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Tunisian change maker invents a sustainable vehicle
12 June 2024
Khadija Jallouli, a young Tunisian entrepreneur with a disability, has called for redoubling international efforts aimed at integrating people with disabilities and involving them in decisions related to finding solutions to the challenges they face.
She is the co-founder and CEO of HawKar, a start-up…
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Director-General's remarks at the Meeting with Fellows of the United Nations President of the General Assembly Fellowship Programme
11 June 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
Meeting with the Fellows of the United Nations President of the General Assembly Fellowship Programme Tuesday, 11 June 2024, at 11.30 a.m. Building H, Palais des Nations Dear Fellows,It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Palais des Nations, at the heart of International Geneva. I am…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
11 June 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 spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, and the United…
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UNDP supports innovative solution to ‘war waste’ in Ukraine
11 June 2024
The UN Development Progamme (UNDP) is helping to tackle the mountain of rubble and waste in Ukraine - one of the fallouts from the full-scale Russian invasion of the country, now in its third year.
The war has affected more than a quarter of Ukraine’s territory, according to the authorities, and…
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Gaza: ‘high time’ for ceasefire and hostage release, says Guterres
11 June 2024
A comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza linked to the release of all remaining hostages cannot come too soon, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, as he welcomed the Security Council resolution adopted a day earlier seeking an end to the war there.
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From AI to war zones, UN hosts largest global meeting on disability issues
11 June 2024
Welcome to this first ever guest-edited UN News live page. We’re reporting from the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Our blogger-in-chief this morning is Nick Herd, an activist, actor and talk show host with Down syndrome whose mission is to amplify voices and drive…
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Yemen: UN chief demands release of aid workers held by Houthis
11 June 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for the immediate release of all United Nations staff held in Yemen by the de facto Houthi authorities, following the detention of 13 of the Organization’s personnel.
Four additional UN staff members have been detained and held…
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UN war crimes tribunals move closer to completion
11 June 2024
All of the 253 people indicted by UN tribunals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed decades ago in Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia, have now been accounted for, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
The President and Prosecutor with the International Residual Mechanism for…
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Over 180 migrants dead or missing in latest tragedy off Yemen, UN agency reports
11 June 2024
At least 49 migrants have been killed, including many women and children, and a further 140 are missing after the boat they were on capsized off the coast of Yemen on Monday, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported.
Some 260 people were abroad the vessel…
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400 million under-fives regularly experience violent discipline at home
11 June 2024
Six in ten children under five years old worldwide regularly endure psychological aggression or physical punishment at home, according to new UNICEF estimates. Of these nearly 400 million under-fives, 330 million are punished by physical means.
“When children are subjected to physical…
