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Mothers of Srebrenica: ‘Sadly, the killing continues in the world’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Mothers of Srebrenica: ‘Sadly, the killing continues in the world’ 11 July 2023 UN News/Hisae Kawamori Kada Hotić holds photographs of her son, husband, and two brothers, who were lost in the Srebrenica genocide. The pointe shoes were a testament to unfulfilled hopes. They belonged to a young ballet dancer from Bosnia and Herzegovina whose life was forever changed by the brutal conflict that…

Türk calls for respect as rights council urgently debates Quran burnings

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Türk calls for respect as rights council urgently debates Quran burnings 11 July 2023 联阿援助团/Barat Ali Batoor 在阿富汗的一座清真寺里，人们在祷告。 The UN’s top human rights official urged respect for religious tolerance on Tuesday as Member States gathered in Geneva in response to the recent burning of the holy Quran in the Swedish capital…

Security Council fails to reach consensus on Syria aid lifeline

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council fails to reach consensus on Syria aid lifeline 11 July 2023 © WFP/Hussam Al Saleh The World Food Programme distributes RTE (ready-to-eat) and non-food to families affected by the earthquake in the Al Mashariqa neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. Life-saving assistance to millions in northwest Syria is at risk after the UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt either of two…

UN calls for gender equality push, central to SDGs

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN calls for gender equality push, central to SDGs 11 July 2023 UN Women/Anindit Roy-Chowdhury/Ashutosh Negi Women attend a health and education training session in Rajasthan, India. At eight billion strong, the “human family is larger than ever”, but leaders are failing in efforts to ensure a peaceful and prosperous world for all, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message to…

Sudan crisis: You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams 11 July 2023 © WFP/Abubaker Garelnabei A displaced family in Port Sudan. As conflict continues to rage in Sudan, UN humanitarians expressed alarm on Tuesday at a surge in the number of people fleeing across the border to Chad…

Major boost needed to reach 2030 water, sanitation and hygiene goals

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Major boost needed to reach 2030 water, sanitation and hygiene goals 11 July 2023 © UNICEF A six-year-old girl drinks water from a community hand pump in Pakistan. Globally, around 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water. Despite some progress, billions worldwide still lack access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene; a situation exacerbated by water scarcity caused…

Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others 11 July 2023 © ILO A young girl collects wood from a dumpsite in Vadodara, India. Twenty five countries, including some of the world’s biggest economies, have halved their poverty indices, but lack of post-COVID-19 pandemic data obscures the situation facing almost a billion people globally, a new United Nations-…

Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts 11 July 2023 © Unsplash/Niloy Biswas “Odhikar’s case reflects the ongoing harassment and targeting of human rights defenders and organisations in Bangladesh,” said UN-appointed independent human rights experts. UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called for the…

UN chief condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic 11 July 2023 MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio UN peacekeepers patrol a town in northeastern Central African Republic. The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned an attack on a UN peacekeeping patrol in the northeast Central African Republic (CAR) on Monday which left one Rwandan ‘blue helmet’ dead.…

OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 11 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 on arbitrary deprivation of liberty in the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967