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WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger
16 October 2024
Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, was celebrated in more than 150 countries and over 50 languages. With colleagues sending dispatches from around the world, we started in Rome for the main event then covered events worldwide, with some breaking news along the way. UN News app users can follow here.
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Lebanon war: Essential services in south facing collapse, warns UN
16 October 2024
Deadly Israeli airstrikes hit targets across Lebanon on Wednesday, prompting renewed condemnation from top UN negotiators and humanitarians, who warned that essential services in the south of the country are close to collapse.
“Today, Israeli airstrikes hit the town of Nabatieh in southern…
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Security Council meets on north Gaza as ‘supplies for survival’ run out
16 October 2024
Reality is brutal in Gaza and gets worse every day, while essential humanitarian supplies and assistance are being blocked at every turn, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, briefed ambassadors…
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‘Yet another’ Israeli strike on peacekeepers’ position in southern Lebanon
16 October 2024
In another serious security incident in southern Lebanon, a UN peacekeeping position has been “apparently deliberately” struck by incoming fire from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
According to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), early morning on Wednesday (local time),…
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World News in Brief: Sudan’s refugee crisis, UNRWA Gaza update, violence rising in South Sudan, call to halt latest US executions
16 October 2024
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expressed deep concern on Wednesday over the continued displacement crisis in Sudan, with the ongoing conflict driving thousands more refugees into neighbouring countries.…
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UN chief proposes $3.6 billion budget for 2025, highlighting peace, development and reforms
16 October 2024
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday presented a $3.6 billion budget proposal for programmes in 2025, highlighting the Organization’s commitment to peace, sustainable development, and human rights initiatives, while advancing key reforms.
Outlining his proposal at the…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Chile’s Laws on Violence against Women, Ask about Measures to Prevent Trafficking of Children and Sexual Abuse of Girls
15 October 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth periodic report of Chile, with Committee Experts praising the State’s laws on violence…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
15 October 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations…
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Two billion women without access to social protection
15 October 2024
A UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions are not being extended to enough women and girls, leaving them more vulnerable to poverty worldwide.
As the world prepares to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October, UN Women…
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Lebanon crisis: UN human rights office calls for probe into Israeli strike
15 October 2024
With no let-up to the ongoing Israel-Lebanon conflict, the UN human rights office on Tuesday called for an independent probe into an Israeli airstrike that hit an apartment block in northern Lebanon a day earlier that left a reported 22 dead.
“What we’re hearing is that amongst the 22…
