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Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration
26 January 2024
Hate is growing at an alarming speed, and the world must strongly denounce forces of division, especially in the wake of the abhorrent 7 October terror attacks in Israel, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday, opening a ceremony in the General Assembly Hall commemorating victims of the Holocaust…
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Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2024
26 January 2024
UN Geneva to Mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Dayunder Theme “…
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Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
26 January 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust“Recognizing the Extraordinary Courage of Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust”Friday, 26 January 2024, at 13:00Room XVIII, Palais des NationsDear Ms. Martha Raviv [Holocaust survivor],Ambassador Eilon Shahar [Permanent Representative of…
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New Permanent Representative of Honduras Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
26 January 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Marcela Arias Moncada, the new Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.…
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Tatiana Valovaya Calls on the Conference on Disarmament to Steer the World Away from the Perilous Erosion of Disarmament Norms
25 January 2024
Meeting Summaries
Tatiana Valovoya, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today called on the Conference to demonstrate creativity and flexibility to steer the world away from the perilous erosion of…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Congratulate South Africa on Significant Progress Made on Birth Registration, Ask About Efforts to Improve Child Mortality and Malnutrition, and Forced Marriage
25 January 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to sixth periodic report of South Africa, with Committee Experts commending…
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World News in Brief: ICJ to release emergency measures over Israel genocide allegations, Libya flood repair bill, leprosy stigma continues
25 January 2024
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is due to issue an emergency measures order on Friday relating to South Africa’s accusations of genocide by the Israeli military in Gaza, which Israel strongly denies.
Since 7…
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The Red Sea shipping crisis is having a ‘dramatic’ impact, warns logistics chief
25 January 2024
Attacks against shipping in the Red Sea by Houthis are devastating for global trade and supply chains, already reeling under the impacts of the war in Ukraine and climate change-linked conditions in the Panama Canal, said the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, on Thursday.…
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Haiti crises have reached ‘a critical point’: UN envoy
25 January 2024
More than 8,400 people were victims of gang violence in Haiti last year, including killings, injuries and kidnappings – a 122 per cent increase over 2022, the UN Special Representative for the country told the UN Security Council on Thursday.
“I cannot overstress the severity of the…
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Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative
25 January 2024
War in Sudan is putting the future of its 24 million youngest citizens at risk, the Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country has warned.
“Sudan is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. It's a living nightmare for children,” Mandeep…
