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In Dialogue with Slovenia, Experts of the Committee against Torture Describe the State’s National Preventive Mechanism as One of the Most Effective in the World, Ask about Reported Violations of Asylum Seekers’ Rights and Measures to Address Violence against Women
16 November 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Slovenia…
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UNRWA Press Conference
16 November 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza and UNRWA’s response
Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General
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New Permanent Representative of Albania Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
16 November 2023
Presentation of Credentials
Vasilika Hysi, the new Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.…
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Stories from the UN Archive: Marlon Brando, the UN’s first frontman for water
16 November 2023
What do Bolivia, Marlon Brando and the UN have in common? The Oscar-winning actor helped the UN amplify the need for clean water in a South American village in a unique podcast (even before they were called podcasts) almost 70 years ago.
The Hollywood legend memorably narrated…
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Gaza: UN’s Türk calls for political path out of 'horror'
16 November 2023
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday welcomed the Security Council call for pauses in the fighting in Gaza where “doctors operate on screaming children without anaesthetic, using mobile phones for light”, before appealing directly to the warring sides to lay down their weapons.…
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Security Council reform a must, to end ‘paralysis’
16 November 2023
As wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza, never before has the issue of reform of the Security Council been more pressing, the President of the General Assembly said on Thursday.
Speaking at the Assembly’s annual debate assessing the UN’s premier forum for peace and security, Dennis Francis said that without…
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Gaza: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down entire humanitarian operation
16 November 2023
Lack of fuel is jeopardizing “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw sewage is now flowing in the streets, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Thursday.
In a wide-ranging briefing to journalists in…
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World News in Brief: Ethiopia food aid resumes, ‘Stop the Lies’ campaign against big tobacco, Syria ruling, climate action – key to peace
16 November 2023
In drought and conflict-affected Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday it was restarting food assistance after a thorough review of its operations following reports of large-scale aid diversion earlier this year…
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UN’s top Woman Police Officer ‘a young agent of change’
16 November 2023
An Indonesian police officer serving at the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, was on Thursday awarded a top peacekeeping honour.
First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti received the prestigious Woman Police Officer of the Year Award during a ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York.At…
