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COP28 is about action, not politics and point scoring, says UN climate chief

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP28 is about action, not politics and point scoring, says UN climate chief 06 December 2023 COP28/Christophe Viseux Simon Stiell, UNFCCC Executive Secretary speaks to reporters at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-…

Ukraine: Lasting toll of war, ‘beyond measure’, Security Council hears

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Lasting toll of war, ‘beyond measure’, Security Council hears 06 December 2023 © UNICEF/Olena Hrom A young girl stands in the rubble of her school in a suburb of Kyiv in Ukraine. (file) If urgent steps are not taken to end the ongoing war and its dire humanitarian consequences in Ukraine, 2024 may be even more unpredictable and destructive, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday…

Opera, glass blowing, poncho weaving and more: UNESCO celebrates world’s cultural heritage

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Opera, glass blowing, poncho weaving and more: UNESCO celebrates world’s cultural heritage 06 December 2023 Unsplash/Serge Taeymans The tradition of glassblowing in Syria has been inscribed in the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The UNESCO committee that protects so called Intangible Cultural Heritage met in Botswana this week to add new entries to the UN culture agency’s list of…

UN's Türk urges probe into alleged sexual violence during Hamas terror attacks

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN's Türk urges probe into alleged sexual violence during Hamas terror attacks 06 December 2023 © Magen David Adom Israel Rescue workers attend a damaged residential block in southern Israel. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned serious sexual violations allegedly carried out by Hamas militants during their terror attacks in southern Israel on 7 October, while…

Gaza: Guterres invokes 'most powerful tool' Article 99, in bid for humanitarian ceasefire

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Guterres invokes 'most powerful tool' Article 99, in bid for humanitarian ceasefire 06 December 2023 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra People search for their belongings in the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian…

New York City youth give a shout out to human rights worldwide

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home New York City youth give a shout out to human rights worldwide 06 December 2023 UN News/Paulina Kubiak Greer At UN headquarters, students participate in the People’s Theatre Project focused on human rights issues. Hundreds of teenagers from New York schools on Wednesday descended on UN Headquarters to discuss mental health, education, homelessness and systematic racism, as part of the build…

Guterres urges greater support for UN emergency relief fund

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges greater support for UN emergency relief fund 06 December 2023 © UNICEF/Joe English Hygiene kits are distributed to displaced people at a camp in Syria. Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday highlighted the importance of the UN’s core humanitarian response fund to deploy quick and strategic resources to global crises globally…

World News in Brief: Nigeria airstrikes condemned, supporting Venezuelan migrants and refugees, weapons in Myanmar

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Nigeria airstrikes condemned, supporting Venezuelan migrants and refugees, weapons in Myanmar 06 December 2023 © WFP/Adetona Omokanye A food market in northern Nigeria. Authorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and hold those responsible to account, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday.…

OHCHR Press Conference

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 06 December 2023 Press Conference Announcement HC Volker Türk press conference Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 05 December 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the General Fisheries Commission for the…