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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 28 July 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.…

UN pledges to ‘remain engaged and committed’ amid attempted coup in Niger

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN pledges to ‘remain engaged and committed’ amid attempted coup in Niger 28 July 2023 © WFP/Evelyn Fey Mothers in Niger are receiving guidance from the UN on how to feed under-nourished children. Humanitarian operations, development support and peace programmes in Niger continue in the wake of the attempted military coup this week, the top UN official in the country said on Friday in a…

World entering a ‘humanitarian doom loop’, warns UN food aid official

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home World entering a ‘humanitarian doom loop’, warns UN food aid official 28 July 2023 © FAO/Eilaf Abdelbasit Sudan is among the places worst affected by acute hunger and food insecurity. Russia has not offered any free grain to the UN food relief agency so far, and its policy of buying supplies from Ukraine has been based on its competitive price and quality, a senior WFP official said on…

UN missions battle old and emerging threats to protect civilians

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN missions battle old and emerging threats to protect civilians 28 July 2023 UN Photo/Michael Ali UN peacekeepers patrol Mutwanga in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Heads of UN peacekeeping forces on Thursday highlighted the work of ‘blue helmets’ in some of the most challenging environments, protecting those in need not only from war and terror but also increasingly from…

UNHCR urges solidarity with Burkina Faso’s victims of extremist violence

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR urges solidarity with Burkina Faso’s victims of extremist violence 28 July 2023 © UNHCR/Insa Wawa Diatta Women and children who have fled violence in Burkina Faso seek help in Côte d'Ivoire. Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring countries and not sent back, amid a spike in violence and horrifying rights abuses, the…

During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection 28 July 2023 © UNHCR/Socrates Baltagiannis UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Gillian Triggs (left) meets a group of asylum seekers on Samos island, Greece. The Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, Gillian Triggs, concluded a four-day visit to Greece on Friday,…

OHCHR condemns executions in Kuwait and Singapore, pushes for global ban

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR condemns executions in Kuwait and Singapore, pushes for global ban 28 July 2023 Unsplash/Swapnil Bapat “We deplore the multiple executions carried out this week in Kuwait and Singapore and oppose the death penalty under all circumstances,” said OHCHR Spokesperson Seif Magango. Five prisoners were executed in Kuwait and two in Singapore this week, including the first Singaporean woman…

Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health 28 July 2023 Daria Kornilova Russian journalist and prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is imprisoned in the Russian Federation. An independent UN human rights expert on Friday appealed for Russia to immediately release detained journalist and prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, whose life…

Committee against Torture Concludes Seventy-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of New Zealand, Romania, Spain and Switzerland

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Concludes Seventy-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of New Zealand, Romania, Spain and Switzerland 28 July 2023 Press Release The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of New Zealand, Romania, Spain and Switzerland on their efforts to implement the provisions of the …

WHO hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO hybrid press conference 27 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Report on the global tobacco epidemic Under embargo until Monday, 31 July 2023, 12:30 p.m. CEST Dr Ruediger Krech, WHO Director for Health Promotion Dr Kelly Henning, Public Health Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies Dr Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal, The Honourable Minister of Health and Wellness, Mauritius