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UN underlines need to move forward on peace efforts in Colombia

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN underlines need to move forward on peace efforts in Colombia 11 January 2024 UN Verification Mission in Colombia A mural in Aruaca in Colombia promotes a message of women behind social change and equality. Recent developments in Colombia have highlighted the need to move forward in implementing the 2016 peace agreement signed by the Government and the FARC-EP militia group, UN Special…

Russian strikes continue to wreak havoc across Ukraine

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russian strikes continue to wreak havoc across Ukraine 11 January 2024 © UNOCHA/Alina Basiuk The Black Sea port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine is being targeted by new missile attacks. Russian strikes have continued to “wreak havoc” on Ukrainian cities, causing death and destruction and leaving millions of civilians without access to vital services, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA)…

Director-General's remarks at the UNOG-NGIC High-Level Meeting “The Future of Multilateralism: The Summit of the Future and the Need for a New Global Pact for International Cooperation”

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the UNOG-NGIC High-Level Meeting “The Future of Multilateralism: The Summit of the Future and the Need for a New Global Pact for International Cooperation” 11 January 2024 Tatiana Valovaya UNOG – NGIC High-Level Meeting: “The Future of Multilateralism:The Summit of the Future and the Need for a New Global Pact for International Cooperation"Room XXII, Palais des NationsThursday, 11 January 2024, at 09:50 Excellencies,Distinguished…

What is the International Court of Justice and why does it matter?

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home What is the International Court of Justice and why does it matter? 10 January 2024 UN Photo The United Nations flag flies in front of the Peace Palace, home of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been placed firmly in the global spotlight this month following South Africa’s decision to turn to the world tribunal after accusing Israel…

Security Council strongly condemns Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council strongly condemns Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping 10 January 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Members of the Security-Council gather for a meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security in the Red Sea. The UN Security Council on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning “in the strongest terms” the multiple attacks by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen which…

Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA 10 January 2024 WHO Surgeons operate on a patient at Al-Quds hospital in Gaza. (file) Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver desperately needed humanitarian relief inside Gaza have effectively cut off five hospitals in the north from access to “lifesaving medical supplies and…

World News in Brief: UN helicopter captured in Somalia, Ecuador violence condemned, new Human Rights Council president

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UN helicopter captured in Somalia, Ecuador violence condemned, new Human Rights Council president 10 January 2024 UN Photo/Sourav Sarker United Nations helicopters at Mogadishu Airport in Somalia. (file) The UN remains concerned about the fate of personnel travelling on one of its helicopters in Somalia that reportedly was seized on Wednesday by al-Shabaab militants,…

‘No end in sight’ to Ukraine war, UN political chief warns

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No end in sight’ to Ukraine war, UN political chief warns 10 January 2024 © UNOCHA/Oleksii Holenkov Cities across Ukraine, including Dnipro (pictured), were heavily bombed over the festive period. The new year has brought no respite to Ukraine, with recent weeks seeing some of the worst attacks of the nearly three-year war, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council on…

Global unemployment to increase in 2024, warns ILO report

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global unemployment to increase in 2024, warns ILO report 10 January 2024 © ILO/Marcel Crozet Jobless workers wait for employment opportunities in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Global unemployment is expected to rise this year, with growing inequality and stagnant productivity also a cause for concern on the economic horizon, the UN labour agency ILO said on Wednesday…

ILO Press Conference

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home ILO Press Conference 10 January 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024 (WESO trends) Under Embargo until Wednesday, 10 January at 12 p.m. (noon- Geneva time) (11:00 GMT) Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Director-GeneralRichard Samans, Director, Research Department