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Lebanon: UN peacekeepers to stay the course amid escalating hostilities

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: UN peacekeepers to stay the course amid escalating hostilities 03 October 2024 UN/Haidar Fahs UNIFIL peacekeeper on patrol in south Lebanon. (File) Peacekeepers positioned along the “Blue Line” of separation between Israel and Lebanon remain committed to their mandate, and will remain in place until conditions allow, the UN’s peacekeeping chief said on Thursday…

Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’ 03 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Un hombre trepa por un edificio destruido en los suburbios del sur de Beirut, Líbano. People in Lebanon uprooted by Israeli airstrikes including in central Beirut have described being forced to flee “total destruction”, amid fresh reports of Hezbollah projectile…

Sudan war: ‘Horror’ grows as reports of summary executions emerge

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war: ‘Horror’ grows as reports of summary executions emerge 03 October 2024 © UNICEF/Proscovia Nakibuuka Clashes and insecurity in Sudan continues to force people to flee their homes in search of safety. The UN-designated human rights expert on Sudan has called for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), along with their allied militias, to take…

WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports 03 October 2024 © Unsplash/Joan Oger Skiers ride the lifts in a resort in the French Alps. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Thursday they are partnering to raise awareness about climate change’s harmful effects on winter sports and…

World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs 03 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy People survey the damage caused by a missile attack on a building in Kharkiv City, Ukraine. Russian shelling has hit another apartment block in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, UN aid teams said on…

Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the photo exhibition "The Sovereign Order of Malta today"

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the photo exhibition "The Sovereign Order of Malta today" 03 October 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Opening of the photo exhibition “The Sovereign Order of Malta today” Thursday, 3 October 2024 at 12.00 p.m.Room XVIII, Palais des Nations  Your Most Eminent Highness,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to the opening of this photo exhibition “The Sovereign Order of Malta Today…

Director-General's remarks at the Presentation of the publication "30 years of the Sovereign Order of Malta at the United Nations"

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Presentation of the publication "30 years of the Sovereign Order of Malta at the United Nations" 03 October 2024 Tatiana Valovaya  Presentation of the publication “30 years of the Sovereign Order of Malta at the United Nations”Thursday, 3 October 2024, at 11:30 a.m.Room XVIII, Palais des Nations Your Most Eminent Highness,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my great pleasure to welcome you today at the…

New Permanent Representative of Kenya Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Kenya Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 02 October 2024 Presentation of Credentials Fancy Chepkemoi Too, the new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment in Geneva, she served…

Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace 02 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A wide view of the Security Council meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. Despite the significant peace and security challenges facing Africa, there are reasons to be hopeful, the…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges 02 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Residents survey the damage in a suburb of southern Beirut left in ruins after being targeted by airstrikes. Security Council members met in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war.…