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New Permanent Representative of Japan Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
08 January 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Atsuyuki Oike, the new Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.…
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Trans in Türkiye: The UN ‘breathed life back into my dreams’
06 January 2024
Shiraz, a 23-year-old trans woman from Alexandria, Egypt, attempted suicide when she was not accepted by her family. Today, with support from the UN migration agency (IOM), she sees a brighter future in her new home in Izmir, Türkiye.
At first glance, one would not notice the tumultuous journey that…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
05 January 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Health Organization. Monthly update on global food commodity prices (FAO Food Price Index)Monika…
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Nearly 600 attacks on healthcare in Gaza and West Bank since war began: WHO
05 January 2024
Hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank have been attacked nearly 600 times since war erupted in the enclave in response to the Hamas-led terror attack in southern Israel, the UN health agency said on Friday.
Some 613 people have died within health…
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World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food prices fall
05 January 2024
The UN’s relief chief on Friday warned that “Gaza has simply become uninhabitable” and demanded Israeli forces and Palestinian militants start meeting their obligations under international law to protect civilian lives.
“Its people are witnessing daily…
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Gaza crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays and obstacles
04 January 2024
Amid reports of continued Israeli airstrikes overnight in southern and central Gaza and more rocket fire into Israel from the enclave, UN teams said on Thursday they have been unable to deliver urgently needed aid to civilians beyond central areas and further north for the past three days.
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Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder’s boost for World Braille Day
04 January 2024
Music legend Stevie Wonder had a strong and powerful message marking the 10th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the UN back in 2016: “We need to have equal access to education and to knowledge and information,” he told delegates.…
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Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key
04 January 2024
The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 projects a slowdown in global growth from an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024.
The flagship forecast launched in New York on Thursday indicates that last year’s stronger-than-expected GDP growth coming out of…
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First Person: Christmas under rocket fire in Ukraine
04 January 2024
In Ukraine, there was no respite from war over the holiday period, neither for the country’s citizens, nor the UN workers attempting to deliver aid and support, a senior official for the UN migration agency (IOM) told UN News.
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World News in Brief: Griffiths demands end to ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict, Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange, Iran bombings latest
04 January 2024
The international community must take “decisive and immediate action” to bring nearly nine months of brutal civil war in Sudan to an end and boost humanitarian relief, the UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday.
The UN…
