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WMO hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO hybrid press conference 10 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Record global temperatures on land and sea surface Omar Baddour, Chief of Climate Monitoring at WMO Michael Sparrow, Chief of World Climate Research Programme

Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Seventh Session in Geneva

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Seventh Session in Geneva 10 July 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-seventh session, being held in Geneva from 10 to 28 July, during which it will review efforts by Switzerland, New Zealand, Romania and Spain to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and…

Building resilience in Mozambique: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Building resilience in Mozambique: A UN Resident Coordinator blog 09 July 2023 © UN/Helvisney Cardoso UN Resident Coordinator Myrta Kaulard talks with the mother of a student after the opening of a new school building with UN support in Monapo District, Nampula province, Mozambique, in 2022. Grappling with climate shocks, COVID-19 recovery, and conflict, Mozambique is building…

UN chief condemns airstrike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns airstrike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan 09 July 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media at UN Headquarters in New York (file photo). He said on Wednesday it was everyone's UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the airstrike in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Saturday which reportedly killed at…

UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee Camp

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee Camp 09 July 2023 © UNRWA/Tareq Shalash The two-day Israeli military operation, which included airstrikes in this densely populated community, caused the worst level of destruction in more than 20 years in Jenin camp. Senior UN officials and donor partners on Sunday visited the Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of…

Demining Ukraine: Bringing lifesaving expertise back home

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Demining Ukraine: Bringing lifesaving expertise back home 08 July 2023 UNDP in Ukraine Alexander Lobov has more than 20 years of experience in mine clearance around the world. He now helps Ukrainians affected by war and passes on his experience in his home country, which has been ravaged by war. Alexander Lobov, a military engineer and mine action expert with the UN Development Programme (…

AFTERNOOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia 07 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review   outcomes of the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia.   Concerning the Republic of Korea, the Vice-President of the…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 07 July 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, , chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Peru, Guatemala and Benin

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Peru, Guatemala and Benin 07 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Peru, Guatemala and Benin.  Concerning Peru, the President of the Council said that out of the 202…

UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals ‘indispensable’ to global food security

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals ‘indispensable’ to global food security 07 July 2023 © UNODC/Duncan Moore Maritime traffic through the Black Sea is vital for global supply chains, particularly for agriculture and food security. The food and fertilizer export deals brokered by the UN last year with Ukraine and Russia have played an “indispensable role” in supporting global food…