Home
United Nations
The United Nations Office at Geneva

Chad: Aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Chad: Aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger 14 April 2023 © UNICEF/Riccardo Gangale Women bring their children to a community malnutrition screening in Nokou, Chad. A dire lack of humanitarian funding has left hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people in Chad facing hunger in the coming months, UN agencies said on Friday…

‘It can happen anywhere’: General Assembly reflects on Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home ‘It can happen anywhere’: General Assembly reflects on Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 14 April 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) and other participants light candles at the UN General Assembly event commemorating the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Hate speech is an alarm bell – the louder it rings,…

Conflict in NE Nigeria still affects children 9 years after Chibok girls ‘nightmare’: UNICEF

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Conflict in NE Nigeria still affects children 9 years after Chibok girls ‘nightmare’: UNICEF 14 April 2023 © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson The jihadist group responsible for kidnapping school girls in Chibok, Boko Haram, has attacked communities in and around Maiduguri (pictured). Nearly a decade after Boko Haram militants abducted 276 schoolgirls from their dormitory in Chibok, northeast Nigeria…

Religious leaders join UN in praying for peace – ‘our most precious goal’

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Religious leaders join UN in praying for peace – ‘our most precious goal’ 14 April 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses attendees to the Interfaith Moment of Prayer for Peace at UN Headquarters. At a time of terrible divisions in the world, leaders from multiple faiths joined together at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday to observe a moment of…

New UNESCO report reveals $97 billion barrier to reaching education targets

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home New UNESCO report reveals $97 billion barrier to reaching education targets 14 April 2023 © UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene On 19 September 2022 in Goro, Ethiopia, a classroom full of children at Goro Pre-Primary and Elementary School. Children all around the country are returning to class, they are excited to meet their friends after a long period apart. Without $97 billion in extra funding, a range…

Expert of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Expresses Serious Concern that Incidents in the Context of the Armed Conflict in Ukraine Could Amount to Racial Discrimination

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Expert of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Expresses Serious Concern that Incidents in the Context of the Armed Conflict in Ukraine Could Amount to Racial Discrimination 13 April 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation, with a…

UN rights chief calls for action to address Central Mediterranean Sea migrant crisis

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief calls for action to address Central Mediterranean Sea migrant crisis 13 April 2023 © SOS Méditerranée/Anthony Jean Migrants are rescued off the coast of Libya by the NGO, SOS Méditerranée. (file) The sharp rise in migrants and asylum-seekers making the deadly Central Mediterranean crossing into Europe requires urgent action to save lives, UN High Commission for Human Rights…

UN independent experts spotlight ‘prima facie war crime’ in East Jerusalem

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home UN independent experts spotlight ‘prima facie war crime’ in East Jerusalem 13 April 2023 UN News/Maher Nasser A market in Jerusalem. The international community must take immediate action to stop Israel’s forced evictions and displacement of Palestinians in East Jerusalem as part of Israel’s annexation and “de-Palestinianization” of the city, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on…

Gender inequalities in food and agriculture are costing world $1 trillion: FAO

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Gender inequalities in food and agriculture are costing world $1 trillion: FAO 13 April 2023 © FAO/Vyacheslav Oseledko Women farmers work in a field in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Levelling the playing field for women working in the food and agriculture sectors can bring growth and help feed millions, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday…

Canada: Over 30,000 Afghan refugees arrive with IOM’s support

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Canada: Over 30,000 Afghan refugees arrive with IOM’s support 13 April 2023 © Government of Canada Since August 2021, thousands of Afghans have been resettled to Canada on flights supported by IOM. The arrival of a charter flight in Toronto on Wednesday marked the successful departure to Canada of more than 30,000 Afghan refugees with the assistance of the International Organization for…