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Stories from the UN Archive: The man who defined genocide

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: The man who defined genocide 07 December 2023 © National Archives in Krakow A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in the Krakow ghetto. Poland. Circa 1941. The word “genocide” was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin in 1944 in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. It consists of the Greek prefix genos, meaning race or…

Gaza fighting continues amid ‘apocalyptic’ conditions; Security Council to meet Friday

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza fighting continues amid ‘apocalyptic’ conditions; Security Council to meet Friday 07 December 2023 © WHO Men walk through the destroyed streets of Gaza. Two months to the day since Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel prompted a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming “apocalyptic” with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts…

COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels 07 December 2023 COP28/Christopher Pike "Fill the Loss & Damage Fund now!" action by CAN International at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. After a break, COP28 continues its work on Friday, also the day talks on an outcome text kick into high gear.…

Countries uphold commitment to UN Peacekeeping at 2023 Ministerial in Ghana

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Countries uphold commitment to UN Peacekeeping at 2023 Ministerial in Ghana 06 December 2023 United Nations The head of UN Peacekeeping, Jean-Pierre Lacroix addresses the 2023 Ministerial in Ghana. More than 90 countries underlined their commitment to UN Peacekeeping during a two-day conference in Accra, Ghana, that concluded on Wednesday…

COP28 is about action, not politics and point scoring, says UN climate chief

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP28 is about action, not politics and point scoring, says UN climate chief 06 December 2023 COP28/Christophe Viseux Simon Stiell, UNFCCC Executive Secretary speaks to reporters at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-…

Ukraine: Lasting toll of war, ‘beyond measure’, Security Council hears

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Lasting toll of war, ‘beyond measure’, Security Council hears 06 December 2023 © UNICEF/Olena Hrom A young girl stands in the rubble of her school in a suburb of Kyiv in Ukraine. (file) If urgent steps are not taken to end the ongoing war and its dire humanitarian consequences in Ukraine, 2024 may be even more unpredictable and destructive, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday…

Opera, glass blowing, poncho weaving and more: UNESCO celebrates world’s cultural heritage

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Opera, glass blowing, poncho weaving and more: UNESCO celebrates world’s cultural heritage 06 December 2023 Unsplash/Serge Taeymans The tradition of glassblowing in Syria has been inscribed in the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The UNESCO committee that protects so called Intangible Cultural Heritage met in Botswana this week to add new entries to the UN culture agency’s list of…

UN's Türk urges probe into alleged sexual violence during Hamas terror attacks

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN's Türk urges probe into alleged sexual violence during Hamas terror attacks 06 December 2023 © Magen David Adom Israel Rescue workers attend a damaged residential block in southern Israel. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned serious sexual violations allegedly carried out by Hamas militants during their terror attacks in southern Israel on 7 October, while…

Gaza: Guterres invokes 'most powerful tool' Article 99, in bid for humanitarian ceasefire

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Guterres invokes 'most powerful tool' Article 99, in bid for humanitarian ceasefire 06 December 2023 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra People search for their belongings in the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian…

New York City youth give a shout out to human rights worldwide

1 year 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home New York City youth give a shout out to human rights worldwide 06 December 2023 UN News/Paulina Kubiak Greer At UN headquarters, students participate in the People’s Theatre Project focused on human rights issues. Hundreds of teenagers from New York schools on Wednesday descended on UN Headquarters to discuss mental health, education, homelessness and systematic racism, as part of the build…