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Yemen & Saudi Arabia: Families reunited as more than 970 conflict-related detainees released in two operations over four days
Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Sixth Session in Geneva
Nearly 900 detainees from the Yemen conflict to return home on ICRC flights
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens One Hundred and Ninth Session in Geneva
Supply of critical raw materials risks jeopardising the green transition
Agreement to expand export credit support for climate-friendly and green projects
UNITAR and ISRI Sign Memorandum of Understanding
UNITAR and IBA sign Memorandum of Understanding
Statement on Afghanistan by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development to formulate contributions for upcoming United Nations summits at its 7th session in New York
On first-ever International Day of Zero Waste, FAO puts the spotlight on bioeconomy
Czech Republic needs targeted structural reforms for a strong and sustainable recovery
Briefing Security Council on Visit to Democratic Republic of Congo, Members Note Difficult Safety, Humanitarian Situation in Country
Türk calls on UN General Assembly to establish new, independent institution on missing persons in Syria
Deeply Concerned by Terrorists’ Gains in Sahel, Elsewhere, Secretary-General Tells Security Council Human-Rights Based Approach crucial to End Scourge
Security Council: Counter-terrorism
UNITAR Participates in UN 2023 Water Conference
UN expert: States must step up climate action now, before it is too late
Statement by Paulo Pinheiro Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic – 52nd Session of the…
Statement by Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris on the human rights situation in DPRK, delivered by James Turpin, Chief, Prevention & Sustaining Peace Section
Economic outlook: slightly more optimistic but fragile, says OECD
Adopting Presidential Statement on Libya, Security Council Welcomes Progress Being Made with Constitutional Framework for Elections
Young leaders take center stage at CSW67 interactive dialogue
Security Council Extends Mandate of Special Political Mission in Afghanistan, Requests Independent Assessment of In-Country Efforts, Adopting Two Texts
Growing securitisation in technology risks co-operation on responses to global crises – OECD
Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Adopting Resolution 2677 (2023) by 13 Votes in Favour, 2 Abstentions
Security Council: Yemen
Technology is playing key role in gender equality reversals, says UN chief
International Women’s Day spotlights massive costs to GDP and innovation caused by the exclusion of women from the digital world
UNITAR and Nova School of Business & Economics join forces to establish first Training Centre in Portugal
Press Conference by Security Council President on Programme of Work for March
The UN must amplify young people’s voices and advance their rights, says High Commissioner Türk
Human Right Committee Opens One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Session
Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Second Regular Session and Holds a Minute of Silence for the Victims of the Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria
Poland: structural reforms and accelerating the digital and green transition would help to further raise living standards, OECD says
Addressing Security Council One Year into Russian Federation’s Invasion of Ukraine, Secretary-General Urges Meaningful Action to End Bloodshed, Widespread Suffering
Statement by the OECD Secretary-General on Ukraine
UNITAR Co-Hosts the 8th Geneva Interfaith Dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Jordan 
Boosting investment in health systems will be essential to deal with future shocks, says OECD
Security Council Renews Travel Ban, Assets Freeze on Specific Individuals, Entities Threatening Peace in Yemen, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2675 (2023)
Substantial services trade liberalisation occurred during 2022, but imposition of new barriers in many key sectors demonstrate the need for renewed efforts…
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Brands Kehris to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 13-22 February 2023
New OECD Forum to help optimise global emissions reductions through data sharing, mutual learning and dialogue
Türk calls for a human rights economy
Security Council: Iraq
Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2674 (2023), Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
OECD appoints Fabrizia Lapecorella as Deputy Secretary-General
Afghanistan: Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s rights