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WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports 03 October 2024 © Unsplash/Joan Oger Skiers ride the lifts in a resort in the French Alps. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Thursday they are partnering to raise awareness about climate change’s harmful effects on winter sports and…

World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs 03 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy People survey the damage caused by a missile attack on a building in Kharkiv City, Ukraine. Russian shelling has hit another apartment block in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, UN aid teams said on…

Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the photo exhibition "The Sovereign Order of Malta today"

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Opening of the photo exhibition "The Sovereign Order of Malta today" 03 October 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Opening of the photo exhibition “The Sovereign Order of Malta today” Thursday, 3 October 2024 at 12.00 p.m.Room XVIII, Palais des Nations  Your Most Eminent Highness,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to the opening of this photo exhibition “The Sovereign Order of Malta Today…

Director-General's remarks at the Presentation of the publication "30 years of the Sovereign Order of Malta at the United Nations"

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Presentation of the publication "30 years of the Sovereign Order of Malta at the United Nations" 03 October 2024 Tatiana Valovaya  Presentation of the publication “30 years of the Sovereign Order of Malta at the United Nations”Thursday, 3 October 2024, at 11:30 a.m.Room XVIII, Palais des Nations Your Most Eminent Highness,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my great pleasure to welcome you today at the…

Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace 02 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A wide view of the Security Council meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. Despite the significant peace and security challenges facing Africa, there are reasons to be hopeful, the…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges 02 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Residents survey the damage in a suburb of southern Beirut left in ruins after being targeted by airstrikes. Security Council members met in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war.…

UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation 02 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar Destruction in Beirut's Haret Hreik neighbourhood has been mirrored elsewhere across Lebanon following recent Israeli bombardment.. Hours after Iran fired a reported 200 missiles at Israel in response to Israeli military incursions in southern Lebanon raising…

World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa 02 October 2024 © WFP Haiti Some people who have fled their homes in Haiti are now living in schools. A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children – the UN migration office, IOM…

Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal with ‘limited’ Israeli ground incursion underway

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal with ‘limited’ Israeli ground incursion underway 01 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar A suburb of southern Beirut lies in ruins after being targeted by airstrikes. UN humanitarians launched a $426 million appeal for Lebanon on Tuesday to support one million people uprooted by widespread Israeli shelling amid what Israel has…

All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres 01 October 2024 © UNICEF/Fouad Choufany Distribution of water, blankets and hygiene kits in Beirut, Lebanon, where rural communities have fled seeking assistance. The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants, as Israel launched what it described as a “…