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Israel’s new aid ban on UNRWA in Gaza ‘a wrong move’: UN coordinator

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Israel’s new aid ban on UNRWA in Gaza ‘a wrong move’: UN coordinator 25 March 2024 © UNRWA Famine is imminent in Gaza, where one in three children under age two in the north are acutely malnourished and at least 23 have already died of malnutrition. Israel’s ongoing restrictions and its new ban on aid deliveries by the largest United Nations agency on the ground in war-torn Gaza are already…

Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan 25 March 2024 United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, votes on the resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan. The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for…

‘We must push for lasting peace in Gaza’, UN chief insists as starvation threat nears

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We must push for lasting peace in Gaza’, UN chief insists as starvation threat nears 25 March 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten During his Ramadan solidarity visit to Egypt, António Guterres visits El-Arish General Hospital to meet Palestinians from Gaza receiving care.  With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for a sustainable…

Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza 24 March 2024 © UNRWA One in three children under age two in northern Gaza are acutely malnourished. Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza…

At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire 23 March 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza that it is time for a ceasefire and for an "ironclad commitment by Israel" to allow…

Earth Hour: Lights off, climate action on

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Earth Hour: Lights off, climate action on 23 March 2024 UN News UN Headquarters shuts off its lights for the Earth Hour in 2023. (file) The largest global environment movement is happening on Saturday, when the UN invites people around the world to shut the lights to remember the planetary crisis during Earth Hour as young partners find new ways to drive climate action…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirtieth Session After Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirtieth Session After Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia 22 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its thirtieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa…

Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 22 March 2024 Tatiana Valovaya International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave TradeFriday, 22 March 2024, at 3.00 p.m.Room XXII, Palais des Nations Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,It is an honor to join you in commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 22 March 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Fund, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Health situation in the Democratic Republic of the CongoDr. Boureima Hama Sambo, World Health…

How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability?

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability? 22 March 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Displaced men, women, and children sheltering in a boxing arena in downtown Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks in August 2023. Haiti is in the grip of widespread gang violence, the country’s institutions are on the verge of collapse and its citizens…