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Guterres urges G20 to lead the way in financial and climate justice
22 November 2023
At a time when people are hurting and the planet is burning, the world’s advanced economies can take the lead in ensuring financial, structural and climate justice, the UN Secretary-General said in remarks to the virtual G20 Summit convened by India on Wednesday.
António Guterres said…
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World News in Brief: DPR Korea missile launch condemned, malaria vaccines for Cameroon, solidarity with Haiti
22 November 2023
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the latest launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The country, commonly known as North Korea, claimed to have…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
21 November 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Daniel Johnson, Chief a.i. UNTV, Radio and Webcast, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and…
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Gaza crisis: aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths
21 November 2023
A “tragic…entirely avoidable surge” in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are already being killed every day, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday, after six weeks of aerial bombardment by Israeli forces in response to the 7 October Hamas terror attacks on southern Israel that claimed 1,200 lives and some 240 hostages…
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UN agencies urge action to safeguard maternal, child health amidst climate crisis
21 November 2023
UN agencies on Tuesday issued an urgent call for action, emphasizing the severe health risks faced by pregnant women, babies and children due to worsening climate catastrophes.
In Protecting maternal, newborn and child health from the impacts of climate change, the World Health…
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General Assembly resolution upholds the Olympic Truce
21 November 2023
Ahead of the Summer Olympics in Paris next year, the UN General Assembly has urged countries to maintain the ancient Greek tradition of observing peace before, during and after the Games.
This follows the adoption on Tuesday of a resolution that calls for a cessation of hostilities globally starting seven…
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Funding shortfall puts WFP operations in Chad at risk
21 November 2023
Funding constraints and rising humanitarian needs could force the World Food Programme (WFP) to halt assistance to more than a million people in Chad, including newly arrived refugees from Sudan, the UN agency said on Tuesday.
The warning comes as aid agencies scramble to respond to a fresh wave of…
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Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount as war enters second winter
21 November 2023
At least 10,000 civilians, including over 560 children, have been killed and more than 18,500 injured since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission there said on Tuesday.
The Monitoring Mission stated that the casualty…
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Desperate Afghan returnees from Pakistan face uncertain future: IOM
21 November 2023
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) and humanitarian partners are providing critical aid at border crossing points between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the face of a surge in forced returns of Afghan nationals.
According to IOM, in the past two months alone, nearly 375,000…
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Committee against Torture Considers Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals
20 November 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture today discussed reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov,…
