Edited News | OHCHR
As more information gradually filters out of Iran in the wake of the recent protests, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm “at the continuing lack of transparency about casualties and the treatment” of thousands of detainees, as well as continuing...
Edited News | UNHCR
“The Brazilian government continues to lead the humanitarian response for the most vulnerable Venezuelans arriving in the country, while also promoting innovative, open and generous ways to support their socio-economic inclusion” for some 224,000 Venezuelans already in Brazil, UN Refugee Agency said...
Edited News | UNICEF , OCHA , UNESCO , WMO
A record 166 million people worldwide will need help and protection in crises spanning more than 50 countries in 2020, the UN’s emergency relief chief said, in an appeal for nearly $29 billion in humanitarian aid from donors. Climatic shocks, large infectious disease outbreaks and intensifying,...
Edited News | UNHCR , WHO , UNOG , WFP
Violence in DRC Ebola hotspot leaves people ‘caught in crossfire’, disrupts aid relief. Attacks on communities in an Ebola outbreak hotspot in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have created a humanitarian crisis and threatened aid distribution, the UN said on Friday, amid reports of...
Edited News | UNOG
Footage of Syrian Constitutional Committee Arrivals featuring delegations representing the Government, Opposition and Civil Society at United Nations Geneva on Monday 26 November 2019, includes various cutaways.
Edited News | UNOG
New HIV infections are in decline worldwide and more people living with HIV gain access to treatment, according to a new report released today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Edited News | UNOG , UNEP
Climate procrastination means we now need to cut emissions by more than half, urge UN climate experts. The world must more than halve greenhouse gas emissions in the next 10 years – by some 30 billion tonnes - to try to limit average global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, leading UN...
Edited News | UNOG
Footage of Syrian Constitutional Committee Arrivals featuring delegations representing the Government, Opposition and Civil Society at United Nations Geneva on Monday 25 November 2019, includes various cutaways.
Edited News | UNOG , WMO
Another year of record emissions, warns UN meteorological agency head. Levels of the three main heat-trapping gases emitted into the atmosphere – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) – have reached yet another high, the UN meteorological agency, WMO, said on Monday.
Edited News | WHO
Potential new Ebola virus transmission chain risks reversing major gains: WHO