Home
United Nations
The United Nations Office at Geneva

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 06 February 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing 6 February 2024Rolando 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 World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food…

UN’s political chief warns of escalating toll as third year of war in Ukraine looms

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s political chief warns of escalating toll as third year of war in Ukraine looms 06 February 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov People watch a building on fire following a missile attack in Ukraine. (file) With the war in Ukraine about to enter its third year, the damage wrought by the conflict to the country and to global peace and security is becoming increasingly clear, the UN’s top…

UN food agency ramps up deliveries amid worsening food security in Ethiopia

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN food agency ramps up deliveries amid worsening food security in Ethiopia 06 February 2024 © UNICEF/Raphael Pouget A 13-month-old girl is treated for severe malnutrition at a hospital in Mekelle in Tigray, Ethiopia. As severe hunger ripples across northern Ethiopia, the World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up efforts to deliver lifesaving assistance to three million people in the coming…

UN rights office voices concern ahead of elections in Pakistan

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office voices concern ahead of elections in Pakistan 06 February 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Badshahi Mosque in Lahore in the Punjab province of Pakistan close to the border with India. UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has urged authorities in Pakistan to ensure that parliamentary elections this week are free and fair, his office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.…

War crimes fears over Israeli ground invasion of Rafah

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home War crimes fears over Israeli ground invasion of Rafah 06 February 2024 © OHCHR/ Media Clinic Displaced Palestinians at a temporary shelter in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (file) Any move by Israel to extend its full-scale invasion of Gaza into the massively overcrowded southern city of Rafah could lead to war crimes which must be prevented at all costs, the UN aid coordination…

UN deputy chief calls for ‘courage, vision and solidarity’ to boost middle-income nations

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN deputy chief calls for ‘courage, vision and solidarity’ to boost middle-income nations 06 February 2024 © UNHCR Morocco/Ass Hagouchi UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, addresses the High-Level Conference on Middle Income Countries in Rabat, Morocco. Despite being the driving force for sustainable development, middle-income countries face unique challenges and require more…

Amid a funding crisis, UNRWA’s work in Lebanon could end by March

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Amid a funding crisis, UNRWA’s work in Lebanon could end by March 06 February 2024 © UNICEF/Dalia Khamissy Palestinian children receive stationery items at an UNRWA school in south Lebanon. Cancer patients, young students and families are among the 250,000 Palestinians – 80 per cent already living under the poverty line – who could lose access to lifesaving services in Lebanon by March amid…

With Middle East at a ‘critical juncture’, UN Iraq envoy appeals for restraint

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home With Middle East at a ‘critical juncture’, UN Iraq envoy appeals for restraint 06 February 2024 © UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez In the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, 15-year-old Noor (left) and her cousin Rahaf walk together to school. Attacks originating both within and outside Iraq have the potential to unravel hard-won stability and other achievements if they continue, the head of the UN Mission…

One year on, for survivors of Türkiye-Syria quakes the suffering is far from over

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home One year on, for survivors of Türkiye-Syria quakes the suffering is far from over 06 February 2024 © UNICEF/Cihan Çoker/ASAM A family living in a makeshift shelter after houses and buildings were destroyed by the earthquakes that struck near Türkiye-Syria border. (file) Tens of thousands of families that survived last year’s devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria have yet to recover on…

World News in Brief: Unprecedented cholera spike in Africa, Julian Assange extradition update, locusts compound Sudan crisis

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Unprecedented cholera spike in Africa, Julian Assange extradition update, locusts compound Sudan crisis 06 February 2024 © UNICEF A health worker cares for patients in a cholera treatment centre in rural Malawi. Cholera cases are surging globally, and there’s been an unprecedented spike in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.…