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With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians 21 June 2023 © WFP/Badre Bahaji In Malawi, humanitarian supplies are delivered as part of the UN response plan to Cyclone Freddy in March 2023. Conflicts, climate change and financial turmoil are increasing the need for humanitarian aid, but a lack of funding is resulting in painful rollbacks, the UN chief told…

UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people 21 June 2023 © UNDP/Oleksandr Ratushniak The war in Ukraine is inflicting a heavy toll on both the country's people and infrastructure. The UN has worked to extend critical humanitarian assistance for the people of Ukraine since day one of the invasion, the Organization’s development chief told the Ukraine Recovery Conference in…

UNMAS/GICHD/IACG hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNMAS/GICHD/IACG hybrid press conference 21 June 2023 Press Conference Announcement 26th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers (NDM-UN26) Ilene Cohn, Director, UNMAS Stefano Toscano, Ambassador, GICHD Giles Duley, CEO, Legacy of War Foundation and the Global Advocate for Persons with Disabilities in Conflict and Peacebuilding Situations Paul Heslop, Head of UN Mine Action, UNDP Ukraine…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Annual Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Hearing Speakers Raise Concerns about Pushbacks against Women’s Rights, Shrinking Civic Space, and Mitigating Harms of Artificial I

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Annual Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Hearing Speakers Raise Concerns about Pushbacks against Women’s Rights, Shrinking Civic Space, and Mitigating Harms of Artificial Intelligence 20 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Hears that the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea Continues to Deteriorate and that Both Israeli and Palestinian Authorities Use Punitive Measures to Silence Palestinian and Israeli Civil Society Members

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Hears that the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea Continues to Deteriorate and that Both Israeli and Palestinian Authorities Use Punitive Measures to Silence Palestinian and Israeli Civil Society Members 20 June 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning heard that the human rights situation in Eritrea continues to deteriorate and that both Israeli and…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 20 June 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, and the Human Rights…

HRC hybrid press conference - Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HRC hybrid press conference - Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel 20 June 2023 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Commission’s latest report Navi Pillay, Chairperson Miloon Kothari, Member of the Commission Chris Sidoti, Member of the Commission

UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family 20 June 2023 © Jerry Rolfe From left to right: Laurens, Laurens' mother Silvia, Jane, Sasha, Oksana, and dogs Tess, Mischou, and Alfie. At a home in the British countryside, two retired UN staff members have hosted a Ukrainian mother and son for more than a year. Ahead of World Refugee Day, the housemates shared their stories and the impact the…

World Refugee Day: UN calls for solidarity and inclusion amid record displacement

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World Refugee Day: UN calls for solidarity and inclusion amid record displacement 20 June 2023 © 联合国儿童基金会/Christopher Herwig 在约旦的叙利亚难民收到了过冬冬季衣物。（资料图片） Refugees deserve support and solidarity, not closed borders and pushbacks. That’s a reminder from UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday’s World Refugee Day, regarding the international community’s duty to assist and protect refugees…

DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP 20 June 2023 © 粮食署/Vincent Tremeau 在刚果民主共和国卡南加的粮食计划署食品仓库，一名妇女正在工作。 UN humanitarians issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday to help millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where chronic violence and displacement continue to fuel a dramatic hunger crisis…