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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
17 May 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 World Health Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…
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Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny
17 May 2024
Global efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by glaring differences in environmental protection laws among countries and regions, UN crime prevention experts said on Friday.
"Stronger legislation can help deter potential and repeat…
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UN’s rights chief horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer
17 May 2024
The UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s having a terrifying impact on millions of civilians, who humanitarians say are “staring famine in the face”.
According to the UN human rights office, OHCHR…
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Israel refutes South Africa’s accusations at UN world court
17 May 2024
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Friday, heard the response from Israel on the case brought forward by South Africa requesting emergency provisional measures to immediately halt Israeli military operations under way in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where over one million Palestinians were sheltering after having been displaced from elsewhere in the enclave…
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Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’
17 May 2024
Trucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock built by the United States military, but this is not enough to meet the needs of civilians, UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday.
OCHA warned that the…
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UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared
17 May 2024
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday urged the Sri Lankan Government to take decisive action to uncover the fates and locations of tens of thousands of individuals subjected to enforced disappearances over the years and to hold those responsible accountable.
The call accompanies the launch…
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India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights
17 May 2024
While there has been some recent progress for India’s LGBTQIA+ community, there is still a long way to go to overcome social stigma and prejudice, and to ensure that all people in the country feel their rights are protected, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation…
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WHO Press Conference
17 May 2024
Press Conference Announcement
WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria.
Dr Alexandra Cameron, Senior Expert, and Unit Head A.I. of Impact Initiatives and Research Coordination, WHO AMR Division.Dr Hatim Sati, BPPL project lead. Technical Officer, WHO AMR Division.
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Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force
16 May 2024
As the world celebrates the International Day of Living Together in Peace, marked annually on 16 May, we are taking you back to the 1950s, when the UN deployed its first ever peacekeeping force to the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula to help bring an end to the Suez Canal crisis.
The crisis began…
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UN forum in Bahrain closes with calls to support women entrepreneurs in conflict areas
16 May 2024
The bi-annual UN forum on entrepreneurship and innovation wrapped up its work in Bahrain on Thursday focusing on women entrepreneurs from conflict zones, who stressed the importance of investing in their activities as a means of building peace, security, and stability in their communities…
