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Repel intensifying attacks on schools, urges Guterres

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Repel intensifying attacks on schools, urges Guterres 09 September 2023 © UNHCR/Mercury Transformations Young women who fled Afghanistan study in Pakistan. With a staggering hike in attacks targeting schools and hospitals, and over seven million refugee children out of school, the UN chief called on Saturday for a new push to defend vulnerable students and teachers worldwide…

UN welcomes G20 leaders’ declaration in New Delhi

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN welcomes G20 leaders’ declaration in New Delhi 09 September 2023 UN India/Ruhani Kaur UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) briefs journalists at a press conference at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India. The UN welcomed the adoption on Saturday of the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, describing it as an example of effective leadership at a time of great divisions in the world…

Morocco earthquake: UN stands ready to support relief efforts

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Morocco earthquake: UN stands ready to support relief efforts 09 September 2023 UNESCO Maghreb/Eric Falt The earthquake with an epicentre in the High Atlas mountains caused devastation in the historic city of Marrakech, Morocco. The UN chief expressed his profound sadness over the deadly earthquake that struck central Morocco late on Friday night which latest media reports say has killed…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Andorra for Having No Child Prisoners, Ask Questions about Access to Housing and the Minimum Age of Criminal Liability

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Andorra for Having No Child Prisoners, Ask Questions about Access to Housing and the Minimum Age of Criminal Liability 08 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Andorra, commending the State on having no child prisoners, while…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Twenty-Ninth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Andorra, Austria, Germany, Israel, Malawi, Mauritania, Mongolia and Paraguay

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Twenty-Ninth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Andorra, Austria, Germany, Israel, Malawi, Mauritania, Mongolia and Paraguay 08 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its twenty-ninth session after adopting concluding observations on…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 08 September 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the United Nations Children'…

No legal grounds for Russian ‘so-called elections’ in occupied Ukraine: UN official

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home No legal grounds for Russian ‘so-called elections’ in occupied Ukraine: UN official 08 September 2023 © UNDP/Oleksandr Ratushniak Workers clear debris following a bombing in Irpin, Ukraine. (file) The so-called elections held by Russia in occupied areas of Ukraine “have no legal grounds”, a senior political affairs official said on Friday, reiterating UN’s commitment to the sovereignty and…

UNHCR: more than 7 million refugee children out of school

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR: more than 7 million refugee children out of school 08 September 2023 © UNHCR/Anna Liminowicz A young girl from Ukraine plays at her temporary home at the Kapelanka hostel in Poland. By the end of 2022, the number of school-aged refugees globally jumped nearly 50 per cent. More than seven million refugee children are out of school globally according to UN data – that’s more than half…

DR Congo: Few worse places to be a child warns UNICEF as twins found boobytrapped

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Few worse places to be a child warns UNICEF as twins found boobytrapped 08 September 2023 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A mother and two children walk through a camp for displaced people in Goma, in the eastern DR Congo Violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has descended to a new low, amid reports that months old twins were found abandoned with…

Lebanon: School occupations condemned as violence grips Palestine refugee camp

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: School occupations condemned as violence grips Palestine refugee camp 08 September 2023 近东救济工程处/Mohamad Eyadeh 艾因·哈勒瓦难民营是目前黎境内12个巴勒斯坦难民营中最大的一个。 Thousands of children have been put at risk amid a resurgence of violence at a Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said on Friday…