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OHCHR Press Conference- Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference- Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing 05 March 2025 Press Conference Announcement Who benefits from a manufactured migration crisis and what has that to do with the housing crisis? Embargoed until 7 March at 1 p.m. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing 

Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF 05 March 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel A boy recovers a broken bicycle in the Al-Touam area in the northern Gaza Strip. The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to violence and lifesaving healthcare services under threat, the UN…

‘Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace’: UN chief

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace’: UN chief 05 March 2025 © UNFCCC/Habib Samadov Activists attend a climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. “Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace, not the machinery of war,” said Secretary-General António Guterres in a message marking the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation…

Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears 05 March 2025 UN Human Rights Council /Marie Bambi Yasmen Almashan, founding member of the Caesar Families Association and part of the Free Syria’s Disappeared coalition, addresses the Human Rights Council meeting on transitional justice. The people of Syria’s painful search for a peaceful…

UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic 05 March 2025 OCHA/Lauren Paletta Displaced people set up makeshift shelters at an IDP camp in Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic. (file) A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations committed by armed groups in southeast Central African Republic (CAR),…

Funding cuts jeopardise global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Funding cuts jeopardise global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns 05 March 2025 © UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani A doctor checks a patient’s chest x-ray for signs of tuberculosis. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that severe funding cuts – particularly in the United States – are threatening decades of progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), still the world’s…

World News in Brief: Guterres convenes Cyprus meeting, violence continues in southern Lebanon, UN aid hub in Chad expands

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Guterres convenes Cyprus meeting, violence continues in southern Lebanon, UN aid hub in Chad expands 05 March 2025 © UNICEF/Donaig Le Du A child is treated for malnutrition in a health facility in Adre Chad after fleeing Sudan's Darfur region. The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday announced he would be convening fresh talks over the future of Cyprus, scheduled to…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 04 March 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme.Protection Needed for Congolese Fleeing Escalating Conflict in Eastern DRCPatrick Eba,…

‘Rapid expansion’ of synthetic drugs reshaping illicit markets, UN anti-narcotics body warns

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Rapid expansion’ of synthetic drugs reshaping illicit markets, UN anti-narcotics body warns 04 March 2025 © UNODC Les autorités nigériennes incinèrent des drogues illicites saisies à Niamey (photo d'archives). Synthetic drugs are rapidly transforming the global drug trade, fuelling an escalating public health crisis, according to the UN administered International Narcotics Control…

Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR 04 March 2025 © MONUSCO/Aubin Mukoni People continue to flee fighting in the eastern DR Congo where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have made major gains. In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands fleeing across borders with no sign of the exodus…