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Haiti’s health system pushed to breaking point: UNICEF
22 May 2024
Haiti’s health system is now “on the verge of collapse” UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Haiti Bruno Maes warned on Wednesday, amidst an alarming decrease in the number of hospitals still functioning in the violence-wracked Caribbean nation.
There are only six out of ten hospitals which still have…
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Director-General's remarks on the occasion of International Biodiversity Day 2024
22 May 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
International Biodiversity Day Celebration 2024 Wednesday, 22 May 2024 at 10.00 a.m. Room III, Palais des Nations Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,I would like to sincerely thank the Geneva Environment Network and the Convention on Biological Diversity for bringing us together to celebrate the Biodiversity Day 2024, and I am particularly pleased…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Kuwait for Efforts to Advance Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment, Raise Questions on the Practice of “Honour” Killings and the Nationality Law
21 May 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Kuwait with Committee Experts…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
21 May 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Trade and Development. Situation in UkraineDr. Jarno Habicht, World Health…
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INTERVIEW: Developing countries risk missing out on net-zero benefits, but fairer future is possible
21 May 2024
Inflation fears are subsiding, the “net-zero transition” to a clean economy could spell good news with the right policies in place and we are still dealing with a “COVID hangover”, according to the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
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Ukraine: Humanitarian, health needs soar as Kharkiv hostilities intensify
21 May 2024
The UN expressed new concerns on Tuesday over a rise in displacement and humanitarian needs in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region amid “relentless” Russian air and ground attacks.
“Relentless aerial attacks continue, prolonging and exacerbating an already dire…
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Gaza: WHO chief calls for end to latest hospital siege
21 May 2024
As bombardments by the Israeli military reportedly continued overnight across Gaza, along with ground incursions and heavy fighting, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on Tuesday for staff and patients at besieged Al-Awda Hospital in the north of the enclave.
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Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss
21 May 2024
While nearly one million species are currently at risk of extinction, the United Nations University (UNU) in Bonn is drawing attention to “co-extinctions”: the chain reaction occurring when the complete disappearance of one species affects another.
The issue is in the spotlight ahead of…
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‘Alarming lack of compliance’ with international law ramps up danger for civilians
21 May 2024
The plight of civilians affected by war in 2023 was “resoundingly dire”, as the world witnessed horrors not only in Gaza and southern Israel but also the intense suffering of populations in other crisis hotspots around the globe, senior UN officials said on Tuesday.
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Long, dangerous journeys on the rise but migration drives prosperity
21 May 2024
Migration is on track to become one of the defining features of the 21st century and more action is needed to ensure regular pathways for people to move safely, the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday in New York.
Speaking at the opening of a two-day…
