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Roundtable event: Promoting Conflict Prevention through the Socio-Economic Inclusion of Minorities
15 November 2023
Room XXI, Palais des Nations
In recognition of the conflict prevention mandate of the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
14 November 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International…
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World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties
14 November 2023
One hundred years after the discovery of insulin, millions of people with diabetes around the world still cannot access the care they need, risking severe complications, WHO warned on Tuesday’s World Diabetes Day.
Diabetes…
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Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan
14 November 2023
Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face a deadly outbreak of the disease amidst the ongoing war, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Tuesday.
UN agencies and partners are scaling up response to…
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UPDATED: Besieged Gaza hospital horror continues; fuel supplies now exhausted
14 November 2023
UN health agency WHO hailed on Tuesday the “heroic efforts” of staff at Gaza City’s besieged Al-Shifa hospital and expressed concern for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the enclave where heavy rainfall has caused flooding and aggravated the already dire health crisis. In a statement issued later in the day, the UN Palestine refugee…
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Security Council: UN Police need greater support amid ‘many challenges’
14 November 2023
Police officers serving under the UN flag must be properly prepared, equipped and resourced in the face of the significant challenges to both multilateralism and peacekeeping, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
Ambassadors met for their annual briefing…
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‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28
14 November 2023
The COP28 climate conference held in Dubai later this month “must be the place to urgently close the climate ambition gap”, as emissions continue to rise and climate chaos intensifies, UN chief António Guterres insisted on Tuesday.
Mr. Guterres was commenting on the…
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US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert
14 November 2023
The United States need to increase efforts to address “enduring systemic racism” at what is a critical juncture in the fight against discrimination, said the UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert on the issue, following her first official visit to the country…
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Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson
14 November 2023
The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson on Monday.
Dozens of civilians were killed and injured, including a two-month-old girl who was hospitalized for her injuries.A hospital and an…
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UNIDIR press conference
14 November 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of the Landmine Monitor 2023 report
Hardy Giezendanner, Senior Researcher, UNIDIR Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme
Tamar Gabelnick, Director, ICBL-CMC
Mark Hiznay, Landmine Monitor 2023 Ban Policy Editor
Katrin Atkins, Landmine Monitor 2023 Impact Team Senior Researcher
Loren Persi, Landmine Monitor 2023 Impact Team Lead…
