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Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings
29 October 2024
Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with displacement now exceeding 11 million people amid reports of mass killings and systematic-sexual violence across multiple regions, UN officials said on Tuesday.
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Russia: Torture now ‘a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad’
29 October 2024
In a new report launched on Tuesday the UN independent expert on human rights in Russia exposes alarming patterns of torture used as a State-sanctioned tool of repression to stifle dissent and intimidate communities abroad.
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UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban
29 October 2024
Top UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the irreplaceable role of the global body’s agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, insisting that if implemented, the Israeli parliament’s decision to ban it would only deepen suffering in Gaza.
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Middle East crisis: Live updates on UNRWA, Gaza and more
29 October 2024
Our live coverage ranged from the Security Council and UN Headquarters to dispatches from across the Middle East as tensions escalated and the war on Gaza and Lebanon continued in the shadows of a new Israeli ban on UNRWA, the agency serving nearly six million Palestine refugees in the region. UN News app users can follow here…
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Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia
29 October 2024
Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological diversity and develop a lasting blueprint that will allow humankind to live in harmony with nature.
More than 190 nations signed up to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in…
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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Press Conference
29 October 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Publication of the Trade and Development Report 2024: Rethinking Development in the Age of Discontent
Embargo until Tuesday, 29 October 2024 at 2:30 pm Geneva time
Rebeca Grynspan, UN Trade and Development Secretary General Anastasia Nesvetailova, UNCTAD, Head, Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch, Division on Globalization and Development…
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Director-General's remarks at the Exchange with students of the University of St. Gallen - Seminar on "Rebuilding Security in Europe"
29 October 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
"Rebuilding Security in Europe" - Exchange with students of the University of St. GallenTuesday, 29 October 2024, at 10.00 a.m.Visitors' Center, E Building, Palais des Nations Ambassador Greminger,Dear students, It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations, at the…
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New Permanent Representative of Hungary Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
28 October 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Zsófia Havasi, the new Permanent Representative of Hungary 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…
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Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency
28 October 2024
New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high shows once again that urgent action and not words is needed from the world’s major polluters to protect us all from climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) insisted.
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Middle East crisis: Live updates from the Security Council and UN across the region
28 October 2024
Thanks for joining us for the latest breaking news over the day, including from UN staff on the ground, dispatches from Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region and the Israeli Knesset's vote to outlaw the work of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA. We also recapped the emergency Security Council meeting on escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. UN News app users can…
