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OCHA Press Conference
12 April 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Humanitarian situation in OPT by Jamie McGoldrick upon his return from a last visit to Gaza and the completion of his three-month mission as Humanitarian Coordinator a.i.
Jamie McGoldrick, Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. (Zoom)
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Myanmar: Middle class ‘disappearing’ amid uptick in brutal fighting
11 April 2024
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that poverty is surging and the middle class in Myanmar is “disappearing” amidst worsening insecurity and conflict.
In a new report published on Thursday UNDP said that the middle class has shrunk by half, compared with before the 2021…
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Widespread destruction across Khan Younis as Gazans ‘struggle to survive’
11 April 2024
People in Gaza are struggling to survive, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, who was part of a team carrying out an assessment mission on Wednesday in the southern city of Khan Younis following the Israeli military withdrawal last week.
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Russian attacks ‘a daily destructive pattern’ in Ukraine, Security Council hears
11 April 2024
Russian attacks on cities and towns across Ukraine, including intense and systematic targeting of the energy infrastructure, “have become a daily destructive pattern” in recent weeks, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.
Miroslav Jenča, an Assistant…
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Stories from the UN Archive: UN-identified flying objects in space
11 April 2024
From the General Assembly’s first consideration of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) to welcoming astronauts fresh from a walk on the Moon, this #ThrowbackThursday, we looked back at the UN’s role in the space age ahead of the International Day of Human Space Flight, marked annually on 12 April…
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General Assembly debates Russia’s veto of DPR Korea sanctions panel
11 April 2024
Sharp divisions emerged on Thursday as the General Assembly debated Russia’s veto on the Security Council which blocked renewal of the sanctions panel that monitors the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) nuclear weapon and missile programmes.
This is the third time this year that the…
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Make 2024 a ‘turning point’ for education, UN deputy chief urges
11 April 2024
The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Thursday called for a transformation in learning, stressing that receiving a good education represents hope for all future generations.
Addressing a high-level education on education convened by the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Amina Mohammed paid…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Mexico on Implementing Previous Recommendations, Ask about Implications of the Mayan Train Project on Indigenous Peoples and about Haitian Migrants
09 April 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
09 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 Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, as well as spokespersons and representatives for the UN Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the UN Development Programme.…
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Hepatitis killing thousands daily, WHO warns in new report
09 April 2024
The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday.
The disease is the second leading infectious cause of death globally, with 1.3 million deaths per year,…
