COLOMBIA The UN Verification Mission in Colombia has welcomed the liberation of 33 soldiers from the Colombian armed forces who had been held against their will by local residents of a community in...
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Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - Yemen
(excerpt) Yemen I have a note for you on Yemen. Following the recent detention by the Houthi de facto authorities of eight additional United Nations personnel, including six working in Sa’ada...
oPt + 3 more
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 3 January 2025 - Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lebanon, Syria, Myanmar
(excerpts) **Occupied Palestinian Territory Meanwhile, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warns that civilians are facing heightened pressure to relocate yet again within...
oPt + 3 more
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 27 December 2024 - Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Lebanon, Mozambique
(excerpts) **Occupied Palestinian Territory Turning to the occupied Palestinian Territory, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs today warned that the very means of people’s...
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 27 December 2024 - Sudan
(excerpt) **Sudan And now turning to Sudan. In the capital, Khartoum, the World Food Programme is scheduled to start distributing food on Sunday, 29 December, and this food is destined for...
El principal informe económico de la ONU advierte de que se avecina un prolongado período de bajo crecimiento que socavará el progreso hacia el desarrollo sostenible
El debilitamiento del comercio mundial, los costes elevados de endeudamiento, la elevada deuda pública, el persistente bajo nivel de inversiones y las crecientes tensiones geopolíticas ponen en...
Selon le rapport économique phare des Nations Unies, la période prolongée de faible croissance que nous traversons en ce moment risque de compromettre les progrès en matière de développement durable
Le ralentissement du commerce mondial, le niveau élevé des coûts d’emprunt et de la dette publique, les investissements toujours aussi insuffisants et les tensions géopolitiques toujours plus vives...
Mauritania + 3 more
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 3 September 2024 - Syria, Mauritania and Ukraine
(excerpts) Syria And a humanitarian update from Syria, which we’ve not had in quite a bit. Our colleagues at OCHA tell us that in the north-east of the country the UN carried out a cross-line...
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 27 August 2024 - Burkina Faso
(excerpt) Burkina Faso Turning to Burkina Faso, I can tell you that the Secretary-General strongly condemns the terrorist attacks perpetrated on 24 August in Barsalogho, in central Burkina Faso. He...
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 23 August 2024 - Namibia
(excerpt) Namibia And I want to flag a humanitarian crisis that we’ve not spoken about very much, and that is in Namibia, which is facing the worst drought in 100 years. Our acting Emergency Relief...
Libya + 2 more
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 30 July 2024 - Libya/Sudan
(excerpt) Libya/Sudan Turning to Libya and Sudan: Our Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya, has allocated $5.3 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support some...
Highlights of the noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres, Wednesday, 10 July 2024 - Occupied Palestinian Territory
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns that Israel's instruction for people to leave Gaza City, as a result of today’s directives, will only fuel mass suffering for Palestinian...
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 1 May 2024 - Myanmar [EN/MY]
(excerpt) Myanmar An update from Myanmar: Our team on the ground tells us they are concerned by the spreading of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech, especially in northern Rakhine State. ...
Sudan + 10 more
Joint Communiqué: The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security Holds its Twenty Third Consultative Meeting
New York, 16 April— The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its twenty third consultative meeting on 16 April, in New York. The meeting reviewed the status of the...
Highlights of the noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres, Wednesday, 3 April 2024 - Gaza
(Excerpt) GAZA The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today said that we have suspended night-time movements within the Gaza Strip for 48 hours to allow for...
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 2 April 2024
(excerpt) Haiti A humanitarian update from Haiti. We and our partners continue to provide emergency assistance to people impacted by the crisis in the capital city Port-au-Prince. Yesterday, the...
oPt + 1 more
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 1 April 2024 - Gaza, Haiti
(excerpt) Gaza Turning to the situation in Gaza and more particularly at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city, I can tell you that we are planning a mission to the hospital as soon as we can get there to...
Syria + 1 more
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 10 January 2024 - Central African Republic, Syria
(excerpt) Central African Republic Moving on to the Central African Republic, our colleagues from the peacekeeping mission there (MINUSCA) tell us that, following an attack last month in the village...
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 19 December 2023
(excerpt) Syria And in Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says they are alarmed by the impact of ongoing hostilities in the north-west of the country. Nearly 40 per cent...
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 15 December 2023
(excerpt) Ukraine Turning to another conflict area, this time in Europe. In Ukraine, we, along with our humanitarian partners, are scaling up support for civilians in need as winter approaches...