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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Fifth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Fifth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden 01 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland,…

Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’ 01 March 2024 © UNICEF/Abed Zagout An 8-year-old child waits her turn to receive food in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus on Friday amid reports from the enclave’s authorities that a tenth child had…

UNHCR assists thousands fleeing armed group violence in northern Mozambique

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR assists thousands fleeing armed group violence in northern Mozambique 01 March 2024 © UNHCR Mozambique UNHCR staff carry out a needs assessment with some of those arriving to Namapa, in Nampula province, after fleeing recent attacks by non-state armed groups in Cabo Delgado. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the restive…

World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day 01 March 2024 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin Children play on parched land in southern Pakistan. February saw more extreme heat and unusually high temperatures in both hemispheres, the UN weather agency (WMO) said on Friday…

Myanmar: Unbearable levels of suffering and cruelty

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: Unbearable levels of suffering and cruelty 01 March 2024 © UNICEF/Patrick Brown Rohingya refugees arrive by boat from Myanmar on the Bay of Bengal to Teknaf in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh. (file) The crisis in Myanmar is a “never-ending nightmare” for the country’s people happening far away from the international spotlight, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights…

Student gastronomes plan recipe for Madagascar’s future

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Student gastronomes plan recipe for Madagascar’s future 01 March 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Pupils at the Beabo Primary School in Ambovombe compete in a culinary competition aimed at improving nutrition. As the world celebrates the Africa Day of School Feeding, school children in southern Madagascar are learning how to cook nutritious meals which ultimately may contribute to the longer-…

Guterres urges support for Haiti in remarks to regional leaders

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges support for Haiti in remarks to regional leaders 01 March 2024 UN Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre Secretary-General António Guterres (left) delivers remarks at the Eighth Summit for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed on Friday for greater support for an international mission…

From AI to fast fashion, ‘world’s environment parliament’ adopts bold action plans

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home From AI to fast fashion, ‘world’s environment parliament’ adopts bold action plans 01 March 2024 UNEP/Natalia Mroz Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, and Leila Benali, President of UNEA-6, during the closing plenary at the sixth session of UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Nairobi, Kenya. The UN Environment Assembly adopted a ministerial declaration as it wrapped up on Friday in…

HRC Press Conference

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HRC Press Conference 29 February 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua’s latest report on the human rights situation in Nicaragua. Jan-Michael Simon, Chair of the Group of ExpertsÁngela Maria Buitrago, Member of the Group of Experts

‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council 29 February 2024 © UNRWA Schools in Gaza have been directly hit or damaged since the beginning of the war. The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on Thursday, after almost five months of constant Israeli…