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How a piece of the Moon landed at UN Headquarters

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home How a piece of the Moon landed at UN Headquarters 21 January 2024 UN Photo/NASA In this photo, taken by astronaut Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin Aldrin, Jr. walks on the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. (file) An extraterrestrial visitor now lives at UN Headquarters in New York: a precious piece of the Moon. The rock joins a host of other fascinating objects on display, from a machine gun…

Adrift at sea for 28 days, struggles continue for Sri Lankan migrants

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Adrift at sea for 28 days, struggles continue for Sri Lankan migrants 20 January 2024 © IOM/Anushma Shrestha Selvan, 47, was one of the 303 Sri Lankan migrants that smugglers abandoned at sea for 28 days. Sri Lankan migrants who paid their life savings to people traffickers for perilous and unsuccessful sea crossings in an attempt to find a better life overseas have returned home thanks to…

At Non-Aligned Movement summit, Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home At Non-Aligned Movement summit, Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages 20 January 2024 United Nations The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres addresses the 19th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Kampala, Uganda. UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages, in an…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Welcome Senegal’s Initiatives Promoting Birth Registration, Ask about Harmful Cultural Practices and Efforts to Increase School Participation Rates

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Welcome Senegal’s Initiatives Promoting Birth Registration, Ask about Harmful Cultural Practices and Efforts to Increase School Participation Rates 19 January 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Senegal under the Convention on the Rights of the Child as…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 19 January 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Meteorological…

Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages 19 January 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Babies are fed at Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza. (file) Babies are being “delivered into hell” in Gaza with many others likely dying as a result of conflict with Israel and increasingly dire conditions in the enclave, UN humanitarians warned on Friday…

World News in Brief: Congo flood response, tourism bounces back, alert over Sudan’s ancient pyramids

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Congo flood response, tourism bounces back, alert over Sudan’s ancient pyramids 19 January 2024 © WHO farmland and houses are flooded following heavy rains in the Republic of Congo. Unprecedented flooding in the Republic of the Congo has left more than 350,000 people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Friday…

Epstein files: Nobody should evade justice, say UN rights experts

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Epstein files: Nobody should evade justice, say UN rights experts 19 January 2024 Unsplash/Priscilla du Preez Governments and Internet companies are failing to meet challenges of online hate. UN independent human rights experts on Friday emphasized no one is above the law, following the unsealing of nearly 1,000 pages of court records in the case of US financier Jeffrey Epstein, which shed…

Rights experts urge France to protect children from sexual abuse

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts urge France to protect children from sexual abuse 19 January 2024 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences. France must take urgent action to protect children from incest and all forms of sexual abuse while also addressing mistreatment suffered by mothers trying to keep them safe, independent…

Carnage in Gaza: ‘How much is enough?’ asks UN Assembly President

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Carnage in Gaza: ‘How much is enough?’ asks UN Assembly President 19 January 2024 OPGA General Assembly President Dennis Francis (2nd left) addresses the opening of the 19th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Kampala, Uganda. The President of the UN General Assembly on Friday reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages as the “only credible course of…