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European Union Press Conference
14 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
EU resettlement pledge 2024-2025
Ylva Johansson, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson
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UNHCR Press Conference
13 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Global Refugee Forum (13-15 December 2023)
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN’s Guterres says phaseout is inevitable
13 December 2023
Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved earlier on Wednesday a roadmap for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” – a first for a UN climate conference – but the deal still stopped short of a long-demanded call for a “phaseout” of oil, coal and gas.
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Gaza ceasefire ‘in everybody’s interest’: UN humanitarian coordinator
13 December 2023
A ceasefire in Gaza is “the only way forward” and “in the interest of everybody” as the war there threatens peace and security for both Palestinians and Israelis for years or even decades to come, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Wednesday.…
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Global Refugee Forum opens amid ‘crisis of humanity’
13 December 2023
A record 114 million forcibly displaced around the world represents a “crisis of humanity”, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) chief Filippo Grandi said on Wednesday as the Global Refugee Forum got underway in Geneva.
The world’s largest gathering dedicated to refugee issues, the Forum is co-hosted by UNHCR and…
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World News in Brief: Kyiv under attack, Sudan peace talks, progress on hunger in Europe
13 December 2023
Humanitarians in Ukraine mobilized emergency assistance for citizens of Kyiv on Wednesday morning following the third attack in less than a week by Russia forces which left dozens injured, including children.
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‘Hunger catastrophe’ looming in war-ravaged Sudan, UN agency warns
13 December 2023
Civilians in Sudan – where rival militaries are waging a bloody war, with devastating consequences – are at a high risk of falling into catastrophic levels of hunger by May next year, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Wednesday.
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Ocha Press Conference
13 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Lynn Hastings, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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Ciné ONU: " THE SWIMMERS "
Ciné ONU: " THE SWIMMERS "
12 December 2023 8:30 PM
Cinema Cinérama Empire, Rue de Carouge 72-74, 1205 Geneva
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OHCHR Stake out
12 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk remarks to the press at the end of the two-day High Level Event marking 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
