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Conference on Disarmament Holds Thematic Discussion on New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of such Weapons, including Radiological Weapons
15 June 2021
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on its agenda item 5 on new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, including radiological weapons.
Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon, President of the Conference on Disarmament, opening the thematic discussion, introduced the panellists.
Yury Ambrazevich, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that rapid advances in science and technology were…
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UNDRR hybrid press conference
15 June 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Under embargo until 17 June 3 p.m. Geneva time
Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
Dr. Roger Pulwarty, Senior Scientist, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Launch of the Global Assessment Report (GAR) Special Report on Drought 2021
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Domestic workers among hardest hit by COVID crisis, says UN labour agency
15 June 2021
Domestic workers globally have been among the hardest hit by the COVID crisis, losing more jobs and working hours than other sectors, the UN labour agency ILO said on Tuesday.
Ten years on from the landmark adoption of the International Labour Organization Convention that confirmed their rights, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder insisted that despite “real progress” in labour laws and…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
15 June 2021
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, Unitaid, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Food Programme.
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Rosalind Yarde, for the International Labour Organization (ILO), said that the…
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ILO virtual press conference
15 June 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Under embargo until Tuesday, 15 June at 2:00 p.m. CEST (12:00 GMT)
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
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Launch of the ILO report, Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects ten years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)
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‘Critical juncture’ for Mali warns UN mission chief, with democratic future at risk
14 June 2021
Immediate action is required now to initiate critical reforms and lay the groundwork for credible elections in Mali, where the security situation is as worrying as ever, the Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) told the Security Council on Monday.
El-Ghassim Wane briefed the 15-member body via video-conference in the wake of a coup…
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Restoring nature ‘the test of our generation’: UN General Assembly President
14 June 2021
Stepping up global efforts to combat land degradation is the only way to safeguard food and water security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ward against future threats to health and the environment, the UN General Assembly President told ambassadors meeting in New York on Monday.
Addressing a high-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought, Volkan Bozkir…
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Around 1.5 million Lebanese in need, top UN humanitarian official there warns
14 June 2021
As Lebanon endures one of its worst financial and economic crises ever, the UN estimates that over the next eight months around $300 million is needed to provide vital aid to around 1.5 million Lebanese and 400,000 migrant workers living there.
“The explosion at the Beirut port has accelerated a lot of things, that's for sure”, said Deputy Special Coordinator Najat Rochdi, who is…
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COVID-19 cases drop for seventh week, but deaths fall less slowly: WHO
14 June 2021
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported to the UN health agency has declined for seven weeks in a row, in what the top official there called on Monday “the longest sequence of weekly declines during the pandemic so far”.
However, while weekly cases are at their lowest since February, “deaths are not falling as quickly”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health…
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UN strongly condemns ‘appalling’ attack on Syrian hospital
14 June 2021
Senior UN officials have condemned a deadly attack on a hospital in Syria this past weekend, underlining the need for accountability for crimes committed in the country’s decade-long war.
The Al-Shifaa Hospital came under fire amid shelling in the rebel-held northern city of Afrin on Saturday.
The attack on Al-Shifa hospital was appalling and I strongly condemn it. https://t.co/JJ7G7QfeA6— Geir O…
