Middle East crisis ripple effect - UNHCR, OHCHR

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Middle East crisis ripple effect - UNHCR, OHCHR

Edited News | UNHCR , OHCHR

Middle East crisis puts aid, food, fuel further out of reach for millions already struggling – UN agencies

As the Middle East crisis continues the humanitarian fallout is worsening, with aid route disruptions and food and fuel price hikes wrecking the lives and...

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UN Geneva Press Briefing - 01 May 2026

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Press Conferences | UNHCR , OHCHR

Kazumi Ogawa, Director UN Mine Action Service - UNMAS

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Edited News | UNMAS

Demining experts from around the world have been sharing their collective shock at the widespread and growing threat from unexploded ordnance, the new head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Wednesday.

UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al Kheetan on Human rights violation in Syria

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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG

The UN Human Rights Office in Syria conducted a 5-day visit to the northeast of the country where they received accounts of human rights violations and abuses.

Darfur update - UNICEF

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Edited News | UNICEF

Sudan: ‘History repeating itself’ for Darfur’s children - UNICEF

Mass atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur 20 years ago reverberated as far as Hollywood, but today, a new generation of children faces attacks, hunger and displacement in an emergency largely ignored by the outside world, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 28 April 2026

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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNICEF , IFRC

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the International Federation of the Red Cross.

Gaza update: WHO, UNMAS

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Edited News | WHO , UNMAS

Desperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the wartorn enclave's people, the UN health agency said on Friday, while demining experts warned that they’ve “barely scratched the surface” in assessing the level of contamination of unexploded ordnance.

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 24 April 2026

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Press Conferences | UNICEF , WFP , FAO , WHO , IFRC , OHCHR , IOM , WMO

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of UNICEF, WFP, FAO, WHO, IFRC, OHCHR, IOM and WMO.

UNMAS Press Conference: Update on oPt, Ukraine  and Solomon Islands - 24 April 2026

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Press Conferences | UNMAS

UNMAS update on:
- Ridding the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Ukraine of explosive hazards and landmines
- Children and Blast Injuries Report - The devastating impact of explosive weapons on children 2020–2025
- Legacy Contamination in the Solomon Islands

Jean-Pierre Lacroix (DPO) - Press Conference

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Press Conferences , Edited News

The continued support of UN Member States to Lebanon will be “indispensable” to boost the country’s national armed forces and provide humanitarian assistance with more than one million people still uprooted by the Middle East war, the UN's peacekeeping chief said on Wednesday.

UNECE Press Conference - Critical Minerals: myths and realities

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Press Conferences , Edited News | UNECE

Middle East war: After oil and gas shortages, concerns grow over critical minerals crunch

The shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz caused by war in the Middle East has exposed a new threat: a looming shortage of strategic minerals needed to drive economies all over the world and a race by countries to obtain them.



29th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers opening session

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Conferences | UNMAS

UNMAS, GICHD and other stakeholders discuss future of demining under the theme “One Humanity”.

Press Briefing: Global Dialogue on AI Governance

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Press Conferences | UNITED NATIONS

The Co-Chairs of the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, Egriselda López, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the UN and Rein Tammsaar, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN, together with Amandeep Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, brief the media in Geneva.