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Economies have to decarbonise to stay competitive: former UNFCCC chief

4 June 2018

Charlotte Middlehurst, Monday June 4th, 2018 Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement has done little to halt decarbonisation of the global economy, says UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres. China – Jason Wong A year after US President Donald [read more]

STEPHEN O’BRIEN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL ARRIA-FORMULA MEETING ON YEMEN

22 August 2017

United Nations / Nations Unies Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, STEPHEN O’BRIEN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL ARRIA-FORMULA MEETING ON YEMEN New York, 21 August 2017 As delivered Mr. President, [read more]

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen

26 July 2017

ADEN/SANA’A, 26 July 2017 – “As the heads of three United Nations agencies – UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) – we have travelled together to Yemen to see for ourselves the scale of this humanitarian crisis and to step up our combined efforts [read more]

Muzoon Almellehan: UNICEF’s Youngest Goodwill Ambassador

19 June 2017

NEW YORK, 19 June 2017 – UNICEF announced today, on the eve of World Refugee Day, the appointment of Muzoon Almellehan, a 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee, as its newest – and youngest – Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment makes Muzoon the first person with official refugee [read more]

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Economies have to decarbonise to stay competitive: former UNFCCC chief

STEPHEN O’BRIEN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL ARRIA-FORMULA MEETING ON YEMEN

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen

Muzoon Almellehan: UNICEF’s Youngest Goodwill Ambassador