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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 20 August 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Michele Zaccheo, Chief, UNTV, Radio and Webcast Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.Preparations for Potential Mpox Outbreak in EuropeTarik Jašarević…

Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency 20 August 2024 © WHO/Katson Maliro Renforcer la réponse pour enrayer la progression de l'épidémie de Mpox dans la région africaine. The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it once again a public health emergency of…

Europe can defeat mpox, must support Africa in getting vaccines: WHO

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Europe can defeat mpox, must support Africa in getting vaccines: WHO 20 August 2024 © WHO/Khaled Mostafa A single-dose of the mpox vaccine. Mpox is “not the ‘new COVID’” and European governments need to show strong political commitment to eliminate it, while standing in solidarity with Africa, a top official of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday…

UN chief highlights ‘unimaginable grief’ stemming from terror attacks

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief highlights ‘unimaginable grief’ stemming from terror attacks 20 August 2024 UN Photo/Stuart Price The skyline beyond the northern suburbs of Mogadishu is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a hotel in Somalia. The UN Secretary-General has paid tribute to victims and survivors of terrorism just ahead of the international day which spotlights the issue each year…

World News in Brief: Ukraine alert over new attacks, more Nicaragua NGO closures, disinformation in DRC

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine alert over new attacks, more Nicaragua NGO closures, disinformation in DRC 20 August 2024 © WHO Ukraine's health system has been devastated by the war. The UN’s top humanitarian official in Ukraine on Tuesday condemned “yet another attack" carried out by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region…

Status quo ‘not sustainable’ in increasingly unstable Libya, Security Council hears

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Status quo ‘not sustainable’ in increasingly unstable Libya, Security Council hears 20 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Sebastian Brandt A boy walks through a neighbourhood of Tripoli, Libya's capital. Recent “unilateral acts” by rival sides in Libya have led to a rapid deterioration in political and economic stability coupled with rising insecurity, a senior UN official in the country told the…

Lebanon: Crisis deepens amid escalating conflict and funding shortfalls

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Crisis deepens amid escalating conflict and funding shortfalls 20 August 2024 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz UNIFIL deminers check an area along the Blue Line. (file photo) The urgency of deescalating tensions along the frontier that separates Lebanese and Israeli armed forces, “cannot be overstated”, a senior UN humanitarian official said on Tuesday…

World Humanitarian Day

7 months 3 weeks ago 19 August 2024 Salles de conférence du Palais (64201) 2023 marked the deadliest year on record…

Director-General's remarks on World Humanitarian Day 2024

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks on World Humanitarian Day 2024 19 August 2024 Tatiana Valovaya World Humanitarian Day 2024 – Commemoration CeremonyMonday, 19 August 2024, 4.00 p.m. Palais des Nations, Building E, 3rd FloorOutside Room XX (the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room) Dear humanitarian workers, Dear survivors of attacks on humanitarian workers,Dear families and friends of colleagues lost in humanitarian service, Excellencies,…

Youth-led groups tackle famine in war-ravaged Sudan

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Youth-led groups tackle famine in war-ravaged Sudan 19 August 2024 © Abu-Shouk Emergency Response Room A youth-led emergency response room in Abu Shouk camp provides food for displaced people. How do you tackle famine? UN News spoke with young people operating “emergency response rooms” in war-torn Sudan to find out how they are helping to overcome hunger at besieged famine-stricken camps in…