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Signing the war in Gaza: Overcoming deafness and displacement
26 April 2024
Bassem Al-Habal carried a large bag of flour provided by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, inside one of the shelters in the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, part of his daily journey to find food and water for his family while overcoming displacement, bombardment and the challenges of being deaf and mute in a war zone…
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Experts of the Committee against Torture Welcome Absence of Allegations on Torture in Liechtenstein, Ask Questions about Counterterrorism Measures and the State’s Prison Agreement with Austria
25 April 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Liechtenstein, with Committee Experts noting with satisfaction that there had…
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Director-General's message on the occasion of the Intergenerational Dialogue on Geneva
25 April 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
Intergenerational Dialogue 2024 – The role of International Geneva in the UN 2.025 April 2024, at 17:30Swiss Press Club Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends,It is my great pleasure to address this 2024 Intergenerational Dialogue. I thank Greycells and its many partners for organizing this event and for bringing together different…
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Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urges preventive measures
25 April 2024
Smoking and drinking is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and Canada, and girls now match or even exceed boys when it comes to substance use, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report on Thursday.
Data covering all three areas revealed that more…
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Syria crisis intensifies in shadow of Gaza war
25 April 2024
The war in Gaza continues to cast a dark shadow over the wider Middle East region, in particular Syria where a series of strikes and attacks are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday.
Briefing ambassadors on the Security Council, Geir Pedersen…
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Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah
25 April 2024
Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people and sparked new fears of disease outbreaks amid a lack of sufficient clean water and waste disposal, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
The warning from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees,…
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Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis
25 April 2024
Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of freedom of expression worldwide, said UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan.
“The Gaza crisis…
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Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens
25 April 2024
A top Human Rights Council-appointed expert has welcomed the decision by all health authorities in the United Kingdom to halt the routine use of puberty-blockers offered to children as part of gender transition services, amid a sharp increase more widely in the number of teenage girls seeking such treatment and concerns that it might disrupt brain development…
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Debate at UN examines impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’
25 April 2024
On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in Portugal in a largely peaceful coup known as the Carnation Revolution.
Named after the flowers civilians stuffed in the muzzles of the soldiers’ guns, the revolution put Portugal on the path to democracy and led to…
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Stories from the UN Archive: UN proclaims world’s first Earth Day
25 April 2024
The General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009, but the roots of the Day go back to the 1970s.
That’s when environmental protection was not yet a priority of national political agendas, but a growing movement took hold across…
