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UNRWA review panel presents interim findings to Secretary-General

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA review panel presents interim findings to Secretary-General 20 March 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Catherine Colonna, Chair of the Independent Review Group on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has received the interim findings of an independent panel conducting an assessment of UNRWA, the UN…

Accountability essential to counter human rights abuse in DPR Korea

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Accountability essential to counter human rights abuse in DPR Korea 20 March 2024 Unsplash/Micha Brändli Flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea fly in Pyongyang. The UN’s deputy human rights chief on Wednesday underscored the need to ensure accountability for ongoing serious violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), stressing that it would also benefit…

Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council 20 March 2024 © UNOCHA/Ala Kheir Millions of people have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict. Eleven months of brutal fighting is driving a hunger crisis in Sudan, with some areas likely to experience catastrophic levels of food insecurity by the lean season in May, the UN Security…

First Person: Water key to cultivating financial independence in southern Madagascar

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Water key to cultivating financial independence in southern Madagascar 20 March 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Women farmers in southern Madagascar work their irrigated field of maize. Women in one of the poorest parts of rural Madagascar are growing their financial independence from men by cultivating village land and selling their produce…

Indonesia leads the way in taming forest fires

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Indonesia leads the way in taming forest fires 20 March 2024 © UN Indonesia Fires in Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Biosphere reserve, Riau, Indonesia. Some 70 million hectares of forest are affected by fires each year, causing huge environmental and economic damage. On the International Day of Forests, marked on 21 March, we look at how an innovative UN-led initiative in Indonesia is…

World News in Brief: Dignity and justice key to end evil of racial discrimination, methane emissions update, Mpox latest, peacebuilding boost

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Dignity and justice key to end evil of racial discrimination, methane emissions update, Mpox latest, peacebuilding boost 20 March 2024 Unsplash/Clay Banks With 321 million francophones around the globe, diversity is at the heart of La Francophonie. Racism is “an evil infecting countries and societies around the world” the UN chief has said in his message marking the…

OHCHR Press Conference

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 20 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement Situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 19 March 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service(UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the, the International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the United…

WMO Press Conference

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home WMO Press Conference 19 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement State of Global Climate 2023 Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-GeneralOmar Baddour, Chief of Climate Monitoring

Director-General's remarks at the Event to celebrate the creative heritage of Magtymguly Fragi

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Event to celebrate the creative heritage of Magtymguly Fragi 19 March 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Event to celebrate the creative heritage of Magtymguly FragiTuesday, 19 March 2024, at 1.30 p.m.Room III, Palais des Nations  Ambassador Hajiyev,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,It is my pleasure to join you today for this inspiring event to celebrate the poet Magtymguly Fragi. I would like to sincerely thank the Permanent Mission of…