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Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors 25 April 2025 © UNOCHA/Myaa Aung Thein Kyaw People shelter in a school compound in Mandalay, Myanmar following the March earthquake. One month since Myanmar’s earthquake disaster, tens of thousands of survivors still live in makeshift tents with little to protect them from pre-monsoon storms and mosquitoes…

Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat Press Conference

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat Press Conference 25 April 2025 Press Conference Announcement Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions; David Ogden, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm ConventionsChristine Fuell, Executive Secretary, ad interim, of the Rotterdam Convention

In Dialogue with Turkmenistan, Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Turkmenistan on Installing Cameras in Places of Detention, Ask about Measures to Prevent Torture in Prisons and the Treatment of Homosexual Persons

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Turkmenistan, Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Turkmenistan on Installing Cameras in Places of Detention, Ask about Measures to Prevent Torture in Prisons and the Treatment of Homosexual Persons 24 April 2025 Meeting Summaries  The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Turkmenistan, with Committee Experts commending the State for…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Holds Informal Meeting with States Parties to the Convention

1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Holds Informal Meeting with States Parties to the Convention 24 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held an informal meeting with States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.Opening the meeting, Michal Balcerzak, Committee Chair, said…

Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN 24 April 2025 © ILO/Laetitia Dard An informal sector worker eats by the roadside in Bangkok. Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climate shocks combine to erode global security, a new UN report has warned…

Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians 24 April 2025 © Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine/Anastasiia Honcharuk Rescue workers search through the rubble of a bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Grim details continued to emerge on Thursday in the aftermath of a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities overnight, with early…

Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink 24 April 2025 © UNICEF The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to worsen as essentials are running out. The near two-month ban on humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza is driving families to the edge of survival, as critical essentials – including food, shelter and medicine – are rapidly running out…

As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future 24 April 2025 UN Photo/Jorge Aramburu A German UN peacekeeper carries out his duties on a ship in Lebanon in 2007. With just weeks to go before a key ministerial meeting in Berlin, the UN and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to peacekeeping – a vital tool for global stability that must now adapt to dwindling resources…

Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights 24 April 2025 IFAD Remote mountain pastures in Kyrgyzstan. Low-lying islands aren’t the only ones at risk from our warming planet, as mountain communities are now finding. Investment in organic farming, sustainable textiles and eco-…

Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people 24 April 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal The UN provides food aid to communities which have been forced to flee their homes. Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling targeting the El Fasher and Zamzam camps in Sudan’s Darfur region, triggering an unprecedented wave of…