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Haiti: ‘Unimaginable violence’ against women, children, reports UNICEF

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: ‘Unimaginable violence’ against women, children, reports UNICEF 07 August 2023 © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi The ongoing violence in Haiti continues to threaten the well-being of children and women. Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens, especially women and children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on…

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

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 07 August 2023 Presentation of Credentials Bojan Vujić, the new Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens One Hundred and Tenth Session

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens One Hundred and Tenth Session 07 August 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and tenth session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Italy, Croatia, Uruguay, Namibia, Senegal and Turkmenistan.  The Committee heard from the Representative of the…

Real influencers: Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Real influencers: Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV 06 August 2023 © UNICEF/Frank Dejong A mother, holding her two-year-old in the southwest of Côte d'Ivoire, discovered that she was seropositive during her pregnancy. To find “hidden” children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their mothers. To do so, innovative projects in Africa are entering places…

First Person: Rising above floods in Viet Nam

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Rising above floods in Viet Nam 05 August 2023 © UNICEF/Truong Viet Hung A series of tropical storms caused widespread flooding in central Viet Nam. A man living in Viet Nam has been explaining how his community has learnt to adapt to and mitigate the effects of devastating flooding caused by tropical storms…

UN pushes disarmament talks amid fears that drums of nuclear war are beating again

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN pushes disarmament talks amid fears that drums of nuclear war are beating again 05 August 2023 UN Japan/ Ichiro Mae The Peace Park in Hiroshima. As United Nations-led talks on nuclear disarmament continued in Geneva, New York and Vienna, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Sunday that “the drums of nuclear war are beating once again”.…

Land and basic services are ‘your rights, not favours’, UN deputy-chief

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Land and basic services are ‘your rights, not favours’, UN deputy-chief 05 August 2023 UN Brazil UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, visits the Mapuera community in the state of Pará, Brazil. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said that the United Nations will support Brazil’s indigenous peoples and amplify their voices far and wide towards the full realizations of their…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 04 August 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Daniel Johnson, Officer-in-Charge of the Radio, Television and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Food and…

‘Transforming education’: Ensuring children and societies are learners

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Transforming education’: Ensuring children and societies are learners 04 August 2023 © WFP/Cassandra Prena Two young girls attend class in the mountainous and impoverished area of Jinotega, Nicaragua. The UN launched on Friday a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to understand education as a global…

Black Sea deal collapse sparks rise in global food prices: FAO

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Black Sea deal collapse sparks rise in global food prices: FAO 04 August 2023 © UNODC/Duncan Moore Joint inspection teams at work under the Black Sea Initiative. Global food prices rose for the first time in months following the collapse of the landmark agreement to ship grain from war-torn Ukraine to the rest of the world, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO…