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UN chief to meet UNRWA donors, as major charities call for continued support

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief to meet UNRWA donors, as major charities call for continued support 29 January 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Displaced people walk from the north of Gaza towards the south, as ambulances head in the other direction. (file) Secretary-General António Guterres is due to meet with major donors to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday, as major non-governmental…

From The Field: Story of an aid worker trying to survive in Gaza

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home From The Field: Story of an aid worker trying to survive in Gaza 28 January 2024 © UNOCHA Hala, a displaced mother and humanitarian worker, fled her home in Gaza to stay in Rafah. A humanitarian worker in Gaza has been documenting her struggles after being displaced on numerous occasions as she and her family flee ongoing bombardments by Israeli forces…

UN chief urges countries to reverse UNRWA funding suspension

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief urges countries to reverse UNRWA funding suspension 28 January 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file) Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed to the countries that suspended funding to the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) to reconsider their decisions, to ensure continuity of its vital humanitarian operations…

Remembering Holocaust victims, Guterres urges a stand against division

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Remembering Holocaust victims, Guterres urges a stand against division 27 January 2024 UN Photo/JC McIlwaine Close-up of a photograph of Anne Frank, part of the exhibit ‘Monument of Good Deeds: Dreams and Hopes of Children During the Holocaust,’ which was held in 2012 at UN Headquarters. In remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call for…

Lifesaving programmes in peril, UNRWA chief urges countries to reconsider funding suspension

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lifesaving programmes in peril, UNRWA chief urges countries to reconsider funding suspension 27 January 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini visits colleagues in Gaza. (file) The head of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Saturday that some countries’ decisions to halt funding will jeopardize its lifesaving programmes, urging them to reconsider…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 26 January 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization. …

Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2024

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2024 26 January 2024 UN Geneva to Mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Dayunder Theme “…

Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 26 January 2024 Tatiana Valovaya International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust“Recognizing the Extraordinary Courage of Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust”Friday, 26 January 2024, at 13:00Room XVIII, Palais des NationsDear Ms. Martha Raviv [Holocaust survivor],Ambassador Eilon Shahar [Permanent Representative of…

US: Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocation

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home US: Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocation 26 January 2024 © Unsplash/Maria Oswalt An activist holds anti-death penalty signs outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. The UN human rights chief has expressed deep regret over the execution of a prisoner in the United States on Thursday night through the country’s first ever use of nitrogen…

World News in Brief: UNHCR chief on frontlines in Ukraine, 10 million displaced in Sudan, instability grows in Lebanon

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UNHCR chief on frontlines in Ukraine, 10 million displaced in Sudan, instability grows in Lebanon 26 January 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Damaged buildings in a town in the Donetsk region. (file) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned of dramatic humanitarian suffering throughout Ukraine and worsening conditions as war-affected civilians…