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Gaza : « Partout où je regardais, il y avait des...
C'est le message de Louise Wateridge, chargée de communication auprès de l'agence des Nations Unies qui aide les réfugiés palestiniens, l'UNRWA, en poste dans...
Tenue du Congrès provincial USFP/Rabat
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Le Premier secrétaire Driss Lachguar a présidé, mardi, les travaux du 8ème Congrès provincial USFP/Rabat qui a...
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Article: Whither social justice and decent work for women?
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SHOBHA SHUKLA – CNS “As we celebrate the Labour Day, let us celebrate the women of the world because it is...
World News in Brief: UN supporting East Africa flood victims, dozens...
In a statement released late on Wednesday the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he had been deeply distressed to hear of the hundreds of...
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Forcing polluters to clean up their mess means new hope for communities
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By Ben Jealous —
In Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago, Dulce Ortiz is celebrating with her children.
Ortiz is a...
Wake Up, Black Voters. Don’t Let Trump’s Lies Fool You
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Some recent polls surprisingly showed that if the presidential election was held today, 17% of Black voters say they would vote...
Seven countries to contribute mission agents to Haiti
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Kenya, Benin, and Chad are among the Africans; Bahamas, Jamaica, and Barbados are among the Caribbeans; and Bangladesh.
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Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns; transitional council sworn in
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By Widlore Mérancourt and Amanda Coletta, The Washington Post —
Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has submitted his resignation, clearing the...
Papua New Guinea PM Slams Biden’s Bizarre Remark
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By Amanda Yen, The Daily Beast —
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister set the record straight on Monday, denouncing President Biden’s weird...
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Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war
“For the sake of the people of Gaza, for the sake of the hostages and their families in Israel and for the sake of...
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World News in Brief: Support for Haiti mission, challenge of ‘commodity...
Kenya has offered to lead the multinational mission which aims to provide much needed back up to the national police in a bid to...
Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed...
Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks of April,...
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear
Pehr Lodhammar, a senior officer from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), said that the war has left an estimated 37 million tonnes...
World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional...
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya, said that more than a year into...
UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti
The migrants were on a boat carrying at least 77 people from Ras al-Ara off Yemen’s coast which capsized off the coast of Djibouti,...
UNRWA committed to implement independent review recommendations
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini briefed journalists in New York a day after the independent review panel published its findings. Former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna spearheaded...
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Sudão vive sofrimento em “muitos sentidos” após nove meses do conflito
O Sudão tem vivido provavelmente “o maior sofrimento em muitos sentidos entre os que são observados em todo o mundo atual”. As declarações são...
La ONU celebra el Nobel de la Paz a la iraní...
Al conocer la noticia de que el Premio Nobel de la Paz fue otorgado este año a la activista iraní Narges Mahammadi, el Secretario...
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UN reviews progress, challenges 30 years after landmark population conference
Dennis Francis was speaking at an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo.The landmark conference...
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News in Brief 1 May 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire callIn Gaza, amid reports on Wednesday of further...
Transcript: CDC Media Telebriefing – Update on Respiratory Disease Circulation |...
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Welcome and thank you for standing by participants are in a listen only mode until the question and answer session of...