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75 years after the bomb, Hiroshima still chooses ‘reconciliation and hope’
06 August 2020
In a video message delivered to a Peace Memorial Ceremony in Japan on Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has paid tribute to the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which devastated the city in 1945.
“Seventy-five years ago, a single nuclear weapon visited unspeakable death and destruction upon this city”, he said in his address. “The effects linger to this day…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST SESSION ONLINE
05 August 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon opened its one hundred and first session online, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Taisuke Komatsu, Executive Director of the International Movement against All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
In his statement, Mr. Walker said COVID-19 had touched all countries and, unfortunately, exacerbated the inequalities…
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UNCTAD
05 August 2020
Press Conference Announcement
The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General
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Barbados set to sign agreement to host UNCTAD15
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ILO virtual Press Conference
04 August 2020
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UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL TUESDAY, 4 AUGUST at 1.00 p.m. GMT (3 p.m. GENEVA TIME)First universal ratification of an ILO Convention
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General ILO.
Corinne Vargha, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department
Vera Paquete-Perdigao, Director of the ILO’s Governance Department
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ILO
04 August 2020
Press Conference Announcement
UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL TUESDAY, 4 AUGUST at 1.00 p.m. GMT (3:00 p.m. GENEVA TIME)
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General ILO
Corinne Vargha, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department
Vera Paquete-Perdigao, Director of the ILO’s Governance Department
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
04 August 2020
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization.
World Breastfeeding Week
Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, Head of Food and Nutrition Action in Health Systems Unit at the World Health Organization (WHO), said the theme for this year’s World Breastfeeding Week was “Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet…
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UN chief outlines ‘bold steps’ for education in the face of COVID-19 disruption
04 August 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption to education in history and prolonged school closures could further entrench inequalities in access to learning, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, underlining the need for “bold steps” to address the crisis.
Describing education as “the key to personal development and the future of societies”, António Guterres…
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ILO virtual Press Conference (under embargo)
04 August 2020
Press Conference Announcement
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General ILO. Corinne Vargha, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department Vera Paquete-Perdigao, Director of the ILO’s Governance Department
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‘No silver bullet’ to combat COVID-19, says UN health agency head
03 August 2020
There is “no silver bullet” to combat COVID-19, the head of the UN health agency told journalists on Monday, adding, “and there might never be”.
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee on COVID-19 met Friday to review the current coronavirus pandemic at what chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called “a sobering moment”.
At a regular press briefing on Monday in Geneva, he…
