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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
12 December 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization.
Update on health issues in Gaza
Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the occupied Palestinian territory, speaking from Gaza, said in…
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‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO
12 December 2023
The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, highlighting the disastrous consequences of ongoing Israeli bombardment for critically ill and injured civilians across the enclave.
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World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal
12 December 2023
Half of the world’s population is not fully covered by essential health services and two billion people are impoverished because they must cover medical bills out-of-pocket.
That warning came from the UN World Health Organization (WHO…
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Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva Stake out
12 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
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Ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva
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INTERVIEW: ‘Climate of division’ creating more challenging environment for UN peacekeeping
12 December 2023
UN peacekeeping missions in Sub-Saharan Africa are operating under more challenging political and security conditions due to a multiplication of crises and a “climate of division” amongst Member States, particularly in the Security Council. That’s according to the head of UN Peacekeeping, Jean-Pierre Lacroix…
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UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session
12 December 2023
The UN General Assembly met on Tuesday afternoon in Emergency Special Session on the decades long Israel-Palestine conflict and as the ongoing crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating.
Video of the Emergency…
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‘Rebuild a foundation of hope’ for global human rights: Türk
12 December 2023
World leaders gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), calling for new guardrails to protect rights amid a surge of conflict and other challenges.
"This is a pivotal day. We are here to rebuild a foundation of…
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Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium producer
12 December 2023
Myanmar is now the world’s largest opium producer, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported on Tuesday, as the economic and political crisis following the 2021 coup and widening conflict between the military and armed groups continues to drive farmers towards illicit opium poppy production…
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Climate advocates demand stronger COP28 language on fossil fuels
11 December 2023
The latest COP28 draft outcome text released to negotiators in Dubai Monday evening dropped a call to ‘phaseout’ fossil fuels, prompting outcry from climate vulnerable countries and civil society.
The 21-page text, prepared by the COP28 presidency, United Arab Emirates, makes no mention of…
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World News in Brief: UN anti-corruption conference, global hunger ‘set to soar’, healthy diets unaffordable in Asia-Pacific
11 December 2023
Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as nations gathered in Atlanta, United States of America, for the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC…
