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Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia
30 November 2023
Deadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of Somalia, with over 100 killed and 750,000 displaced from their homes, the authorities and humanitarian partners said on Thursday in the capital, Mogadishu.
The crisis began with the start of the deyr rainy…
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Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action
30 November 2023
The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep trouble”, UN chief António Guterres said.
While 2023 is not yet over, a provisional report from the UN World…
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United Nations Office at Geneva Commemorates International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
29 November 2023
Press Release
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the meeting and read out the…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Praise Bulgaria’s National Ombudsman, Ask about Racial Discrimination by the Police and High Unemployment in the Roma Community
29 November 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-third to twenty-fifth…
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World must not look away from humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN chief tells Security Council
29 November 2023
The UN Security Council met intensively through Wednesday morning in New York on the Middle East crisis. It was the first open meeting since the 15-member body passed a resolution in mid-November and the first featuring foreign ministers from across the region and beyond…
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Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza City a ‘ghost town’, reports UN aid agency
29 November 2023
Amid hopes of a deal to extend the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that humanitarian assistance had reached its shelters in northern Gaza for first time since war erupted last month…
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Impact of ‘failed promises’ on climate, evident in Antarctica: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
29 November 2023
The impact of “failed promises” to address the rapid rise in global temperatures is strikingly evident in Antarctica in the South Pole, according to the UN Resident Coordinator in Chile.
Maria José Torres Macho travelled to Antarctica with the UN chief, António…
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UN affirms solidarity with the Palestinian people on International Day
29 November 2023
From New York to Jerusalem and beyond, United Nations offices on Wednesday commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
The annual observation on 29 November marks the day in 1947 that the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on…
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Stories from the UN Archive: The origin of #PalestineDay
29 November 2023
As the Israel-Palestine crisis continues, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated on 29 November, and has been annually since 1978.
Why 29 November? On that day in 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the partition of Palestine…
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World News in Brief: South Sudan aid plan, rising cost of healthy eating, Europe’s diabetes burden
29 November 2023
Humanitarians have launched a $1.8 billion plan to support six million people in South Sudan next year, the United Nations has reported.
The conflict in neighbouring Sudan has had an impact on the country’s economy, increasing the prices of food and the…
