UNHCR: Violence flares anew in northern Mozambique, forcing 22,000 to flee in a week.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing note )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned at the rapidly growing displacement in northern Mozambique as a conflict that is entering its eighth year appears to be intensifying again, forcing nearly 22,000 people to flee their homes in a single week
Cultural Rights in the Digital Age: Inclusive Access, Fair Participation, and Rights-Based Governance
Event September 30, 2025 - Venue/Format: SALA 133-134, Barcelona International Convention Center (CCIB), Barcelona, SpainOrganizer: OHCHR
Press briefing by UN Women on the severe food insecurity crisis in Sudan
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Press Briefing )Remarks by Salvator Nkurunziza, UN Women Representative in Sudan, speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, from Port Sudan.
Cholera outbreak among refugees from Sudan’s Darfur, urgent funding needed.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing note )A deadly cholera outbreak has hit a refugee settlement in eastern Chad hosting Sudanese arrivals from Darfur, raising alarm over worsening sanitary and health conditions as humanitarian aid dries up.
AI & the Future of Human Capital in the Global South: A World Bank-George Washington University Knowledge Symposium
Event September 29, 2025, - Venue/Format: GW School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington DC., USA (in-person only)Organizer: World Bank
INC-5.2 Pre-event: West African voices in plastics controls and innovative recycling
Event August 4, 2025 - Venue/Format: Palais des Nations. H-Building, Room H-207-208-209, Geneva, SwitzerlandOrganizer: UNCTAD
Side Event on the Access to Information and Media Pluralism in the face of Artificial Intelligence and Power Concentration.
Event May 5, 2025 - Venue/Format: UN House in Brussels, and OnlineOrganizer: OHCHR
26th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development
Event May 12 – 15, 2025 - Venue/Format: In-person, Tempus, Palais des Nations, GenevaOrganizer: OHCHR
4th Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement
Event May 9 -10, 2025 - Venue/Format: Palais des Nations (Room III), GenevaOrganizer: OHCHR
Press briefing by UN Women on the situation of women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Press Briefing )Sofia Calltorp, Chief of Humanitarian Action at UN Women and Director of the Geneva Office spoke at the Palais des Nations on the ongoing crisis in DRC and its impact on women and girls.