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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 02 May 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Grave situation in GazaJens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reminded that it…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Kyrgyzstan on Eradicating Statelessness, Ask about Measures to Prevent Hate Speech and Bride Kidnapping

1 day 4 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Kyrgyzstan on Eradicating Statelessness, Ask about Measures to Prevent Hate Speech and Bride Kidnapping 02 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eleventh and twelfth periodic reports of Kyrgyzstan, with Committee Experts commending the State on…

Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation

1 day 4 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation 02 May 2025 © WFP The people in Gaza are running out of food as the aid blockade continues. Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people are fighting over water amid relentless bombing, the UN’s humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said on Friday…

Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow

1 day 4 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow 02 May 2025 © UNOCHA/Myaa Aung Thein Kyaw A neighbourhood in Mandalay lies in ruins after being engulfed by a fire sparked by the March 2025 earthquake. More than a month after two powerful earthquakes devastated Myanmar, the country is spiralling deeper into crisis as continued military attacks, obstructed aid access and…

Guterres condemns violence against civilians in Syria, urges Israel to stop attacks

1 day 4 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres condemns violence against civilians in Syria, urges Israel to stop attacks 02 May 2025 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Children play in Idleb, Syria. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is following developments in Syria, where fresh fighting in the capital Damascus and elsewhere is threatening fragile efforts toward peace and political transition.…

Journalism facing new threats from AI and censorship

1 day 4 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Journalism facing new threats from AI and censorship 02 May 2025 UN Photo/Fardosa Hussein صحفيون يتجمعون للمشاركة في مؤتمر صحفي في الصومال. Countries must do everything to ensure that free and independent news reporting can thrive, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday in a message to mark World Press Freedom Day.…

Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees

1 day 4 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees 02 May 2025 © UNHCR/Amanda Jufrian A Rohingya refugee rests with a child after being rescued at sea off the coast of Indonesia. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees – who cannot return home due to war or persecution – in increasing danger…

Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences

1 day 4 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences 02 May 2025 UN News Palestinian journalist, Sami Shehada lost his leg in an attack in Gaza. "After losing my leg in the war, I returned to photojournalism not just for work, but because I have loved photography since childhood," said Palestinian reporter Sami Shahada…

Committee against Torture Concludes Eighty-Second Session

1 day 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Concludes Eighty-Second Session 02 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning closed its eighty-second session, after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Armenia, France, Mauritius, Monaco, Turkmenistan and Ukraine, which were reviewed during the session. The session was held from 7 April to 2 May.Claude Heller, Committee Chairperson, read out a summary of…

Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat Press Conference

2 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat Press Conference 01 May 2025 Press Conference Announcement Outcomes of the High-Level Ministerial Segment from the 2025 BRS Conventions Conference of the Parties (COPs) Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm ConventionsInger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme FAO representative (TBC)Ministerial representatives (TBC)…