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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 16 May 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Finland for Providing Free Education for Children up to Age 18, Ask about the Detention of Asylum-Seeking Children and the Criminalisation of the Sale of Children

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Finland for Providing Free Education for Children up to Age 18, Ask about the Detention of Asylum-Seeking Children and the Criminalisation of the Sale of Children 16 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Finland under the…

Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warned

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warned 16 May 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, briefs members of the UN Security Council. The security situation in the Sahel remains very worrying and the spiralling crisis in Sudan is…

Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19’s sting

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19’s sting 16 May 2023 © ILO/Bobot Go Window cleaners work in Muntinlupa City, Philippines. Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic carry on, according to the UN’s latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report, released on Tuesday…

Sudan crisis: UN continues to scale up aid, as security allows

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: UN continues to scale up aid, as security allows 16 May 2023 © UNICEF/Donaig Le Du Refugees from Sudan wait to collect essential non-food items during distribution in Koufroun, a Chadian village near the Sudanese border. The UN and humanitarian partners continue to scale up the aid response for the millions in need across Sudan on Tuesday, as news reports described heavy…

UN marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 16 May 2023 © UNAIDS Around the world, 67 countries still criminalise same-sex relations, with 10 imposing the death penalty. Secretary-General António Guterres, marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on Wednesday, urging UN Member States to protect the rights of LGBTQI+ people. …

Untested AI-based tools could harm patients, WHO warns

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Untested AI-based tools could harm patients, WHO warns 16 May 2023 © Unsplash/Irwan A nurse works in a lab control room in Kota Makassar, Indonesia. As excitement builds throughout health and information systems worldwide over the rich potential benefits of new tools generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the UN health agency on Tuesday called for action to ensure that patients are…

Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Spain, Slovakia and Venezuela

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Spain, Slovakia and Venezuela 15 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions about the situation of women’s rights in Spain,…

WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners 15 May 2023 © Unsplash/Towfiqu barbhuiya Artificial sweeteners are commonly used to sweeten coffee and tea. New guidelines from the UN health agency released on Monday have advised against using non-sugar sweeteners (NSS…

UN marks 75 years since displacement of 700,000 Palestinians

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN marks 75 years since displacement of 700,000 Palestinians 15 May 2023 UN Photo Barefoot and pushing their belongings in prams and carts, Arab families leave the coastal town of Jaffa which became part of the greater Tel Aviv area in the state of Israel. The UN on Monday commemorated for the first time in its history, the mass displacement of Palestinians from land that was to become…