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International Day of Peacekeepers 2024 - Celebration at UNOG
31 May 2024
Ariana Park, Palais des Nations
On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, officially celebrated on 29 May of each year, we…
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UN humanitarian flight takes vital medical supplies to Haiti
31 May 2024
On Thursday, a humanitarian flight operated by the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flew from Panama to Haiti – specifically the Port-au-Prince airport – for the first time in three months, according to Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
The international airport…
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UN human rights chief sounds alarm over rising violence in Burkina Faso
31 May 2024
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday voiced serious concern over the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Burkina Faso, where almost 1,800 people are reported to have been unlawfully killed between November last year and April.
Allegations of responsibility point to both armed…
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Situation in southern Gaza ‘horrific and apocalpytic’: WFP
31 May 2024
Aid corridors in southern Gaza must be fully opened to allow the entry of food, fuel and other desperately needed relief items, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Matthew Hollingsworth, WFP Country Director in Palestine, warned that with limited access to the south “we…
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Global AI summit tackles misinformation and deepfakes with a little ‘bot’ of help
31 May 2024
The thorny issue of how to protect the unwary from deepfakes was just one of the key issues in the spotlight at a UN conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) held in Geneva this week, where a staggering 25,000 enthusiasts – and robots - from 145 countries added their voices to longstanding calls for checks and balances on the all-conquering tech…
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World News in Brief: Updates on worsening crises in Gaza, South Sudan, DR Congo
31 May 2024
Continued hostilities and evacuation orders in Gaza have led to the closure of key humanitarian facilities in Rafah, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday.
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Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access
31 May 2024
Famine in Sudan is “imminent” if aid agencies continue to be prevented from providing relief, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
In a bleak assessment of the dire situation in Sudan where conflict is in its second year, the heads of 19 global humanitarian organizations issued an alert that…
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UN official urges DPR Korea to halt missile activities and return to dialogue
31 May 2024
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) repeated launches using ballistic missile technology not only violate Security Council resolutions but also pose a serious risk to aviation and maritime traffic, a senior UN official said on Friday.
At 10:45 PM local time on 27 May, the…
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Top UN relief official in Ukraine deplores deadly strikes in Kharkiv
31 May 2024
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has strongly condemned the latest deadly Russian missile strikes in Kharkiv.
The attacks occurred in the city’s Novobovarskyi district late on Thursday. At least three people were killed and a further 16 injured, according to media reports.The…
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Gaza: Children are starving amid persistent aid access obstacles, warn UN agencies
31 May 2024
Far too little aid is reaching people in Gaza to the extent that children are now starving, UN humanitarians said on Friday, in a renewed appeal to Israel to respect international law regarding the safe passage of lifesaving relief in the war-shattered enclave.
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