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Gaza: WHO adopts resolution on access for lifesaving aid
10 December 2023
In a special emergency session held on Sunday in Geneva, the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a resolution by consensus, aimed at addressing the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
This is the first time since 7 October that a resolution on this conflict…
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COP28: UN says staggering $7 trillion spent every year on investments that fuel climate change
09 December 2023
Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature – some 30 times the amount spent on nature-based solutions annually, according to a shocking UN report launched on Saturday at COP28 in Dubai.
The report from…
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World News in Brief: Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza, Guatemala ‘coup’ concerns, ‘enduring menace’ of genocide
09 December 2023
UN humanitarians in war-ravaged Gaza are “hanging on by our fingertips” with civil society on the brink of full-blown collapse, they warned on Saturday.
Women and children are bearing the brunt in terms of deaths and injuries as Israeli…
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Stories from the UN Archive: Human rights must come ‘in hearts of people’
09 December 2023
The American diplomat, activist and former First Lady of the United States, who is widely regarded as the driving force behind the establishment of the global principles of human rights and freedoms, is being remembered on Human Rights Day which is marked annually on 10 December.…
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Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Concludes Thirty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan and São Tomé and Príncipe
08 December 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations…
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Eleventh Session, Issues Concluding Observations on the Reports of Bolivia, Bulgaria, Germany, Morocco, South Africa and Viet Nam
08 December 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and eleventh session, during which it reviewed the reports of Bolivia, Bulgaria,…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
08 December 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Haiti, spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.…
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OHCHR Press Conference
08 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to present findings on Bolivia, Morocco, Germany, South Africa, Bulgaria and Viet Nam
Verene Shepherd, Chairperson
Mehrdad Payandeh, Committee Member
Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen, Committee Member
Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad, Committee Member
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Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line
08 December 2023
Amid ongoing bombardment in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies and humanitarian partners continue to provide desperately needed food, water, healthcare and other services to the more than two million people living there.
This Thursday marks two months since conflict erupted after Hamas…
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US vetoes resolution on Gaza which called for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’
08 December 2023
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday morning New York time to discuss the catastrophic situation in Gaza. This follows Wednesday’s urgent letter by Secretary-General António Guterres – one of the most powerful tools at his disposal – urging the body to help end carnage in the war-battered enclave through a lasting humanitarian ceasefire. A resolution…
