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Sudan: Emergency seed distribution campaign underway as fighting continues

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Emergency seed distribution campaign underway as fighting continues 13 July 2023 F. Ada Affana/IOM People fleeing the ongoing fighting in Sudan arrive in Chad. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday launched an emergency seed distribution campaign in Sudan, ensuring farmers and their families have the necessary resources to meet food production needs amid the on-…

Ethiopia: Rights experts denounce mass deportation of Eritreans

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ethiopia: Rights experts denounce mass deportation of Eritreans 13 July 2023 © UNICEF/Karel Prinsloo Children at a refugee camp in Ethiopia. (file) A group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Thursday voiced “grave concern” over hostile conditions impacting Eritreans refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Ethiopia, including targeted arrests and prolonged arbitrary…

Status quo on Korean Peninsula ‘alarming and unsustainable’, Security Council hears

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Status quo on Korean Peninsula ‘alarming and unsustainable’, Security Council hears 13 July 2023 © UNICEF/Olga Basurmanova Children wait to receive nutritional supplements at a clinic in Nampo City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (file) Unity on the Security Council in the face of missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is essential to ease tensions…

Darfur: International Criminal Court launches investigation into surging violence

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Darfur: International Criminal Court launches investigation into surging violence 13 July 2023 UNAMID/Hamid Abdulsalam A group of women in Um Baru, North Darfur. (file) The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Thursday that he is investigating fresh allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur region, including the recent killings of 87 members…

Rights experts urge Uruguay to prioritise water use for human consumption

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts urge Uruguay to prioritise water use for human consumption 13 July 2023 © UNICEF/Pazos Thirteen-year-olds share a picnic of fresh fruit, tangerine muffins, cheese sticks and quince pie close to their school in Montevideo, Uruguay. A considerable increase in salt levels in drinking water in Uruguay is affecting over 60 percent of the population, UN experts said on Thursday,…

Urban planning must factor in needs of migrants, sustainable development forum hears

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Urban planning must factor in needs of migrants, sustainable development forum hears 13 July 2023 WHO/Diego Rodriguez Everyone has the right to a healthy environment, free of pollution and its harmful consequences. With two thirds of the world’s population likely living in urban areas by 2050, the UN’s High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Thursday turned the spotlight on the sustainable…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts 10 Resolutions, Extends Mandates on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Persons with Disabilities and Belarus

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts 10 Resolutions, Extends Mandates on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Persons with Disabilities and Belarus 13 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Also Adopts Resolutions on Civil Society, Arms Transfers, Nationality, Corruption, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Social Forum and Democracy and Racism…

OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 13 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Preliminary observations of the Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights on her joint visit to Germany and North Macedonia (3-12 July) Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism.

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts 10 Resolutions, Extending Mandates on Eritrea, Business and Human Rights, Extrajudicial Executions, Human Rights and International Solidarity, Right to Education, Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease), Trafficking in Persons,

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts 10 Resolutions, Extending Mandates on Eritrea, Business and Human Rights, Extrajudicial Executions, Human Rights and International Solidarity, Right to Education, Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease), Trafficking in Persons, and Extreme Poverty and Human Rights 12 July 2023 Meeting Summaries In Dialogue on Ukraine, High…

FAO, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, IFAD hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home FAO, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, IFAD hybrid press conference 12 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2023 Marco Sanchez Cantillo, Deputy Director of Agrifood Economics Division (ESA) - FAO Gian Carlo Cirri, Head of Geneva Office - WFP Francesco Branca, Director, Nutrition and Food Safety - WHO Chika Hayashi, Statistics and Monitoring Senior Advisor, Nutrition - UNICEF Hélène Papper,…