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FAO / GLOBAL REPORT FOOD CRISES
Over 282 million people in 59 countries and territories suffered acute food insecurity in 2023, according to the 2024 Global Report on Food Crisis. These numbers represent a 24 million increase in…
23 April 2024
OHCHR / GAZA CHILDREN WOMEN KILLINGS
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk decried a series of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the past few days that killed mostly children and women, repeating his warning against a full-scale…
23 April 2024
GENEVA / UK RWANDA ASYLUM LAW
As the United Kingdom passed a controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda late on Monday, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for…
23 April 2024
UN / SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICTS
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, told the Security Council, “The essential, existential task we face is to silence the guns and amplify the voices of women as a…
23 April 2024
UN / GAZA UNRWA LAZZARINI
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Palestine Refugees Agency (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, told journalists in New York that attacks on UNRWA, “are not necessarily motivated because of…
23 April 2024
Human Rights Treaty Bodies
2084th Meeting, 79th Session, Committee Against Torture (CAT)
Consideration of Azerbaijan (cont'd)
23 April 2024
Media Stakeouts
Women Peace and Security Shared Commitment Signatories - Security Council Media Stakeout
Women Peace and Security Shared Commitment Signatories brief reporters on Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence through demilitarisation and gender-responsive disarmament.
23 April 2024
Features
Peace and reconciliation in Kosovo: 'Change starts with youth'
In Kosovo, where tensions remain high between the ethnic Albanian and ethnic Serb communities, the United Nations is leading efforts to promote open communication and dialogue.
23 April 2024
Meetings & Events
Below 1.5 By 2025: The Plan
An event to showcase leadership and collective action to tackle the climate crisis on the road to the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement in 2025.
23 April 2024
Press Conferences
Update on UNRWA and the Situation in the Middle East - Press Conference
Press Conference by Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), on UNRWA and the Situation in the Middle East.
23 April 2024
Press Conferences
Climate, Plastic Pollution, Occupied Palestinian Territory & other topics - Daily Press Briefing
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
23 April 2024
Economic and Social Council
(3rd meeting) 2024 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum
The 2024 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum to take place on April 22-25 assumes added importance, as it is to inform the 4th International Conference for Financing for Development to be held in…
23 April 2024