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New Permanent Representative of Albania Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Albania Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 16 November 2023 Presentation of Credentials Vasilika Hysi, the new Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.…

YAS 2023

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home YAS 2023 16 November 2023 Palais des Nations     The Young Activists Summit seeks to …

Stories from the UN Archive: Marlon Brando, the UN’s first frontman for water

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Marlon Brando, the UN’s first frontman for water 16 November 2023 UNICEF/Speiser Marlon Brando speaks at UNICEF's New York Headquarters about the desperate needs of many of the world's children. (file) What do Bolivia, Marlon Brando and the UN have in common? The Oscar-winning actor helped the UN amplify the need for clean water in a South American…

Gaza: UN’s Türk calls for political path out of 'horror'

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN’s Türk calls for political path out of 'horror' 16 November 2023 UN Geneva/Daniel Johnson Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the media in Geneva. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday welcomed the Security Council call for pauses in the fighting in Gaza where “doctors operate on screaming children without anaesthetic, using mobile…

World News in Brief: Ethiopia food aid resumes, ‘Stop the Lies’ campaign against big tobacco, Syria ruling, climate action – key to peace

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ethiopia food aid resumes, ‘Stop the Lies’ campaign against big tobacco, Syria ruling, climate action – key to peace 16 November 2023 © WFP/Michael Tewelde Vulnerable communities receive food aid from the UN in the Tigray region of Ethiopia (file photo). In drought and conflict-affected Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday it was restarting food…

UN’s top Woman Police Officer ‘a young agent of change’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s top Woman Police Officer ‘a young agent of change’ 16 November 2023 © Herve Serefio Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti, of Indonesia wins the 2023 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. An Indonesian police officer serving at the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, was on Thursday awarded a top peacekeeping honour.…

Sudan: Deadly spiral of violence continues as Khartoum calls for 'immediate termination' of UN mission

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Deadly spiral of violence continues as Khartoum calls for 'immediate termination' of UN mission 16 November 2023 © UNICEF/Zehbrauskas A child stands with water collected from an IDP camp in Nyala, Darfur. (file) The war between rival militaries in Sudan, which has been raging for over seven months has further intensified in recent weeks, particularly in the volatile Darfur…

Security Council reform a must, to end ‘paralysis’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council reform a must, to end ‘paralysis’ 16 November 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe General Assembly meets on question of equitable representation and increase in membership of Security Council. As wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza, never before has the issue of reform of the Security Council been more pressing, the President of the General Assembly said on Thursday…

Gaza: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down entire humanitarian operation

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down entire humanitarian operation 16 November 2023 © WHO Thousands of displaced people are living in Khan Younis camp in southern Gaza. Lack of fuel is jeopardizing “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw sewage is now flowing in the streets, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on…

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Egypt for its Contribution to the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture, Raise Questions on the Death Penalty and Sharia Law

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Egypt for its Contribution to the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture, Raise Questions on the Death Penalty and Sharia Law 15 November 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Egypt on its efforts to…