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What next for Liberia after 20 years of peace? A UN Resident Coordinator blog

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home What next for Liberia after 20 years of peace? A UN Resident Coordinator blog 16 August 2023 UN Liberia A student on the Youth Rising training project learns carpentry in a workshop. This August marks twenty years of peace in Liberia following the end of the brutal civil war there, followed by a successful democratic transition. In this blog, the UN Resident Coordinator in the West African…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Acknowledge Malawi’s Efforts to Implement the Convention, Ask Questions on Persons with Disabilities’ Involvement in Disaster Management and Measures to Promote Sign Language

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Acknowledge Malawi’s Efforts to Implement the Convention, Ask Questions on Persons with Disabilities’ Involvement in Disaster Management and Measures to Promote Sign Language 16 August 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined first and second report of…

UNCTAD hybrid press conference

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNCTAD hybrid press conference 16 August 2023 Press Conference Announcement Publication of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2023 Under embargo until Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 11 a.m. CEST Junior Davis, Chef, Policy Analysis and Research Branch, Division on Africa, LDCs and Special Programmes Anja Slany, Economist, Policy Analysis and Research Branch, Division on Africa, LDCs and Special Programmes

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 15 August 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Daniel Johnson, Chief a.i. UNTV, Radio and Webcast, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Population Fund,…

Afghan girls' voices for education echo loudly through new global campaign

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Afghan girls' voices for education echo loudly through new global campaign 15 August 2023 © UNICEF/Mark Naftalin Young girls study at a school in Mazar-i-Sharīf, Balkh Province, Afghanistan. The UN fund that ensures children can continue learning during emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), launched a campaign on Tuesday to elevate the voices of young Afghan…

Keep pressuring Taliban amid ‘unparalleled assault’ on women’s rights

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Keep pressuring Taliban amid ‘unparalleled assault’ on women’s rights 15 August 2023 © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani Women wait at a maternal health hospital, the only one of its type in Afghanistan. The head of the UN agency that champions gender equality on Tuesday urged the international community  to continue pressing for change in Afghanistan, accusing the Taliban of imposing “the most…

Sudan: Four months of conflict 'destroying people's lives and violating their basic human rights'

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Four months of conflict 'destroying people's lives and violating their basic human rights' 15 August 2023 UN Photo/Albert González Farran People continue to be displaced by conflict in Sudan. After four months of war in Sudan, UN humanitarians on Tuesday called for action to be taken to end the conflict which is having a “devastating impact” on people's lives, health…

New Permanent Observer of League of Arab States Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Observer of League of Arab States Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 15 August 2023 Presentation of Credentials Sami Mohammad Al-Sulaiman, the new Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United…

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

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Estonia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 15 August 2023 Presentation of Credentials Riia Salsa-Audiffren, the new Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva…

Rights experts denounce idea of ‘reformed’ Taliban two years after return to power

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts denounce idea of ‘reformed’ Taliban two years after return to power 14 August 2023 © WFP/Sadeq Naseri A family in a village in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan eat food received from the UN. More than 30 independent UN human rights experts have called for the international community to recommit to support the people of Afghanistan, in a statement issued on Monday marking two…