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Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?
24 April 2024
Plastic pollution blocks rivers, chokes oceans and makes its way into the food chain as microplastics. It’s a global environmental crisis, and Small Island Developing States are especially vulnerable, having to cope with detritus washing up on their beaches, as well as the waste they generate themselves.…
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Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) Press Conference
24 April 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of the Global Report on Food Crises 2024
Dominique Burgeon, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva Stefano Fedele, Global Nutrition Cluster Coordinator, UNICEF GenevaCourtney Blake, Senior Humanitarian Advisor for the U.S. Mission in Geneva
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
23 April 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Trade and Development, the United Nations Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Situation in Rafah and the…
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UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials
23 April 2024
Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s passage of the “Safety of Rwanda” bill, two top UN officials sounded an alarm on Tuesday about its harmful impact on global responsibility-sharing, human rights and refugee protection.
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and…
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Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime
23 April 2024
The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in 2023, a “dramatic increase” of 50 per cent over the previous year, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
Presenting her annual report, Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on…
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General Assembly debates Security Council’s rising veto use
23 April 2024
The General Assembly on Tuesday debated veto power in the Security Council on the eve of the second anniversary of a special measure adopted to monitor its use, following on the heels of the United States vetoing Palestine’s bid last week for full UN membership.
Assembly President Dennis Francis…
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UN chief calls for all hands on deck at Climate Promise 2025 launch
23 April 2024
Top UN officials launched a fresh global campaign to tackle the climate emergency on Tuesday, with social media influencers, Indigenous leaders and corporate giants showing what they’ve done and what’s to come.
The Climate Promise 2025 aims to accelerate efforts from local to international…
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UNRWA committed to implement independent review recommendations
23 April 2024
The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday reiterated that he welcomed the recommendations of a much-awaited report on its efforts to ensure neutrality and to respond to allegations of serious breaches when they arise.
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini…
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World News in Brief: South Sudan tax impositions, Somalia flash floods, Ukraine attacks
23 April 2024
The UN acknowledges assurances from the South Sudanese government that the recent imposition of taxes on fuel and supply trucks does not apply to the Organization. Still, concerns remain regarding humanitarian aid efforts in the region since some of the UN’s fuel and supply trucks are being held at many depots and the border.…
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Healing page by page in earthquake-affected Türkiye
23 April 2024
Book by book and page by page, Türkiye’s booklovers are bringing life back to cities ravaged by the deadly 2023 earthquakes through the power of reading, with help from cash grants from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Ahead of World Book and Copyright Day, marked annually on 23…
