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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 30 May 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization.…

UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify 30 May 2023 © Sudanese Red Crescent Society Food is distributed in Omdurman, close to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on 15 April, humanitarians have been able to reach desperate families trapped in the conflict’s epicentre, Khartoum,…

Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears 30 May 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A member of the Batoto Yetu dance company performs during the opening of the Second Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. Racism is a global problem, and every country must take a stance against it, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said…

Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war 30 May 2023 © UNICEF/Hasan Belal Two children look at damage caused by the February 2023 earthquake tin northwestern Syria. Action on the ground must match diplomacy’s steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war in Syria, where violence is once again, killing a growing numbers of civilians, the top UN…

Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns 30 May 2023 © UNICEF/Georges Harry Rouzier Many Haitian schoolchildren receive meals supported by the UN. A total of 4.9 million people in Haiti – nearly half of the country's population – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to a new UN-supported report…

WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere 30 May 2023 World Bank/Curt Carnemark Glaciers are retreating due to climate change including in Chile (pictured). Global warming’s devastating effects on the world’s sea ice, icebergs and glaciers – part of what is known as the cryosphere – need to be better understood and mitigated, according to the World Meteorological…

Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts 30 May 2023 Kseniya Golubovich Protesters detained during demonstrations in Minsk, Belarus, are released from prison (file photo). A large group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called on the Belarusian authorities to immediately release all those being held on “spurious charges…

IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine 30 May 2023 © IAEA/Fredrik Dahl An IAEA expert mission team tours Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and its surrounding area. (file) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to unambiguously support five principles aimed at preventing a nuclear accident amid…

International Day of UN Peacekeepers honours 75 years of service and sacrifice

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home International Day of UN Peacekeepers honours 75 years of service and sacrifice 29 May 2023 © UNMISS/Gregorio Cunha Kornelia Shikukumwa, Nupoor Sanjiv and Anuujin Amarjagal (from left to right) , UNMISS peacekeepers from Namibia, India and Mongolia , respectively, are photographed at the mission’s headquarters in Juba, South Sudan. Since 1948, more than two million uniformed and civilian…

UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 'hotspots'

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 'hotspots' 29 May 2023 © WFP/Peter Louis Over two million people in Sudan are expected to slip into hunger in the coming months as a result of the ongoing violence in the country. Hunger is set to worsen in 18 “hotspots” worldwide including Sudan, where fighting is putting people at risk of starvation, the Food and Agriculture…