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World Oceans Day event highlights immediate protection measures needed
07 June 2024
UN World Oceans Day, celebrated on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York, focused on “opening minds, igniting senses, and inspiring possibilities” to protect marine life worldwide.
A powerful video was shown echoing the theme, awaken new depths, warning of immediate protection needs and…
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World News in Brief: UN staff detained in Yemen, cyclone threat for Haiti, rights chief Lao PDR, climate change
07 June 2024
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric confirmed on Friday that Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen have detained 11 UN national staff working for the Organization there.
“We are very concerned about these developments, and we are actively seeking…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
07 June 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 spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, United Nations Trade and Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. World Food Safety Day…
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FAO Press Conference
06 June 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Media launch of the FAO State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024
Manuel Barange, FAO Assistant Director-General and Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division
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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Commends Congo for Helping Returning Migrants to Establish Businesses, Raises Questions on “Congolisation” Policy and the Status of Rwandan Refugees in Congo
06 June 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the…
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Pakistan, Somalia, Panama, Denmark and Greece elected to UN Security Council
06 June 2024
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January next year.
They will replace Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, whose terms end on…
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Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza
06 June 2024
Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight into Thursday left dozens dead, humanitarians warned that cholera and other potentially deadly diseases stalk people uprooted by the war, forced to live among “mountains of trash”.
"UNRWA can confirm that one of our…
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Sudan: WFP expands emergency response; scores dead in village massacre
06 June 2024
Escalating hunger and violence in Sudan are reaching unprecedented levels as it teeters on the verge of becoming the world’s largest hunger crisis and faces increasingly violent attacks by paramilitary groups, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.
Yet, as the rival militaries…
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Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza, despite best efforts
06 June 2024
In a sombre ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, the Organization remembered and honoured the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2023.
Among them were 135 women and men who worked for the UN agency assisting Palestine…
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Philemon Yang of Cameroon elected President of upcoming General Assembly session
06 June 2024
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected by acclamation Philemon Yang, former Prime Minister of Cameroon, President for its seventy-ninth session which gets underway in September.
President-elect Yang also served as the Chairperson of the Panel of Eminent Africans of the African…
