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Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows

4 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows 29 January 2025 As more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza following the opening of key roads, UN agencies are scaling up humanitarian aid and addressing the growing risks posed by unexploded ordnance such as landmines (UXO).  “Hope returns to Gaza, but it…

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

4 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Mauritania Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 29 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Aicha Vall Verges, the new Permanent Representative of Mauritania 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…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

5 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 28 January 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the…

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

5 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Cuba Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Rodolfo Benítez Verson, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba 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 appointment to Geneva,…

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

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of New Zealand Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Deborah Mary Geels, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand 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…

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

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Nauru Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 28 January 2025 Presentation of Credentials Frederick W. Pitcher, the new Permanent Representative of Nauru 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 appointment to Geneva, Mr.…

DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told 28 January 2025 The UN Security Council convened its second emergency meeting in three days on Tuesday to address the escalating crisis in Goma – the regional capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO…

DR CONGO CRISIS: Security Council hears call for ‘urgent and coordinated international action’ over Goma

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home DR CONGO CRISIS: Security Council hears call for ‘urgent and coordinated international action’ over Goma 28 January 2025 The Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday over the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with UN agencies and partners on the ground reporting chaos in the streets of the regional capital Goma amid rising death and displacement as the M23 armed group takes over towns and villages. App users can…

World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases 28 January 2025 At least one girl and three boys were killed, and three boys injured, during an attack on the Saudi Hospital in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, North Darfur, on Friday.  The children were among the…

Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears 28 January 2025 The implementation of new Israeli laws banning the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA – set to take effect on Thursday – will heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Security Council has heard. Briefing ambassadors in New York on Tuesday, UNRWA…