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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Congratulate Italy on Reception Centres for Unaccompanied Minors, Ask about Racism in Sport and Hate Crimes against Roma, Sinti and Camminanti Communities

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Congratulate Italy on Reception Centres for Unaccompanied Minors, Ask about Racism in Sport and Hate Crimes against Roma, Sinti and Camminanti Communities 09 August 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration…

UN rights chief concludes visit to Iraq

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief concludes visit to Iraq 09 August 2023 UN Human Rights Volker Türk visits Iraq for the first time as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The UN rights chief concluded his first ever visit to Iraq, where he highlighted pressing human rights concerns, climate change impacts, and the need for reforms. He also called for the country’s leaders to be guided by the interests of…

COVID-19: WHO tracking EG.5 'variant of interest'

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home COVID-19: WHO tracking EG.5 'variant of interest' 09 August 2023 © WHO/Pierre Albouy Dr Tedros, Director-General of the World Health Organization, speaks following his re-election during the 75th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently tracking several COVID-19 "variants of interest", including EG.5 which…

Indigenous Day celebrates youth shaping a sustainable tomorrow

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Indigenous Day celebrates youth shaping a sustainable tomorrow 09 August 2023 UNFPA Brazil/Isabela Martel Lutana Ribeiro is the only female chief of Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state. As the world celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, the theme of "Indigenous youth as agents of…

Negotiated solution only way to end Sudan war: senior UN official

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Negotiated solution only way to end Sudan war: senior UN official 09 August 2023 © UNFPA Chad/Muriel Kobena Women and girls fleeing conflict in Sudan are provided with assistance by UNFPA in Toumtouma camp, eastern Chad. Ongoing mediation efforts aimed at resolving the conflict in Sudan are critical,  a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, warning against the risk…

Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial 09 August 2023 UN News/Pengfei Mi Nagasaki Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park, Japan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for countries to recommit to eliminating nuclear weapons in his message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, observed on Wednesday…

UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye 09 August 2023 © UNICEF/PAC Trucks carrying essential humanitarian supplies travel from Türkiye through the Bab al-Salam border crossing, into northwest Syria. A deal has been reached with the Government of Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Türkiye to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.…

UNEP oceans advocate Lewis Pugh on epic Hudson swim to highlight importance of river health

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNEP oceans advocate Lewis Pugh on epic Hudson swim to highlight importance of river health 09 August 2023 © The Lewis Pugh Foundation UNEP ocean advocate Lewis Pugh swims in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbour. (file) The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh, is on a quest to swim the length of the iconic Hudson River in New York state to draw…

Lebanon: Vital UN refugee health centre reopens

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Vital UN refugee health centre reopens 09 August 2023 © UNRWA Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, Dorothee Klaus, meets with Palestine Refugees in Ein El Hilweh camp following hostilities last week. A UN health centre providing medical care to Palestine refugees at a camp in Lebanon reopened on Wednesday, as a ceasefire between opposing armed groups holds…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 08 August 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Daniel Johnson of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Human Rights Council, the World Metrological Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Health Organisation. Publication…