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Sudan crisis: You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams 11 July 2023 © WFP/Abubaker Garelnabei A displaced family in Port Sudan. As conflict continues to rage in Sudan, UN humanitarians expressed alarm on Tuesday at a surge in the number of people fleeing across the border to Chad…

Major boost needed to reach 2030 water, sanitation and hygiene goals

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Major boost needed to reach 2030 water, sanitation and hygiene goals 11 July 2023 © UNICEF A six-year-old girl drinks water from a community hand pump in Pakistan. Globally, around 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water. Despite some progress, billions worldwide still lack access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene; a situation exacerbated by water scarcity caused…

Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others 11 July 2023 © ILO A young girl collects wood from a dumpsite in Vadodara, India. Twenty five countries, including some of the world’s biggest economies, have halved their poverty indices, but lack of post-COVID-19 pandemic data obscures the situation facing almost a billion people globally, a new United Nations-…

Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts 11 July 2023 © Unsplash/Niloy Biswas “Odhikar’s case reflects the ongoing harassment and targeting of human rights defenders and organisations in Bangladesh,” said UN-appointed independent human rights experts. UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called for the…

UN chief condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic 11 July 2023 MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio UN peacekeepers patrol a town in northeastern Central African Republic. The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned an attack on a UN peacekeeping patrol in the northeast Central African Republic (CAR) on Monday which left one Rwandan ‘blue helmet’ dead.…

OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 11 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 on arbitrary deprivation of liberty in the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

Special Rapporteur Says Israel’s Unlawful Carceral Practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Are Tantamount to International Crimes and Have Turned it into an Open-Air Prison

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Special Rapporteur Says Israel’s Unlawful Carceral Practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Are Tantamount to International Crimes and Have Turned it into an Open-Air Prison 10 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   Human Rights Council Hears of the Continued Prominence of Racist, Nationalist and Far-Right Political Parties and Organizations Operating in…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Pakistan, Japan and Sri Lanka

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Pakistan, Japan and Sri Lanka 10 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Hears Presentation of Three Reports on the Voluntary Funds of the Universal Periodic Review The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Pakistan, Japan and…

First Person: Thai teenage drop-out turns peer educator

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Thai teenage drop-out turns peer educator 10 July 2023 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Peer educator, Baitoey, (centre) demonstrates the correct usage of male condoms. A young woman in the north of Thailand has been describing how she turned her life around after turning to drugs and dropping out of school at age 15, thanks to a programme supported by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA…

Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week 10 July 2023 Holm Akhdar FSO Safer was abandoned off Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war broke out in the country. Transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week, a senior United Nations humanitarian official told the Security…