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Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend Romania’s Competent Delegation, Ask about Corruption and the Employment of Roma

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend Romania’s Competent Delegation, Ask about Corruption and the Employment of Roma 14 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Romania, with Committee Experts thanking Romania for bringing a strong and competent delegation to the dialogue, while asking…

Gaza: Rafah invasion would be a disaster ‘beyond imagination’, warn UN medics

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Rafah invasion would be a disaster ‘beyond imagination’, warn UN medics 14 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Warm clothing is distributed to displaced people in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. UN medics said on Wednesday that they feared a humanitarian disaster “beyond imagination” if a full-scale incursion by the Israeli military happens in Rafah in southern Gaza…

World News in Brief: DR Congo clashes, invest in ending polio, say #IDONT to child marriage

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: DR Congo clashes, invest in ending polio, say #IDONT to child marriage 14 February 2024 © WFP/Michael Castofas Displaced mothers and pregnant women seek WFP assistance in a refugee camp in North Kivu in eastern DRC. Tensions remain high in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in the town of Sake, as clashes persist…

Massive displacement as fighting surges in eastern DR Congo

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Massive displacement as fighting surges in eastern DR Congo 14 February 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire An IDP settlement in Sake, North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are once again bearing the brunt of localized violence, amid a sharp uptick in fighting between Government forces and the M23 armed group, the…

Yemen: Recent progress marred by Gaza war fallout, UN envoy reports

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: Recent progress marred by Gaza war fallout, UN envoy reports 14 February 2024 © UNICEF/Saleh Bin Hayan YPN A mother-of-nine, who is suffering from malnutrition herself, cooks a meal for her children in an IDP camp in Aden, Yemen. The shockwaves from the war in Gaza continue to reverberate across the wider Middle East region, with the situation in Yemen much more complex than it was a…

UNCTAD Press Conference (Cancelled)

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNCTAD Press Conference (Cancelled) 13 February 2024 Press Conference Announcement Presentation of the Global Supply Chain Forum 2024 Matthew Wilson, Ambassador of Barbados to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva (from Geneva)Pedro Manuel Moreno, UNCTAD Deputy Secretary General (from Geneva)The. Hon. Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - Barbados (from Bridgetown) 

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 13 February 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and Unitaid.Health…

Stories from the UN Archive: Boris Karloff, leprosy and Nigeria

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Boris Karloff, leprosy and Nigeria 13 February 2024 UN Photo/Tim McKulka Residents at the Luri-Rokwe leper colony in Sudan in 2008. (file) As the world celebrates World Radio Day, marked on 13 February, we dug into the UN archives for a vintage podcast classic from 1959, when famed Frankenstein actor Boris Karloff narrated an episode describing a visit to a…

Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan 13 February 2024 © UNICEF/Annadjib Ramadane Maha A Sudanese mother and her children take refuge in a town in Chad across the border from Darfur in Sudan. Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into new areas, driving displacement and hunger while exposing…

World News in Brief: Rafah ‘slaughter’ fears, Ukraine energy system attacks, rights abuses against Syrian returnees

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rafah ‘slaughter’ fears, Ukraine energy system attacks, rights abuses against Syrian returnees 13 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Palestinian children play in a classroom at a displaced shelter in Rafah city, Gaza. UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Martin Griffith has reiterated his warning against a full-scale military assault on Rafah, where more than half of…