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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 14 May 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Telecommunication Union, and the International…

UN envoy decries continued political stalemate in Libya

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy decries continued political stalemate in Libya 14 May 2024 © UNOCHA/Sebastian Brandt A boy walks through a neighbourhood of Tripoli, Libya's capital. The outgoing head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) urged leaders to end their stalemate and bring the country back on the path to peace and stability, in an exclusive interview with UN News…

Record 75.9 million internally displaced in 2023, UN report reveals

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Record 75.9 million internally displaced in 2023, UN report reveals 14 May 2024 © WFP/Patrick Mwangi People sheltering at an IDP camp in Somalia receiving food aid. The number of people living in internal displacement soared to a record 75.9 million last year, a new UN-backed report said on Tuesday…

UN forum in Bahrain: Innovation as the key to solving global problems

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN forum in Bahrain: Innovation as the key to solving global problems 14 May 2024 UNIDO-ITPO A wide view of attendees to the World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF) in Bahrain. A major UN forum opened on Tuesday in Bahrain. Its mission: to empower entrepreneurial leaders who can build a brighter future and achieve sustainable development for all…

World News in Brief: Arson at UNRWA’s East Jerusalem office, UN probe on staff member’s death in Gaza, food insecurity in South Sudan

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Arson at UNRWA’s East Jerusalem office, UN probe on staff member’s death in Gaza, food insecurity in South Sudan 14 May 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe فيليب لازاريني، المفوض العام لوكالة إغاثة وتشغيل لاجئي فلسطين (الأونروا). A fresh arson attempt was made late Monday on the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestine refugees UNRWA in occupied Jerusalem, the second incident…

Security Council hears of relentless attacks against civilians and infrastructure in Ukraine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council hears of relentless attacks against civilians and infrastructure in Ukraine 14 May 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov People walk passed a recently bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine, in January 2024. Escalating Russian attacks in northeast Ukraine have killed civilians, sparked further displacement and caused massive destruction to railways and other infrastructure, a senior…

ICC Prosecutor outlines roadmap to complete Libya war crimes probe

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home ICC Prosecutor outlines roadmap to complete Libya war crimes probe 14 May 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), briefs UN Security Council members on the situation in Libya. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced at the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the investigative stage of the legal proceedings into…

Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti 14 May 2024 © WFP/Tanya Birkbeck An UNHAS helicopter lands on Ile de la Tortue off the north coast of Haiti. Two women involved in the day-to-day operations in Haiti of the UN’s humanitarian air service, known as UNHAS, say they have to manage “unknowns” and “dangers and stress” in order to keep aircraft flying…

450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home 450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues 14 May 2024 UNRWA UNRWA Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on Tuesday that some 450,000 Gazans have been forcibly displaced from the southernmost city by Israeli evacuation orders in the last week…

Guterres deplores Rafah escalation

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres deplores Rafah escalation 14 May 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the escalation of Israeli military activity in and around Rafah in southern Gaza, his spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.…