INC5 2 Plastic Pollution Conference: UNEP Executive director Inger Andersen Media Stakeout - 15 August 2025

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INC5 2 Plastic Pollution Conference: UNEP Executive director Inger Andersen Media Stakeout - 15 August 2025

Press Conferences , Statements | UNEP

After 10 days of UN talks on plastic pollution, no consensus was reached; negotiations to continue.

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UN Geneva Press Briefing - 15 August 2025

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Press Conferences | OCHA , WHO

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization.

Gaza health update - WHO

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Edited News | WHO

Gaza: Hospitals continue to overflow with people injured while seeking food - WHO 

As besieged Palestinian civilians face widespread malnutrition and starvation, hospitals in the Strip are increasingly overwhelmed by the influx of victims of shootings and other injuries at food distribution areas, warns the World Health Organization.

 

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 12 August 2025

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Press Conferences | WHO

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives from the United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar and the World Health Organization.

 

Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Press conference: Launch of Annual Report - 12 August 2025

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Press Conferences | OHCHR

Launch of IIMM’s Annual Report detailing its progress in investigating serious international crimes committed in Myanmar, including advances in identifying perpetrators.

UNEP - Press Conference: INC-5.2 on plastic pollution

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Press Conferences | UNEP

Press Conference - Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2)

Sudan update UNHCR - WHO - UNMAS

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Edited News | UNHCR , WHO , UNMAS

Urgent help is needed to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN agencies said on Friday, while warning that communities continue to be terrorized by parties to the conflict even as they flee violence.

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 08 August 2025

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Press Conferences | UNHCR , WHO , UNMAS , UN HABITAT

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Mine Action Service, and UN Habitat.

 

INC-5.2 on plastic pollution: Opening session 05 August 2025

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Conferences | UNEP

Plenary at the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2) taking place from 5 - 14 August 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

UNEP Press conference: Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2)- 05 August 2025

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Press Conferences , Edited News , Images | UNEP

Negotiations got under way at UN Geneva on Tuesday to agree on a legally binding treaty to curb plastic pollution, with delegates from nearly 180 countries attending.

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 05 August 2025

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Press Conferences | UN WOMEN , UNHCR , UNICEF

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, UN Women, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 

Gaza aid update OCHA - UNICEF

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Edited News | OCHA , UNICEF

Gaza: Hundreds of trucks per day of free aid needed “for months”, in addition to commercial supplies - OCHA

Despite the tactical pauses Israel introduced last week to allow some safe passage for humanitarian convoys, the amount of aid that has entered Gaza remains by far insufficient for the starving population, and UN trucks continue to face impediments on their way to delivering aid.