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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 16 April 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio, TV and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UN Women, UN Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for…

Tourism ‘intrinsically susceptible’ to climate shocks, political unrest, pandemic threat

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Tourism ‘intrinsically susceptible’ to climate shocks, political unrest, pandemic threat 16 April 2024 © Unsplash/Hongbin The Perhentian Islands in Terengganu, Malaysia. The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday highlighted the urgent need to boost sustainable and resilient tourism practices to protect the environment while continuing to benefit local economies…

UN Youth Forum focuses on sustainable future for all

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN Youth Forum focuses on sustainable future for all 16 April 2024 © UNICEF/Pun Young climate activists in Maldives highlight key messages, urging climate action. Young leaders from around the world are sharing their visions and actions to advance sustainable development at a three-day meeting that opened on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York.…

Libyan leaders must put national interests above their own, top envoy tells Security Council

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Libyan leaders must put national interests above their own, top envoy tells Security Council 16 April 2024 © UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi An injured man lies in a shelter for displaced people in the outskirts of Tripoli in Libya. (file) Efforts to foster dialogue and address the concerns of Libyan politicians are being met with “stubborn resistance, unreasonable expectations and indifference” on…

Indigenous Kalinago lead the way towards making Dominica ‘climate resilient’

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Indigenous Kalinago lead the way towards making Dominica ‘climate resilient’ 16 April 2024 UN News/ Brianna Rowe Sylvania Burton (l), President of Dominica, with Lorenzo Sanford, Chief of the Kalinago people Dominica aims to become the world’s first “climate-resilient" nation, and the indigenous Kalinago people are playing a leading role in developing the country and helping its people to…

Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza 16 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden Khan Younis lies in ruins following the withdrawal of Israeli forces. Scaling up assistance in Gaza remains a challenge in the face of continued access denials, delays and other impediments, the head of the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories…

Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering 16 April 2024 © WHO/Christopher Black Children are being treated in a temporary field hospital in Mouraj, a neighbourhood in the south of the Gaza Strip. Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one child is injured or dies every 10 minutes, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, amid…

UN leaders call for more action to end racism and discrimination

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN leaders call for more action to end racism and discrimination 16 April 2024 © UNICEF/Matthew K. Firpo The vast majority of Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African descent. Tuesday marked the opening of the third session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, bringing together anti-racism activists, human rights defenders, government delegations and others.…

Geneva conference pledges $630 million in life-saving help for Ethiopia

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Geneva conference pledges $630 million in life-saving help for Ethiopia 16 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Nitsebiho Asrat Students stand in their under-equipped classroom in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s international partners convened in Geneva on Tuesday to address the urgent need for increased humanitarian funding for the crisis-hit country, pledging a total of almost $630 million…

OCHA Press Conference

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home OCHA Press Conference 16 April 2024 Press Conference Announcement Briefing in advance of the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Ethiopia (also on Tuesday, 16 April, from 3 p.m. CEST to 6 p.m. CEST) Ambassador Shiferaw Teklemariam, Commissioner of the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management CommissionThe Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell, Deputy Foreign Secretary and Minister for Development and AfricaRamiz Alakbarov, United Nations Assistant…