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‘Toxic tidal wave’ of plastic pollution putting human rights at risk

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Toxic tidal wave’ of plastic pollution putting human rights at risk 01 June 2023 UNEP/Cyril Villemain Local people from Watamu, Kenya, work with Local Ocean Conservation to pick up plastic on the beach each Friday. The world must combat the “toxic tidal wave” of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, two UN independent experts said on Thursday…

Urgent support needed for Chad, as arrivals from Sudan top 100,000: UNHCR

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Urgent support needed for Chad, as arrivals from Sudan top 100,000: UNHCR 01 June 2023 © UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune Refugees from Sudan are relocated between camps in Chad The head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, is calling on the international community to urgently increase support for new arrivals crossing the border from Sudan…

UN chief strongly condemns DPRK spy satellite launch 

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief strongly condemns DPRK spy satellite launch  31 May 2023 Unsplash/Micha Brändli Flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea fly in Pyongyang. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the latest satellite launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), his spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.…

Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO 31 May 2023 © ILO/ Marcel Crozet Bangladeshi garment employees leave a clothing plant at the end of their working day. Soaring debt levels compounded by high inflation and rising interest rates have dashed job-seekers’ hopes in developing countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned on Wednesday…

Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law 31 May 2023 IMF/Esther Ruth Mbabazi Kampala, Uganda's capital. UN chief António Guterres is “deeply concerned” after Uganda’s president signed into law a punitive so-called “Anti-Homosexuality Act”, the UN Spokesperson said in a statement released late on Tuesday…

UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered 31 May 2023 UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein Candles and wreaths mark a mass grave site at Ovcara, Croatia, where approximately 200 civilians were massacred in 1994. The UN chief on Wednesday commended the work of the judges and staff of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as its…

Oversight’s key to ensure sustainability in outer space: Guterres

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Oversight’s key to ensure sustainability in outer space: Guterres 31 May 2023 NASA/Johnson NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is seen floating during a spacewalk on 21 December 2015 as he and fellow astronaut Tim Kopra released brake handles on crew equipment carts on either side of the space station. Effective governance of outer space is necessary to propel innovation and achieve the Sustainable…

ILO virtual press conference

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home ILO virtual press conference 31 May 2023 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the 11th ILO Monitor on the labour impact of economic and geopolitical crises Under embargo until Wednesday, 31 May 2023 at 2 p.m. CEST (12 p.m. GMT) Mia Seppo, Assistant Director-General for Jobs and Social Protection Sangheon Lee, Director, ILO Employment Policy Department

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 30 May 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization.…

UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify 30 May 2023 © Sudanese Red Crescent Society Food is distributed in Omdurman, close to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on 15 April, humanitarians have been able to reach desperate families trapped in the conflict’s epicentre, Khartoum,…