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Somali-born champion of refugee education wins top UNHCR award
28 November 2023
A former child refugee born in Somalia, who dedicated himself to changing lives through education, has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award.
Abdullahi Mire grew up in the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex in northeastern Kenya with its population today of…
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Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver
28 November 2023
As the pause in fighting in Gaza appeared to enter a fifth day on Tuesday, UN humanitarians warned that aid deliveries needed to multiply immediately to save the lives of the injured and stem the risk of a deadly disease outbreak that has left doctors “terrified”.
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Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers on the Situation of Migrant Workers in Uruguay, Mexico and Chile
27 November 2023
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon heard from representatives of non-…
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Gaza: Aid reaches shattered north as UN chief hails 'glimpse of hope' in ceasefire extension
27 November 2023
Desperate Gazans in the north of the enclave had their first sip of clean water in weeks on Monday as a continuing pause in fighting enabled broadening aid access to the Strip, UN humanitarians said.
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DPR Korea: Military satellites, ‘serious risk’ to civil aviation and shipping
27 November 2023
The recent launch of a reconnaissance satellite by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), presents a ‘serious risk’ to international civil aviation and shipping, the Security Council heard on Monday.
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Hopes for a sustainable planet must not ‘melt away’: Guterres
27 November 2023
World leaders at this week’s climate conference, COP28, must break the deadly cycle of global warming before a “deadly tipping point” is reached, said the UN chief on Monday.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres was briefing reporters in New York after seeing for himself over the weekend the…
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World News in Brief: Delivering on health at COP28, aid for north Darfur, food standards watchdog turns 60
27 November 2023
Climate action is health action and the legacy of the COP 28 climate conference opening later this week in Dubai should be a commitment to a healthier planet.
That’s the message from UN health agency WHO, which said on Monday that negotiators at the…
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First Person: Trauma, stress and sadness take root in Gaza
27 November 2023
The look on people’s faces in Gaza reveals “the trauma, the stress, as if sorrow and sadness have taken root here in Gaza”, according to James Elder, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson who has joined the aid effort in the besieged enclave.
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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers Opens Thirty-Seventh Session
27 November 2023
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today opened its thirty-seventh session, during which it will consider reports from Kyrgyzstan, Sao Tome and Principe and…
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People to be Commemorated at the Palais des Nations on 29 November 2023
27 November 2023
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A Special Meeting will be held at the Palais des Nations on Wednesday, 29 November to mark the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, will open the meeting with introductory remarks and…
