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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 30 April 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. New report: The Impact of Six Months of Conflict on Children in LebanonJames Elder, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said the…

OCHA Press Conference

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home OCHA Press Conference 30 April 2024 Press Conference Announcement Update on the humanitarian situation the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Bruno Lemarquis, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator

Director-General's remarks at the Beyond Lab launch event

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Beyond Lab launch event 30 April 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Beyond Lab launch event (formerly SDG Lab) Tuesday, 30 April 2024, at 4.00 p.m.Mezzanine, Building E, Palais des Nations Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the Palais des Nations for the relaunch of the SDG Lab.With the Lab being firmly grounded in my Office at UNOG, it is not by coincidence that the relaunch is taking place at the Palais. The Lab has been…

WIPO Press Conference

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home WIPO Press Conference 30 April 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of World Intellectual Property Report (WIPR) “Making Innovation Policy Work for Development”Marco Aleman, Assistant Director General, IP and Innovation Ecosystems SectorCarsten Fink, Chief Economist

‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack   

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack    30 April 2024 © UNRWA People in Rafah in the south of Gaza collect drinking water. Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah amid a growing number of strikes there, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on…

Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon 30 April 2024 © UNICEF/Fouad Choufany Many families in Lebanon are barely able to meet their most basic needs. (file) Children as young as four are being forced to go to work in Lebanon amid a “massive collapse” in humanitarian funding and escalating hostilities on the country’s southern border with Israel that threaten to…

Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war 30 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Gaza. With the situation in Gaza “worsening by the day”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for Israeli and Hamas leaders currently taking part in intense negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement…

Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’ police action on US campuses

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’ police action on US campuses 30 April 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Protesters demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus in New York City. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said he was troubled by “a series of heavy-handed steps” taken by some universities in the United States to disperse and dismantle…

World News in Brief: DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll 30 April 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire Un jeune garçon est assis dans un site de personnes déplacées à Goma, province du Nord-Kivu, en RDC (photo d'archives). The world’s leading humanitarian action forum on Tuesday said that crushing levels of…

Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica be under the ground?

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica be under the ground? 30 April 2024 UNDP/ Zaimis Olmos Dominica's geothermal energy pipe, Roseau Valley A small but growing number of countries are well on their way to producing all of their electricity from renewable sources. Dominica, in the eastern Caribbean, is planning to join these pioneers and become the first small island…