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Serbia urged to uphold freedom of expression while also countering hate speech

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Serbia urged to uphold freedom of expression while also countering hate speech 06 April 2023 © Unsplash/Nikola Rakic A view of the northern city of Novi Sad along the banks of the Danube river in Serbia. Legal reforms in Serbia must be accompanied by the effective implementation of laws to counter dangerous rhetoric against minorities, journalists and activists, UN independent human rights…

‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan 06 April 2023 © UNICEF/Sayed Bidel The UN is calling on the international community not to abandon Afghanistan. A Taliban decision banning women from working for the UN inside Afghanistan, will have devastating consequence for aid delivery, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country warned on Thursday…

Türkiye quake aftermath: Funding needed to stave off risks to millions of children

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Türkiye quake aftermath: Funding needed to stave off risks to millions of children 06 April 2023 © UNOCHA/Ahmad Abdulnafi Two million children are in need of support in Türkiye . Two months after devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and northern Syria, 2.5 million children in Türkiye remain in need of humanitarian support and are at risk of falling into poverty, child labour or under-age…

Rights expert welcomes Vatican’s rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert welcomes Vatican’s rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ 06 April 2023 Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil Indigenous people of the Yanomami ethnic group, in a camp in Brasília, capital of Brazil, in 2018. The Vatican’s rejection of the 500-year-old Catholic decree used to justify the seizure of indigenous lands by colonial powers, known as the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’, has been…

Tensions mount in Middle East as UN reiterates need for ‘maximum restraint’

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Tensions mount in Middle East as UN reiterates need for ‘maximum restraint’ 06 April 2023 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz A Spanish peacekeeper from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, patrols in the southeast of Lebanon. The UN on Thursday condemned the multiple rockets fired into Israel from across its northern border with Lebanon, urging “all actors to exercise maximum restraint”, following several…

Athletes score for people and the planet on International Day of Sport

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Athletes score for people and the planet on International Day of Sport 06 April 2023 © UNICEF/Julio Dengucho UNICEF organized an inclusive sports event in partnership with FAMOD (a civil society organization that works to support, coordinate and promote the human rights and well-being of people with disabilities in Mozambique. Athletes are pushing for a more equitable world, both on and off…

Reflecting on genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Guterres urges all nations to stand firm against rising hate, intolerance

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Reflecting on genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Guterres urges all nations to stand firm against rising hate, intolerance 06 April 2023 UN Photo/Violaine Martin Marking the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (2019). As the world marks the grim anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the massacre were also killed, the…

WHO hybrid press conference

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home WHO hybrid press conference 05 April 2023 Press Conference Announcement Rise of dengue, zika, chikungunya outbreaks and impact of climate change. Dr Raman Velayudhan, Unit Head, Global Program on control of Neglected Tropical Diseases coordinating dengue and arbovirus initiative Dr Diana Rojas Alvarez, Technical Lead, Zika and chikungunya and co-Lead of the Global arbovirus initiative…

Top officials strongly condemn Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Top officials strongly condemn Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN 05 April 2023 © UNICEF/Munir Tanwee/Daf recor An Afghan girl studies at home with the help of her father after being denied the right to carry on studying at school. A Taliban edict banning Afghan women from working for the UN mission and agencies inside the country, has been strongly condemned by both the…

Israel-Palestine: UN calls for restraint following violence at Al-Aqsa mosque

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine: UN calls for restraint following violence at Al-Aqsa mosque 05 April 2023 UN News/Maher Nasser Nearly 600,000 people have visited the Holy Sites in Jerusalem since the beginning of Ramadan. UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland on Wednesday appealed for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to exercise restraint following the latest violence surrounding a holy site in Jerusalem.…