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Halfway there: 5 ways the UN is turbocharging the race to the SDGs

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Halfway there: 5 ways the UN is turbocharging the race to the SDGs 10 July 2023 UNOCHA/Damilola Onafuwa Zara Bulama carries one of the goats she received from FAO in Gongulong, Maiduguri, Nigeria, in June 2021. At the halfway point towards realizing the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Member States, innovators, and influencers will gather at UN Headquarters on Monday when…

One year of the Black Sea Initiative: Key facts and figures 

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home One year of the Black Sea Initiative: Key facts and figures  10 July 2023 UN Photo/Levent Kulu WFP vessel RC Vanessa waiting for Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) inspection in the Marmara Sea (this vessel carried wheat from Ukraine to Afghanistan). For almost a year, the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative agreed by Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine has allowed millions of tonnes of grain and other…

Temperatures off the charts, but more records imminent: WMO

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Temperatures off the charts, but more records imminent: WMO 10 July 2023 Unsplash/Rafael Garcin Global sea surface temperatures were at a record high in May and June 2023. Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May, June, and July – and the warming El Niño weather pattern is only just getting started – experts at the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on…

WMO hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO hybrid press conference 10 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Record global temperatures on land and sea surface Omar Baddour, Chief of Climate Monitoring at WMO Michael Sparrow, Chief of World Climate Research Programme

Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Seventh Session in Geneva

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Seventh Session in Geneva 10 July 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-seventh session, being held in Geneva from 10 to 28 July, during which it will review efforts by Switzerland, New Zealand, Romania and Spain to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and…

Building resilience in Mozambique: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Building resilience in Mozambique: A UN Resident Coordinator blog 09 July 2023 © UN/Helvisney Cardoso UN Resident Coordinator Myrta Kaulard talks with the mother of a student after the opening of a new school building with UN support in Monapo District, Nampula province, Mozambique, in 2022. Grappling with climate shocks, COVID-19 recovery, and conflict, Mozambique is building…

UN chief condemns airstrike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns airstrike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan 09 July 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media at UN Headquarters in New York (file photo). He said on Wednesday it was everyone's UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the airstrike in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Saturday which reportedly killed at…

UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee Camp

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee Camp 09 July 2023 © UNRWA/Tareq Shalash The two-day Israeli military operation, which included airstrikes in this densely populated community, caused the worst level of destruction in more than 20 years in Jenin camp. Senior UN officials and donor partners on Sunday visited the Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of…

Demining Ukraine: Bringing lifesaving expertise back home

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Demining Ukraine: Bringing lifesaving expertise back home 08 July 2023 UNDP in Ukraine Alexander Lobov has more than 20 years of experience in mine clearance around the world. He now helps Ukrainians affected by war and passes on his experience in his home country, which has been ravaged by war. Alexander Lobov, a military engineer and mine action expert with the UN Development Programme (…

AFTERNOOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia 07 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review   outcomes of the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia.   Concerning the Republic of Korea, the Vice-President of the…