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DR Congo: Security Council warned of ‘considerable’ deterioration in restive east
29 March 2023
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A MONUSCO helicopter lands in Beni in the North Kivu region of the DR Congo.
The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the security situation in eastern Congo has "deteriorated considerably" in recent months and that…
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Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: Tedros
29 March 2023
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Technicians undertake research ay the Baney Research Laboratory in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. (file)
The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the agency was working to help contain Marburg virus disease outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, advocating for more…
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New network aims to save migrant lives in the Americas
29 March 2023
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Dorelis Suarez, 28, and her three children, Yorkelis, 11, Bonilla, 5, and Lorens 3, left Anzuategui in Venezuela to look for a better life in Brazil.
A new UN-backed network aims to drive action to save migrant lives in the Americas, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.…
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WHO hybrid press conference
29 March 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Rising trauma injuries across the Eastern Mediterranean Region - WHO response and management
Dr Rick Brennan, Regional Emergency Director of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (online)
Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for the occupied Palestinian territory (online)
Dr Sara Halimah, Trauma Care Specialist for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (online…
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In Dialogue with Morocco, Experts of the Committee on Migrant Workers Commend Migration Policy Development, Raise Issues Concerning Children of Migrants and Treatment of Migrants by Border Police
28 March 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Morocco, with Committee…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that the Current Israeli Plan to Double the Settler Population in the Occupied Syrian Golan by 2027 is Unprecedented, and that 700,000 Israeli Settlers Are Living Illegally in the Occupied West Bank
28 March 2023
Meeting Summaries
Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcome of South Africa, Concludes General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review, and Starts…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
28 March 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gomez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, and the Human Rights Council.
Report on…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Brazil, Poland, and the Netherlands, Begins General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism
28 March 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Brazil, Poland, and the Netherlands. The Council then began the general debate under agenda item six on the Universal Periodic…
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DPR Korea: Truth, justice needed amid ‘tragic’ legacy of enforced disappearances
28 March 2023
UNICEF/Jeremy Horner
Children and adults pass a high-rise apartment building in Pyongyang, DPRK.
“Tragic” accounts of State-sponsored abductions and enforced disappearances in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) require action from the country’s authorities, the UN High…
