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Torture ‘a common and acceptable practice’ in Ukraine war, UN investigators say

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Torture ‘a common and acceptable practice’ in Ukraine war, UN investigators say 23 September 2024 UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Erik Møse, Chairperson of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and during a Human Rights Council special session. Russian authorities are using torture “with a sense of impunity” in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council in…

UN Assembly President urges nations to sustain momentum from Summit of the Future

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN Assembly President urges nations to sustain momentum from Summit of the Future 23 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Philemon Yang (at podium and on screens), President of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the opening of the Summit of the Future on 22 September 2024. The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum…

Afghanistan: No future without women’s participation

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: No future without women’s participation 23 September 2024 © UNICEF/Osman Khayyam A woman holds a 6-month-old child while sitting in rubble of homes in Afghanistan which were destroyed by an earthquake. Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing.…

Dramatic uptick in violence as Guterres voices grave alarm at Lebanon-Israel escalation

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Dramatic uptick in violence as Guterres voices grave alarm at Lebanon-Israel escalation 23 September 2024 OCHA/Lebanon Destruction in Hebbariyeh village in southern Lebanon resulted from hostilities across the Blue Line. Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of scores of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon which have…

World News in Brief: 1.3 billion teens suffering mental disorders, Russia’s Indigenous Peoples face ‘extinction’, Belarus rights update

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: 1.3 billion teens suffering mental disorders, Russia’s Indigenous Peoples face ‘extinction’, Belarus rights update 23 September 2024 © UNICEF/Filippov A teenager in Ukraine stops to take a photograph of a work by British street artist Banksy, in the war-ravaged town of Irpin (file). At least one in seven youngsters has a mental disorder. That’s the warning from the UN…

OHCHR Press Conference

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 23 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation Mariana KATZAROVA, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Seventh Session

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Seventh Session 23 September 2024 Meeting Summaries Hears that Enforced Disappearances Are on the Increase as a Result of National and International Conflicts and Growing Polarisation Within and Between CountriesThe Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its…

Pact for the Future: World leaders pledge action for peace, sustainable development

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Pact for the Future: World leaders pledge action for peace, sustainable development 22 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wide view of the General Assembly Hall during the opening of the Summit of the Future. World leaders on Sunday adopted the Pact for the Future, a landmark declaration pledging concrete actions towards a safer, more peaceful, sustainable and inclusive world for tomorrow…

World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future 22 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Un Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium and) addresses the opening of the Summit of the Future. World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where they adopted the potentially game-changing Pact for the Future by consensus, with a small group of just seven countries holding out…

New, bold ideas thrive towards the UN Summit of the Future

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New, bold ideas thrive towards the UN Summit of the Future 21 September 2024 © Unsplash/Ben White The Summit of the Future is aiming to chart a more equitable path for coming generations. Hundreds of youth, celebrities and world leaders converged at UN Headquarters in New York on Saturday for the second of two “action days” on the eve of the landmark Summit of the Future…