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OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 19 June 2023 Press Conference Announcement Joint report of the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Chair of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

Afghanistan: Taliban ‘may be responsible for gender apartheid’ says rights expert

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Taliban ‘may be responsible for gender apartheid’ says rights expert 19 June 2023 © UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans Nurses at a mobile clinic provide nutrition assistance to families in a village in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The plight of women and girls in Afghanistan featured prominently at the Human Rights Council on Monday where independent UN-appointed rights experts warned of…

End ‘digital divide’ to support victims of sexual violence: Guterres

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home End ‘digital divide’ to support victims of sexual violence: Guterres 19 June 2023 © UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau A young girl finds refuge from violence at a UN-supported centre in Goma in the eastern DR Congo. On the International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres demanded accountability and justice for victims of sexual violence…

Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President 19 June 2023 Unsplash/Jason Leung In San Francisco in the United States, demonstrators take to the streets to protest against the rise of race-related hate crimes against people of Asian descent. Countering hate speech is a key component of atrocity prevention, UN General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said on…

Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO 19 June 2023 Jutta Benzenberg/ World Bank In 2022, for the first time, more electricity was generated by wind and solar than by natural gas in the EU. Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s it was revealed on Monday, with extreme weather causing excess deaths and economic disruption.…

Sudan: Guterres urges donors to boost aid response to halt death, destruction

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Guterres urges donors to boost aid response to halt death, destruction 19 June 2023 © UNICEF/Donaig Le Du A young girl who fled Sudan with her family waits for a distribution of relief aid in Chad. A UN-led appeal for funding to help the people of Sudan raised $1.5 billion on Monday as UN chief António Guterres warned that the country was descending “into death and destruction” at…

‘Vital’ human rights cooperation must be above fray of politics: Türk

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Vital’ human rights cooperation must be above fray of politics: Türk 19 June 2023 © UN Human Rights/Petre Oprea Volker Türk (right), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the opening of the Human Rights Council 53rd Session. A lack of strong cooperation with the international human rights system leaves States “adrift”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday, as he…

Beyond borders: Why new 'high seas' treaty is critical for the world

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Beyond borders: Why new 'high seas' treaty is critical for the world 19 June 2023 © Nuno Vasco Rodrigues/UN World Oceans Day 2023 A team of scientific divers assess the marine biodiversity on the top of a seamount in Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal. The UN’s 193 Member States adopted a landmark legally binding marine biodiversity agreement on Monday following nearly two decades of…

Poverty, inequality and exclusion fuelling terrorism, warns UN chief

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Poverty, inequality and exclusion fuelling terrorism, warns UN chief 19 June 2023 © UNICEF/Delil Souleiman UN Secretary-General reminded that more than 50,000 children, women and men remain in Al-Hol and other camps and detention centres. With terrorism posing a complex, constantly evolving and multi-faceted threat, law-enforcement agencies gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York…

Libya: ‘Persistent disagreements’ must be overcome, Security Council hears

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Libya: ‘Persistent disagreements’ must be overcome, Security Council hears 19 June 2023 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Libya is struggling to recover from years of conflict. Libyan political leaders who are being encouraged to set aside their differences for the sake of a new democratic future, must put the interests of the people “above all else”, said the UN’s Special Representative for the country…