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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 21 April 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Fighting in Sudan Alessandra Vellucci, for the…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Tajikistan on Improved Treatment of Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Ask Questions on Discrimination against the Pamiri Minority and Human Rights Defenders

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Tajikistan on Improved Treatment of Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Ask Questions on Discrimination against the Pamiri Minority and Human Rights Defenders 21 April 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic report of…

First Person: Aboriginal Australians suffer from ‘violent history’ and ongoing ‘institutional racism’

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Aboriginal Australians suffer from ‘violent history’ and ongoing ‘institutional racism’ 21 April 2023 UN News/ Conor Lennon Hannah McGlade, Aboriginal Australian human rights lawyer.   Decisions made at the UN can push governments to improve the rights of indigenous peoples, who still face discrimination, says Aboriginal Australian activist and human rights lawyer Hannah…

Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on the rise: WMO

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on the rise: WMO 21 April 2023 WMO/Šime Barešić A shelf cloud in Zadar, Croatia. The relentless advance of climate change brought more drought, flooding and heatwaves to communities around the world last year, compounding threats to people’s lives and livelihoods, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday…

Yemen health system ‘edging closer to collapse’ warns WHO

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen health system ‘edging closer to collapse’ warns WHO 21 April 2023 © UNICEF/UN0679318/Hayyan The head of immunization at Dar Sa’ad Medical Compound in Aden goes to the streets to ensure children are vaccinated Yemen’s fragile health system is “severely overburdened” the World Health Organization’s (WHO) leading official for emergency operations in the country said on Friday, and more…

UN coordinator calls for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Sudan, as death toll mounts

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN coordinator calls for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Sudan, as death toll mounts 21 April 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary General Antonio Guterres at Press Encounter on Sudan. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan issued a strong statement on Friday calling on both sides in the military power struggle to “implement humanitarian pauses” allowing civilians…

WMO hybrid press conference

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home WMO hybrid press conference 21 April 2023 Press Conference Announcement State of Global Climate 2022 report Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General Omar Baddour, Chief of WMO Climate Monitoring

In Dialogue with Brazil, Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Reduction in Provisional Prison Sentences, Raise Issues Concerning Prison Overcrowding and Excessive Use of Force against Afro-Brazilians

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Brazil, Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Reduction in Provisional Prison Sentences, Raise Issues Concerning Prison Overcrowding and Excessive Use of Force against Afro-Brazilians 20 April 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Brazil, with Committee Experts praising a reduction in provisional prison…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend the Philippines’ Law on HIV/AIDS, Ask Questions on the Situation of Indigenous Peoples and on Internally Displaced Persons

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend the Philippines’ Law on HIV/AIDS, Ask Questions on the Situation of Indigenous Peoples and on Internally Displaced Persons 20 April 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-fifth periodic report of the Philippines, with Committee…

Millions of children deprived of life-saving vaccinations amid COVID pandemic, misinformation surge

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Millions of children deprived of life-saving vaccinations amid COVID pandemic, misinformation surge 20 April 2023 © UNICEF/Ulet Ifansasti A child is vaccinated at a health centre in East Java Province, Indonesia during the COVID pandemic in 2021. Some 67 million children worldwide missed out on one or more essential vaccinations between 2019 and 2021, due to disruptions caused by the COVID-…