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Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies 29 September 2023 © UNHCR/Karen Minasyan Refugees arrive in the border town of Goris in Armenia. Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday…

‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world 29 September 2023 UN Photo/Pier Paolo Cito SDG Action Zone at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) wrapped up its high-level week, world leaders flew home, and the security barricades outside UN Headquarters were stored away for next year. UN News spoke with some first-time participants…

UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education 29 September 2023 © UNICEF/Mackenzie Knowles-Cour Students at a primary school in eastern Nigeria prepare await the beginning of class. The head of the UN, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged governments to step up efforts to ensure that half of humanity is not shut out of the…

World News in Brief: Aid workers under attack, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Aid workers under attack, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods 29 September 2023 © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno A barge leaves a pier in Renk, Upper Nile State, South Sudan, carrying hundreds of South Sudanese returnees who have fled the conflict in Sudan. South Sudan and Sudan are the world’s most dangerous countries for aid workers today, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination…

Viet Nam: UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Viet Nam: UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists 29 September 2023 © UNICEF/Truong Viet Hung Six environmental human rights defenders have been arrested in Viet Nam since 2021, according to OHCHR. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concern at the spate of recent arrests and convictions of human rights defenders pushing for clean energy reforms in…

Sudan: WHO supports battle against cholera in the east

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: WHO supports battle against cholera in the east 29 September 2023 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee The conflict in Sudan has displaced thousands of children and their families. The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up support in Sudan, where authorities have declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref state amid the ongoing brutal conflict between opposing militaries.…

Mediterranean ‘becoming a cemetery for children and their futures’

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Mediterranean ‘becoming a cemetery for children and their futures’ 29 September 2023 儿基会/Niccolò Corti 无人陪伴的移民青少年在穿越地中海中部后等待被转移到意大利兰佩杜萨的收容设施。 More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, an increase of 60 per cent compared with last year…

New Permanent Representative of Nepal Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Nepal Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 29 September 2023 Presentation of Credentials Ram Prasad Subedi, the new Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to…

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Launches General Comment on Enforced Disappearances in the Context of Migration

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Launches General Comment on Enforced Disappearances in the Context of Migration 28 September 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today hosted an event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to launch its first general comment on enforced disappearances in the context of migration.  Opening the event, Olivier de Frouville, Chair of the Committee…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that New Climate Protection Technologies Interfere with Human Rights; that Systemic Racism Is Worsening; and that Reported Acts of Reprisal against Persons Cooperating with the United Nations Remain High

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that New Climate Protection Technologies Interfere with Human Rights; that Systemic Racism Is Worsening; and that Reported Acts of Reprisal against Persons Cooperating with the United Nations Remain High 28 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Advisory Committee, and started an interactive dialogue on the…