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Director-General's remarks at the GCSP course for Saudi Arabian Diplomats on the theme “Navigating Global Challenges Through the Perspective of Multilateral Cooperation”

1 day 15 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the GCSP course for Saudi Arabian Diplomats on the theme “Navigating Global Challenges Through the Perspective of Multilateral Cooperation” 30 April 2025 Tatiana Valovaya  GCSP course for Saudi Arabian Diplomats on the theme “Navigating Global Challenges Through the Perspective of Multilateral Cooperation”Theme of the lecture “Challenges and Opportunities for Multilateralism”Wednesday, 30 April 2025 at 10.00 a.m.Room S4, Building S2,…

Committee against Torture Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals

2 days 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals 29 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture today heard presentations of reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications and reprisals submitted under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, before adopting…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 days 9 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 29 April 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Situation in the occupied…

Stuck in the middle? Indebted nations plot path to growth amid global trade upheaval

2 days 11 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Stuck in the middle? Indebted nations plot path to growth amid global trade upheaval 29 April 2025 © ADB/Lester V. Ledesma Food inflation remains a pressing issue in many developing countries. Faced with mounting debt and economic stagnation, middle-income countries have issued a call for financial reform, sustainable investment, and a roadmap to escape the so-called “middle-income trap,” at…

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans forced back into danger, says UNHCR

2 days 11 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Hundreds of thousands of Afghans forced back into danger, says UNHCR 29 April 2025 © UNHCR/Oxygen Empire Media Production A family sit beside their belongings after crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan. Afghanistan’s escalating humanitarian crisis is being compounded by the mass return of its nationals from neighbouring countries, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday…

World News in Brief: Guterres on India-Pakistan tensions, eastern DR Congo update, weather boost for locusts in Africa

2 days 11 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Guterres on India-Pakistan tensions, eastern DR Congo update, weather boost for locusts in Africa 29 April 2025 © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo Refugees who have fled violence in DR Congo to Burundi use a water point at a refugee camp in Cibitoke Province. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed “deep concern” over rising tensions between India and Pakistan since…

Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear

2 days 11 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear 29 April 2025 © UNOCHA/Myaa Aung Thein Kyaw People in Mandalay, Myanmar, remove debris following the earthquake in March 2025. Aftershocks continue to sow fear across Myanmar, where millions remain in desperate need of humanitarian aid a full month since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed more than 3,800 people and injured 5,100.…

Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade

2 days 11 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade 29 April 2025 © WHO Palestinians return from the south to the north of Gaza, during the ceasefire in February and which ended on 18 March. The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has left families eating barely enough to survive amid daily bombings – and the sick and injured without…

Two-State solution nearing point of no return, warns UN chief

2 days 11 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Two-State solution nearing point of no return, warns UN chief 29 April 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel Two children walk through Gaza's destroyed landscape. The UN Secretary-General has warned that the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine is nearing collapse, urging world leaders to take bold, irreversible steps to preserve hopes for lasting peace…

Ukraine: Ceasefire a critical first step on the road to durable peace

2 days 11 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Ceasefire a critical first step on the road to durable peace 29 April 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, addresses the Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. The UN political affairs chief underscored the urgent need for a ceasefire in Ukraine in a briefing to the Security…