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General Assembly renews long-standing call for end to US embargo against Cuba

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home General Assembly renews long-standing call for end to US embargo against Cuba 30 October 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider UN General Assembly votes on the draft resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba. The UN General Assembly on Wednesday once again urged the United States to end its economic, commercial, and…

UN envoy urges responsible leadership amid Kosovo-Serbia tensions

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy urges responsible leadership amid Kosovo-Serbia tensions 30 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, briefs members of the Security Council. As tensions mount between Pristina and Belgrade, the UN’s top official in Kosovo called for “responsible leadership”…

Russia: Torture now ‘a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad’

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Russia: Torture now ‘a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad’ 29 October 2024 UN News Mariana Katzarova began work as the first UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation on 1 May 2023, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council. In a new report launched on Tuesday the UN independent expert on human rights in Russia exposes…

At COP16, Guterres urges world to ‘choose wisely…make peace with nature’

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home At COP16, Guterres urges world to ‘choose wisely…make peace with nature’ 29 October 2024 UN Colombia/Santiago Puentes Viana Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the COP16 biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for decisive action to restore harmony with nature, warning that environmental crises are pushing humanity toward…

UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban 29 October 2024 © UNRWA Amid the continued forced displacement and destruction in Gaza, children are being provided with crucial psychosocial support. Top UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the irreplaceable role of the global body’s agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, insisting that if…

Middle East crisis: Live updates on UNRWA, Gaza and more

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates on UNRWA, Gaza and more 29 October 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA and partners completed the second round of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, but access to the north remains blocked for the final phase. Our live coverage ranged from the Security Council and UN Headquarters to dispatches from across the Middle East as tensions escalated and the war on Gaza and…

Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia 29 October 2024 © Unsplash/Dulcey Lima A hummingbird hovers over an orange flower. Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological diversity and develop a lasting blueprint that will allow humankind to live in harmony with nature…

Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings 29 October 2024 © WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei أم تحمل رضيعها في بورت سودان، شرق السودان. Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with displacement now exceeding 11 million people amid reports of mass killings and systematic-sexual violence across…

Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency 28 October 2024 © ЮНЕП/T. Браун Темпы отступления ледников ускорились. New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high shows once again that urgent action and not words is needed from the world’s major polluters to protect us all from climate change, the World Meteorological…

Gaza: No let-up in Israeli military offensive, situation ‘only getting worse’

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: No let-up in Israeli military offensive, situation ‘only getting worse’ 28 October 2024 © UN Women/Samar Abu Elouf A woman walks next to her destroyed house in the Palestine Stadium area in central Gaza City. (file) After a weekend of continuing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip and especially the north, UN humanitarians warned on Monday that the already dire aid…