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António Guterres secures second term as UN Secretary-General, calls for new era of ‘solidarity and equality’
18 June 2021
António Guterres was on Friday re-appointed to a second term as UN Secretary-General, pledging as his priority, to continue helping the world chart a course out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Taking the oath of office in the General Assembly Hall, Mr. Guterres said he was aware of the immense responsibilities bestowed on him at this critical moment in…
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Famine risk spikes amid conflict, COVID-19 and funding gaps: WFP
18 June 2021
The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions more on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
In an appeal for $5 billion “to avoid famine” and support the “biggest operation in its history”, WFP spokesperson Phiri Tomson said that millions of refugees faced “uncertainty and…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
18 June 2021
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council, and the World Health Organization.
Forty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), announced that the forty-seventh session would commence on 21 June and run until 13 July. The session would be based from Room…
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Conference on Disarmament Holds Last Plenary under the Presidency of Cameroon
18 June 2021
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its last plenary meeting under the Presidency of Cameroon.
Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon, outgoing President of the Conference on Disarmament, recalled that nine plenary meetings had been held under his Presidency, all of which had given rise to rich, dense communications and, above all, been expressive of the dynamics of scientific and technological progress in the field of so-called weapons of mass destruction and related equipment. These exchanges had served as a reminder of the urgent need to revive…
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Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections
18 June 2021
Amid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue aimed at ending a longstanding and damaging political impasse, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council today.
Helen La Lime, who is the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Haiti and head…
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Guterres: Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators
17 June 2021
Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Already a “cruel tactic of war, torture, terror and repression”, Secretary-General António Guterres pointed to the turmoil caused…
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One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
17 June 2021
New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide – taking more lives each year than HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide.
Based on its estimates that more than 700,000 people, or one-in-100, died by suicide in 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) produced new LIVE LIFE guidelines to help…
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UN chief urges debt relief extension for middle-income countries
17 June 2021
Innovative measures to address debt are required to help the world’s more than 100 middle-income countries expand their economies and exit the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Thursday.
Addressing a high-level meeting on these nations, which account for more than half of the UN’s 193 Member States, he underlined the need for financing to…
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New Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
17 June 2021
Presentation of Credentials
Taeho Lee, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea 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. Lee had been serving as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea from September 2018 to December 2020. He previously served as Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs in the…
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New Permanent Representative of Nigeria Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
17 June 2021
Presentation of Credentials
Abiodun Richards Adejola, the new Permanent Representative of Nigeria 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. Adejola had been serving as Deputy Head of Mission at Nigeria’s Embassy to Ethiopia and Deputy Head of Mission at Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union in…
