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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 14 November 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross…

US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home US ‘at a critical juncture’ in fight against racism: Independent expert 14 November 2023 © Unsplash/Colin Lloyd An anti-racism protest takes place in Colorado, USA. (file) The United States need to increase efforts to address “enduring systemic racism” at what is a critical juncture in the fight against discrimination, said the UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert on the issue,…

Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson 14 November 2023 UN Ukraine Human rights officers examine a kitchen where a rocket landed in Posad-Pokrovske in the Kherson region of Ukraine. The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson on Monday.…

World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties 14 November 2023 WHO/Panos/Tania Habjouqa A patient at risk of diabetes receives a special eye exam at the National Centre for Diabetes in Amman, Jordan. One hundred years after the discovery of insulin, millions of people with diabetes around the world still cannot access the care…

Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan 14 November 2023 © UNICEF/Omar Tarig Children in Gedaref, Sudan learn about the dangers and symptoms of cholera. Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face a deadly outbreak of the disease amidst the ongoing war, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Tuesday.…

Security Council: UN Police need greater support amid ‘many challenges’

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council: UN Police need greater support amid ‘many challenges’ 14 November 2023 Фото ООН/Х. Дико Полицейские ООН в Мали. Police officers serving under the UN flag must be properly prepared, equipped and resourced in the face of the significant challenges to both multilateralism and peacekeeping, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.…

‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28 14 November 2023 © UNICEF/UN0548109/Jan Grarup A young girl walks in the flooded village of Ulang in South Sudan. The COP28 climate conference held in Dubai later this month “must be the place to urgently close the climate ambition gap”, as emissions continue to rise and climate chaos intensifies, UN chief António Guterres…

UPDATED: Besieged Gaza hospital horror continues; fuel supplies now exhausted

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UPDATED: Besieged Gaza hospital horror continues; fuel supplies now exhausted 14 November 2023 © WHO Al Shifa hospital is being used as shelter for displaced families in Gaza. UN health agency WHO hailed on Tuesday the “heroic efforts” of staff at Gaza City’s besieged Al-Shifa hospital and expressed concern for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the enclave where heavy…

UNIDIR press conference

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNIDIR press conference 14 November 2023 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Landmine Monitor 2023 report Hardy Giezendanner, Senior Researcher, UNIDIR Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme Tamar Gabelnick, Director, ICBL-CMC Mark Hiznay, Landmine Monitor 2023 Ban Policy Editor Katrin Atkins, Landmine Monitor 2023 Impact Team Senior Researcher Loren Persi, Landmine Monitor 2023 Impact Team Lead

New round of talks on global plastic pollution treaty underway in Nairobi

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home New round of talks on global plastic pollution treaty underway in Nairobi 13 November 2023 © UNEP Dandora landfill in Nairobi, Kenya, where much of the waste in the landfill is plastic. Negotiators from around the world gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday for fresh talks over a landmark international treaty to combat plastic pollution.…