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‘Record high’ in UN development index masks stark disparities
13 March 2024
Despite record high global human development scores in 2023, disparities between the haves and the have-nots are widening, a new UN report revealed on Wednesday.
According to 2023-24 Human Development Report from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Human Development Index (HDI) stands at a new…
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Gaza: ‘The population is literally besieged’, UNRWA deputy chief
13 March 2024
In an exclusive interview, Natalie Boucly, the Deputy Commissioner-General of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), describes the desperate scenes she witnessed in Gaza, during a recent mission to the occupied Palestinian territory.
Ms. Boucly spoke to Khaled Mohamed from UN News as …
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World News in Brief: $850 million plan to support Rohingya refugees, child rights, Haiti aid update
13 March 2024
To address the ongoing Rohingya humanitarian crisis affecting 1.3 million people in Bangladesh, UN humanitarian agencies on Wednesday launched a $852.4 million appeal supporting refugees and the communities hosting them.
The 2024 Joint Response Plan backed by the…
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Diplomacy and national leadership crucial in preventing war, Security Council hears
13 March 2024
The UN’s top political affairs official on Wednesday stressed the urgent need for better prevention measures to save lives and boost development, amid a surge in armed conflicts worldwide and the unprecedented humanitarian crises they bring.
Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-…
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With internal displacement at a record high, aid chief backs action call
13 March 2024
The number of internally displaced people around the world is at a record high – well over 70 million – it’s a global crisis that needs collaborative solutions from the humanitarian community, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Wednesday.
Martin Griffiths was speaking at a review of…
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Stories from the UN Archive: Hillary Clinton’s bold stand in Beijing
13 March 2024
“Women’s rights are human rights” has echoed throughout the UN Commission on the Status of Women for decades, including at its current session that runs from 11 to 22 March at UN Headquarters.
This #ThrowbackThursday, we go back to 1995, when then US First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton got an…
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‘Record high’ in UN development index masks stark disparities
13 March 2024
Despite record high global human development scores in 2023, disparities between the haves and the have-nots are widening, a new UN report revealed on Wednesday.
The 2023 Human Development Index (HDI) stands at a new high following steep decline during 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Gaza: ‘The population is literally besieged’, UNRWA deputy chief
13 March 2024
In an exclusive interview, Natalie Boucly, the Deputy Commissioner-General of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), describes the desperate scenes she witnessed in Gaza, during a recent mission to the occupied Palestinian territory.
Ms. Boucly spoke to Khaled Mohamed from UN News as …
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Commend Sweden on its Commitment to the Committee’s Work, Raise Questions on Gun Shots Fired at Persons with Mental Health Issues and on Institutionalisation
12 March 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the combined second and third periodic report of Sweden, with Committee Experts…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
12 March 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology andspokespersons of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the…
