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‘Robust’ cooperation with Arab League can quell conflict in the region

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Robust’ cooperation with Arab League can quell conflict in the region 08 June 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Rosemary DiCarlo (right), Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefs Security Council members on cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States. From settling the conflict in Sudan to realizing a two-State solution in Israel and Palestine…

Dam disaster: UN ‘committed to reaching all Ukrainians in need’, says top aid official

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Dam disaster: UN ‘committed to reaching all Ukrainians in need’, says top aid official 08 June 2023 © Ukrainian Red Cross An elderly woman is evacuated from a flooded neighbourhood following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. The UN’s top official in Ukraine reassured the country’s Foreign Minister on Thursday that the Organization has been working to provide support…

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief 08 June 2023 © Unsplash/Brandon Jacoby An aerial view of the downtown financial district of New York City. Proposed legislation in New York state, in the northeast United States, could provide effective and fair relief for developing countries crippled by debt, two experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on…

UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIL chemical weapons use

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIL chemical weapons use 08 June 2023 © UNICEF/Wathiq Khuzaie A family walks past a memorial set up at the location of a suicide bombing, claimed by ISIL, at Al-Shuhadaa Staduim in Babil, Iraq. During their nearly four-year reign of terror in Iraq, ISIL extremists developed at least eight chemical agents, tested them on humans, and carried out…

Ukraine dam disaster: Lack of clean water, spread of disease, major risks

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine dam disaster: Lack of clean water, spread of disease, major risks 07 June 2023 © UNICEF/Alexsey Filippov A neighbourhood in Kherson is flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. The magnitude of the humanitarian catastrophe following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, is becoming clearer as UN humanitarians redoubled efforts to reach…

Admissible evidence, competent courts, critical to ensuring justice for ISIL victims in Iraq

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Admissible evidence, competent courts, critical to ensuring justice for ISIL victims in Iraq 07 June 2023 © UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi Oil wells set alight by ISIL members as they retreated, in Qayyara, Iraq. (file) Competent courts, admissible and reliable evidence, and an appropriate legal framework are needed to ensure that ISIL extremist militants can be prosecuted for the atrocities they…

World Oceans Day underscores need to protect ‘the foundation of life’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World Oceans Day underscores need to protect ‘the foundation of life’ 07 June 2023 © Unsplash/Alec Douglas Viti Levu, in Fiji. Over a third of global fish stocks are being harvested at unsustainable levels – just one example of how human activity is harming oceans, which cover more than 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 06 June 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the United Nations Economic Commission for…

World off track for reaching key goal on sustainable energy by 2030

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World off track for reaching key goal on sustainable energy by 2030 06 June 2023 © ADB A technician works at a solar panel plant in Thailand. The world is not on track to meet Sustainable Development Goal 7, designed to ensure access to affordable, reliable energy for all, a new report from the UN and partners revealed on Monday…

Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns Türk

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns Türk 06 June 2023 UNIS Vienna Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action +30 Symposium. The full realization of human rights for all is a “work in progress”, and the world must now adapt and update its thinking to respond to current “dramatic rollbacks”, the UN…