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Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network 24 May 2023 Unsplash/Johannes Plenio Carbon dioxide levels and other greenhouse gas concentrations, continued at record levels, despite the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A hundred and ninety-three countries have unanimously approved the creation of a global greenhouse gas monitoring mechanism, the World…

UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa 24 May 2023 © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno More people are being displaced in Somalia as a result of drought conditions. With “crisis atop of crisis” threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a pledging event to raise $7…

Türk appeals to Sudan’s warring generals; calls out ‘dangerous anti-rights tendencies’ worldwide

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Türk appeals to Sudan’s warring generals; calls out ‘dangerous anti-rights tendencies’ worldwide 24 May 2023 Volker Türk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. The “senseless” fighting in Sudan must stop now, and the warring generals have to insist on zero tolerance for sexual violence among their troops, the UN rights chief said on Wednesday…

Unprecedented joint call to shield children on the move from violence

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Unprecedented joint call to shield children on the move from violence 24 May 2023 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee Displaced Sudanese children at a temporary shelter.. The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children, joined UN agencies on Wednesday in highlighting the urgent need to protect the rights of young people on the move, amid spiralling crises worldwide…

‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount 24 May 2023 UN News/Maher Nasser Nearly 600,000 people have visited the Holy Sites in Jerusalem since the beginning of Ramadan. Swift action is needed to prevent flare ups of Israeli-Palestinian violence and avert a looming food crisis, the top UN official in the Middle East told the Security Council on…

OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 24 May 2023 Press Conference Announcement UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk press conference with Geneva-based journalists Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

WHO hybrid press conference

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO hybrid press conference 23 May 2023 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the final report of the council on the economics of health for all Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General Mariana Mazzucato, Council Chair

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 23 May 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Federation of Red Cross and Red…

UNRWA hybrid press conference

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA hybrid press conference 23 May 2023 Press Conference Announcement Health conditions of Palestine refugees in the Near East Akihiro Seita, UNRWA Director of Health 

Cyclone Mocha: urgent funding needed as hunger, diseases loom

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Cyclone Mocha: urgent funding needed as hunger, diseases loom 23 May 2023 © UNOCHA/Pierre Lorioux Men repair a shelter damaged by Cyclone Mocha in Nget Chaung 2 IDP camp in Rakhine state in Myanmar. As a clearer picture emerges of the trail of destruction left by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar and Bangladesh, humanitarians are continuing to provide life-saving assistance, and the need for an…