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New Permanent Representative of Nicaragua presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
10 February 2021
Presentation of Credentials
Alvaro Fernando Murillo Centeno, the new Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Murillo Centeno had been serving as Minister Counsellor for consular affairs at the Embassy of Nicaragua to Switzerland, based in Geneva, since February 2020. From 2017 to 2020, he was a…
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New Permanent Representative of the Gambia presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
10 February 2021
Presentation of Credentials
Muhammadou M.O. Kah, the new Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
With a career spanning more than three decades in higher education, science and technologies, as well as corporate business, Mr. Kah has held teaching and leadership positions in the United States, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.…
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FROM THE FIELD: Teaching Chad’s scientists of the future
10 February 2021
The study of science could have a “transformational” impact on young people living in different conflict areas across the world according to the UN’s Education Cannot Wait programme.
A pilot study in the city of Bol in Chad, which has suffered the effects of cross-border terrorism over many years, has shown that the provision of simple science-focused materials like a compass or protractor (which…
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Without ‘constructive international diplomacy’ Syria’s peace process will not move forward
09 February 2021
The UN Special Envoy for Syria said there had to be “constructive international diplomacy” if the peace process is to move forward in any way, appearing before the Security Council behind closed doors on Tuesday.
“I am more convinced than ever that without this, it is unlikely that any track – the constitutional track or any other – will really move forward”,…
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Safer Internet Day: Prioritize and protect child well-being online
09 February 2021
Although millions of boys and girls worldwide have relied on the internet to play, socialize and learn during the COVID-19 pandemic, time online can also expose them to online sexual exploitation, cyberbullying and other risks, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore is among experts expressing growing concern for the well-…
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COVID-19 ‘extremely unlikely’ to have come from a lab, experts say
09 February 2021
The virus that causes COVID-19 probably jumped from animals to humans and is “extremely unlikely” to have come from a laboratory, the head of an international team investigating the origins of the disease said on Tuesday.
Dr. Peter Ben Embarek from the World Health Organization (WHO) was speaking during a press conference in Wuhan, China, at the end of a four-week mission to the city…
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OSE virtual press stakeout
09 February 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Geir O. Pedersen, UN Special Envoy for Syria
Live webcast on http://webtv.un.org
Audio:
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Virtual press stakeout following the UN Special Envoy for Syria’s briefing to the Security Council in closed session today, Tuesday 9 February, at 4 p.m. Geneva time (10 a.m. New York)…
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New ICC ruling ‘opens the door’ for justice in occupied Palestine – Independent UN expert
09 February 2021
The ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that is does have jurisdiction over grave crimes committed in occupied Palestinian territory is a “significant step forward in the quest for justice and accountability”, an independent UN human rights expert said on Tuesday.
“This offers profound hope to those who believe that consequences, not condonation, must…
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Cooling La Niña is on the wane, but temperatures set to rise: UN weather agency
09 February 2021
Temperatures in almost all parts of the world will likely rise between now and April despite the cooling influence of the latest La Niña weather phenomenon, which has passed its peak, UN climate experts said on Tuesday. “Impacts on temperatures, precipitation and storm patterns continue”, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement.
It noted that above-…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
09 February 2021
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council and the World Meteorological Organization.
La Niña update
Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said that the 2020-2021 La Niña event had passed its peak, but its impacts lingered and land temperatures were expected to be above normal for most parts of the globe in February-April 2021. There was a 70 per cent chance that the tropical…
