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OHCHR Press Conference

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 07 November 2024 Press Conference Announcement UN Human Rights Committee hybrid press conference to present findings on Ecuador, France, Greece, Iceland, Pakistan and Türkiye Tania María Abdo Rocholl (Chair)José Manuel Santos Pais (Vice-Chair)Carlos Gomez Martinez (Committee Member)

Suffering continues for civilians in Gaza and Lebanon

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Suffering continues for civilians in Gaza and Lebanon 07 November 2024 © WHO Impacts of airstrikes near a hospital in north Gaza on 25 October 2024. The month-long Israeli siege in northern Gaza has left civilians on the brink of disaster, preventing them from accessing the essentials for their survival, including water, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday…

Rebuilding beyond bricks: World Urban Forum focuses on housing, community support in war-torn cities

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rebuilding beyond bricks: World Urban Forum focuses on housing, community support in war-torn cities 07 November 2024 UN News/Khaled Mohamed Loss of Home on of the dialogues held on day 4 of the WUF12. Delegates discussed a complicated urban development issue at the World Urban Forum on Tuesday: What is needed to safeguard residents and guarantee they have access to housing and basic…

Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar 07 November 2024 © UNICEF Sittwe, a town in Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has consistently ranked among the poorest regions in the country since the 1940s. Up to two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face the dire prospect of famine, amid a broader economic collapse and worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the…

‘Turning the tide’ on childhood violence

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Turning the tide’ on childhood violence 07 November 2024 © UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau A survivor of sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. More than 100 governments made historic commitments to end childhood violence on Thursday at a landmark event in Bogotá, Colombia. Among…

South Sudan: Postponing long-awaited elections ‘a regrettable development’

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home South Sudan: Postponing long-awaited elections ‘a regrettable development’ 07 November 2024 UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis Une famille a trouvé refuge dans une ancienne base de la MINUSS dans le sud-ouest du Soudan du Sud (Archives) The decision to extend the transition period in South Sudan once again and postpone long-awaited elections cannot be “business as usual”, the UN Special…

Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost 07 November 2024 © Unsplash/Ishan @seefromthesk 2024 has seen record-breaking heatwaves. The world is experiencing unprecedented warming with 2024 poised to become the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record in 2023, according to new data released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ahead of…

Ukraine’s nuclear security situation ‘highly challenging’, warns UN atomic watchdog

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine’s nuclear security situation ‘highly challenging’, warns UN atomic watchdog 07 November 2024 © IAEA IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and IAEA staff crossed the frontline of the conflict in Ukraine to reach the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Amid a deepening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine caused by the ongoing Russian invasion, the head of the UN atomic energy agency (…

Adapt or perish: UN calls for urgent action at COP29 climate summit

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Adapt or perish: UN calls for urgent action at COP29 climate summit 07 November 2024 UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin A girl from the Iñupiat community stands on an ice floe on a shore of the Arctic Ocean in Barrow, Alaska in the United States. The anomalous melting of the Arctic ice is one of the many effects of global warming that has a serious impact on the lif [...] Come hell or high water, nations…

Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Forty-Second Session, Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Ecuador, France, Greece, Iceland, Pakistan and Türkiye

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Forty-Second Session, Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Ecuador, France, Greece, Iceland, Pakistan and Türkiye 07 November 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and forty-second session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Ecuador, France, Greece, Iceland, Pakistan and Türkiye.Ms. Tania María Abdo…