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Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28
08 December 2023
Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens their futures. They said their voices and ideas can help rescue the planet and demanded that government policymakers put the needs of the world’s nearly 2 billion children first…
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Gaza humanitarian disaster heralds 'breakdown' of society
08 December 2023
As intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza and fighting with Palestinian armed groups continued to impede aid operations, reports on the ground of children begging for water and people cutting down telephone poles for firewood indicated that “society is about to break down”, UN humanitarians said on Friday.…
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Homicide a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined
08 December 2023
More people were killed due to homicide than armed conflict and terrorism combined in 2021, with an average of 52 lives lost per hour worldwide, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday.
The Global Study on Homicide analyzes the complex dynamics…
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World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform
08 December 2023
As Haiti faces a situation of “absolute brutal violence”, the deployment of a multi-national security support mission is awaited with hope, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said on Friday.
Ulrika Richardson, the Deputy Special Representative of…
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Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’
08 December 2023
Countries across the world need to work together to ensure there is a “global commitment to fight corruption” according to the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The Executive Director of UNODC, Ghada Waly, was speaking ahead of what she…
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Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs
08 December 2023
Over half a million people have been displaced in Myanmar amid a surge in fighting between the military and armed groups that started in late October and has spread to over two-thirds of the country, the UN humanitarian affairs office reported on Friday.
Among those fighting the…
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OCHA Press Conference
08 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Update on the humanitarian crisis in Haiti
Ulrika Richardson - Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) / Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator
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Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Holds Side Event on the Impact of Climate Change on the Human Rights of Migrants and Promoting Ratification of the Convention
07 December 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers this afternoon held a side event on the impact of climate change on the human rights of migrants and promoting the ratification of the International…
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OCHA Press Conference
07 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Press briefing on the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2024, the UN and partners’ annual humanitarian appeal – Embargoed until Monday 11 December 2023 at 0600 CET / 0000 ET
Mr. Griffiths will make a short statement on the crisis in OPT/Israel and take a few questions at the opening of the briefing. This part is NOT under embargo.
Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-…
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The Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system elects its Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024 and adopts its programme of work
07 December 2023
Press Release
The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) held its Winter Session on 6 December 2023. The Inspectors elected Inspector Carolina Fernandez Opazo (Mexico) as Chair and Inspector Jesús Miranda Hita (Spain) as Vice-Chair of the Unit for 2024. The Unit also adopted its…
