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Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action 30 November 2023 © UNICEF/Ulet Ifansasti A man crosses parched farmland in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep trouble”, UN chief António…

World News in Brief: New relief window in Gaza, sexual violence in Sudan, new action against chemical weapons

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: New relief window in Gaza, sexual violence in Sudan, new action against chemical weapons 30 November 2023 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Residents of Gaza move their possessions during the temporary humanitarian pause. A last-minute extension of the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Thursday offered hope that UN humanitarians and aid partners will be able to…

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease 30 November 2023 © UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker Phiona works as a Peer Mother at a health centre in Uganda, she helps train and support mothers to deliver HIV-free babies. The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN health agency WHO said on the eve of World AIDS Day,…

Civil society an ‘unwavering force’ for peace: UN official

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civil society an ‘unwavering force’ for peace: UN official 30 November 2023 UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein Voters inspecting ballot papers on election day in Montserrado in October 2005. Civil society organizations are on the “frontlines” of peacebuilding, a senior UN official said on Thursday, as the Organization convened the inaugural dialogue with grassroots organizations aimed at building and…

Russia: UN rights chief denounces outlawing of ‘the international LGBT movement’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia: UN rights chief denounces outlawing of ‘the international LGBT movement’ 30 November 2023 UN News/Anton Uspensky The Moskva River in central Moscow on a summer night UN human rights chief Volker Türk has deplored the decision by Russia’s highest court to outlaw what it called “the international LGBT movement” and brand it as “extremist” - a move he feared could lead to gay and…

Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria 30 November 2023 © UNICEF/Maria Wamala In rural Uganda, a mother puts her one-year-old child to bed inside a mosquito net. Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk” to progress being made to fight malaria, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday…

Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia 30 November 2023 © UNICEF Beledweyne town is flooded after the Shabelle River burst its banks. Deadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of Somalia, with over 100 killed and 750,000 displaced from their homes, the authorities and humanitarian partners said on Thursday in the capital, Mogadishu.…

COP28 talks open in Dubai with breakthrough deal on loss and damage fund

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP28 talks open in Dubai with breakthrough deal on loss and damage fund 30 November 2023 COP28/Neville Hopwood View of the iconic Al Wasl Dome at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which is hosting the UN climate conference COP28. Delegates meeting in Dubai agreed Thursday on the operationalization of a fund that would help compensate vulnerable countries coping with loss and damage…

United Nations Office at Geneva Commemorates International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home United Nations Office at Geneva Commemorates International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 29 November 2023 Press Release The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the meeting and read out the…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Praise Bulgaria’s National Ombudsman, Ask about Racial Discrimination by the Police and High Unemployment in the Roma Community

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Praise Bulgaria’s National Ombudsman, Ask about Racial Discrimination by the Police and High Unemployment in the Roma Community 29 November 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-third to twenty-fifth…