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Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2024

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

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 Main Search 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 […

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

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search 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…

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 Main Search 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…

UN world court calls for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search UN world court calls for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza 26 January 2024 © ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek The International Court of Justice delivers its ruling in the case of South Africa v. Israel in The Hague. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Palestinians had a right to be protected from acts of genocide, calling on Israel to “take…

UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks 26 January 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file) Secretary-General António Guterres has asked the head of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, to “swiftly” investigate “extremely serious allegations” that several agency staffers were…

Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration 26 January 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Prayers and a moment of silence at the United Nations observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Hate is growing at an alarming speed, and the world must strongly denounce forces of division, especially in the wake…

Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders 26 January 2024 © UNRWA/Hussein Owda Women and children take shelter in an overcrowded UNRWA facility in Khan Younis, Gaza, amid nearby gunfire and shelling. Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push them “into ever smaller areas” amid…

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

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search New Permanent Representative of Honduras Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 26 January 2024 Presentation of Credentials Marcela Arias Moncada, the new Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at…

Tatiana Valovaya Calls on the Conference on Disarmament to Steer the World Away from the Perilous Erosion of Disarmament Norms

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Tatiana Valovaya Calls on the Conference on Disarmament to Steer the World Away from the Perilous Erosion of Disarmament Norms 25 January 2024 Meeting Summaries Tatiana Valovoya, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today called on the Conference to demonstrate creativity and flexibility to steer the world away from the…