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UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians 28 March 2023 © UNHCR/Chris Melzer A Syrian teen is reunited with his family at an airport in Germany. Top UN officials called for creating a new institution to help locate tens of thousands of missing Syrians and bring peace to their families, as the General Assembly debated on Tuesday the human rights situation in the…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of India, Finland, and the Philippines

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of India, Finland, and the Philippines 27 March 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of India, Finland, and the Philippines. The Council adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcome of India. The Vice-President said 221 recommendations enjoyed the support of India and 118 were…

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers Opens Thirty-Sixth Session and Meets with Civil Society

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers Opens Thirty-Sixth Session and Meets with Civil Society 27 March 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today opened its thirty-sixth session, during which it will consider periodic reports from Morocco, Nigeria, El Salvador and the Philippines. During the meeting, the…

Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment 27 March 2023 © WHO/Pierre Albouy The first Quadripartite Executive Annual Meeting held at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. UN agency chiefs issued a call on Monday for global action to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment, as part of a new “One Health” approach…

Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe 27 March 2023 © UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi Migrants sit inside a building at a detention centre in Libya. (file) UN-appointed independent human rights investigators on Monday said there are grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and armed militia groups have been responsible for “a wide array” of war crimes, and crimes…

Dismantling racism today starts by understanding slavery’s ‘horrific’ past

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Dismantling racism today starts by understanding slavery’s ‘horrific’ past 27 March 2023 UN News/Eileen Travers A group of students from Mexico visits the Ten True Stories exhibition at UN headquarters. Education is the “most powerful weapon” in the world’s arsenal to combat the brutal legacy of racism playing out today, the UN chief said on Monday, as the General Assembly met to mark the…

Ukraine: End war so children can ‘regain their childhoods’

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: End war so children can ‘regain their childhoods’ 27 March 2023 UNICEF/Skyba UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom plays with children in the UNICEF Spilno Child Spot at a metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine on 25 March 2023. The head of the UN atomic energy agency on Monday met with Ukraine’s President to discuss safety issues at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, as UN Goodwill…

Cosmic crops poised for harvest on Earth

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Cosmic crops poised for harvest on Earth 27 March 2023 © NASA Seeds from IAEA and FAO laboratories were sent to space in November 2022. UN food and atomic energy agencies are readying to reap the rewards of a ground-breaking ‘astrobotany’ investigation, announcing on Monday that seeds sent to space in 2022 are now poised to return to Earth…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Indonesia, Algeria and the United Kingdom

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Indonesia, Algeria and the United Kingdom 27 March 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Indonesia, Algeria and the United Kingdom. The Council adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Indonesia. The Vice-President said of the 269 recommendations received, 205 enjoyed…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Twenty-Eighth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Angola, Georgia, Tunisia, Argentina, Peru and Togo

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Twenty-Eighth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Angola, Georgia, Tunisia, Argentina, Peru and Togo 24 March 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its twenty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Angola, Georgia, Tunisia, Argentina, Peru…