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Top UN official urgently calls for de-escalating nuclear tensions over Belarus

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN official urgently calls for de-escalating nuclear tensions over Belarus 31 March 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. Urgent efforts must be made to de-escalate the situation following Russia’s announcement last weekend that it plans to station…

Türkiye, Syria quake response continues, food security threat rising

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Türkiye, Syria quake response continues, food security threat rising 31 March 2023 © UNOCHA/Ahmad Abdulnafi A person walks through a camp in Hatay, Türkiye, for people displaced by the February earthquake. Almost two months after deadly earthquakes struck Türkiye and northern Syria, a large-scale humanitarian operation is underway for which funding is still desperately needed, the UN…

‘Bring them home’: UN experts call for repatriating detained Syria children

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Bring them home’: UN experts call for repatriating detained Syria children 31 March 2023 OCHA/Hedinn Halldorsson A child walks in Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria. (file) Independent UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday called for the urgent repatriation of children from northeast Syria, as they enter their fifth year of detention…

Permanent Mission of the United States of America stakeout

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Permanent Mission of the United States of America stakeout 31 March 2023 Press Conference Announcement The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on Ukraine Ambassador Michèle Taylor, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Human Rights Council

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hearing that the Human Rights and Security Situation has Deteriorated Since Last October

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hearing that the Human Rights and Security Situation has Deteriorated Since Last October 30 March 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes General Debate on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance   The Human Rights Council this…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Informed on Progress Made on D raft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion and Full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Informed on Progress Made on D raft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion and Full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent 30 March 2023 Meeting Summaries   Council Concludes General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Starts General Debate on Racism and Racial Discrimination   The Human Rights Council this morning…

Zero Waste Day: UN calls for a war on garbage

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Zero Waste Day: UN calls for a war on garbage 30 March 2023 © UNEP/Duncan Moore There are hundreds of landfill dumpsites spread across Kenya with the largest being Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi. The planet is literally drowning in garbage, and it is high time to clean up, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, at an event in the General Assembly Hall marking the first-ever…

Guatemala: Türk alarmed by reprisals against anti-corruption officials

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Guatemala: Türk alarmed by reprisals against anti-corruption officials 30 March 2023 © UNOCHA/Vincent Tremeau A mother and her son, who was suffering from malnutrition, sit in their home in Chiquimula, Guatemala. Retaliation continues against officials who spearheaded the fight against corruption in Guatemala, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Thursday…

Women in peacekeeping: UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Women in peacekeeping: UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment 30 March 2023 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz Ghanaian women peacekeepers have been deployed to Lebanon as part of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission. The UN’s Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) launched a fresh call for funding proposals on Thursday, aimed at improving opportunities for uniformed women to serve in peacekeeping operations, and…

Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat 30 March 2023 UN News/Shirin Yaseen The Separation wall in the West Bank. The international community must take firm and principled action to protect the human rights and dignity of Palestinians, amid mounting violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the threat of even further annexation, an…