trade and Development, Head, Trade Logistics Branch 

Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Greece on Measures Taken for Unaccompanied Minors, Raise Questions on Domestic Violence and Allegations of Border Pushbacks

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Greece on Measures Taken for Unaccompanied Minors, Raise Questions on Domestic Violence and Allegations of Border Pushbacks 22 October 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Greece on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  Committee Experts…

Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years 22 October 2024 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh أطفال وعائلاتهم يفرون من منازلهم، ويسيرون بين أنقاض الطرق والمباني المدمرة في مخيم جنين للاجئين، شمال الضفة الغربية في وقت سابق. The impact of the year-long war in Gaza and escalations in the West Bank has set development in the State of Palestine back by about 69 years, according to a new…

‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says 22 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden The access of UN-coordinated humanitarian deliveries to northern Gaza has been largely denied over the past months, leaving people with very limited means to survive. The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA appealed on Tuesday for an immediate truce in northern Gaza in a social…

Ukraine: Population drops by 10 million since Russia invaded in 2014, UNFPA reports

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Population drops by 10 million since Russia invaded in 2014, UNFPA reports 22 October 2024 © UNFPA/Mihail Kalarashan The birth rate in Ukraine is the lowest in Europe. (file) A deepening demographic crisis is roiling Ukraine, exacerbated by Russia’s full-scale invasion, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, said on Tuesday, underscoring an urgent need for…