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Explainer: What is the UN Human Rights Council?

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: What is the UN Human Rights Council? 26 February 2024 UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council in session. (file) War crimes, racism, arbitrary detention and rape as a weapon of war: these just a few of the pressing international issues over which the UN Human Rights Council deliberates…

Deadlock over disarmament ‘not acceptable’: Guterres

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Deadlock over disarmament ‘not acceptable’: Guterres 26 February 2024 © ICAN/Seth Shelden Protestors air their views on non-proliferation opposite UN Headquarters in New York. (file) Amid geopolitical divides, arms competition, increasingly dangerous new technologies and an elevated nuclear risk, the Secretary-General on Monday highlighted his concern that the UN Conference on Disarmament is…

Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA 26 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Over one million internally displaced Palestinians are sheltering in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. Very little humanitarian aid has entered besieged Gaza this month, with a 50 per cent reduction compared to January, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday.…

World unites at UN Environment Assembly to combat ‘triple planetary crisis’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World unites at UN Environment Assembly to combat ‘triple planetary crisis’ 26 February 2024 © UNICEF/Tsiory Andriantsoarana Climate-related disasters like floods, as pictured in Madagascar, can lead to a range of health problems. The latest meeting of the “world’s parliament on the environment” opened in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday with a clear call for stronger global action to address the “…

World News in Brief: Fighting continues in DR Congo, Russian anti-war campaigner harassment, LGBTQ rights

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Fighting continues in DR Congo, Russian anti-war campaigner harassment, LGBTQ rights 26 February 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A community health worker walks through an IDP camp in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fighting between Government forces and the M23 rebel group has flared up again in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after…

Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Fifth Regular Session and Holds Minute of Silence in Memory of All Victims of Human Rights Violations Worldwide

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Fifth Regular Session and Holds Minute of Silence in Memory of All Victims of Human Rights Violations Worldwide 26 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifty-fifth regular session, hearing statements from the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Head…

What is the UN Environment Assembly and why does it matter?

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home What is the UN Environment Assembly and why does it matter? 25 February 2024 UNEP/Duncan Moore Sixth Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-6) in Nairobi, Kenya. Every two years, all 193 UN Member States have an opportunity to collectively address critical environmental issues facing the planet. This moment is the United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA…

Drawing a line in the sand as communities adapt to climate change

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Drawing a line in the sand as communities adapt to climate change 25 February 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Sand is driven by seasonal winds inland in southern Madagascar. Communities in some of the most climate-change-affected areas in southern Madagascar are finding ways to thrive in increasingly challenging environments by becoming more resilient and adapting to unpredictable weather…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 23 February 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, the Human Rights Council, and the International Federation of Red Cross…

Ukraine: Bucha and Irpin rise from the ashes of Russian military occupation

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Bucha and Irpin rise from the ashes of Russian military occupation 23 February 2024 UN News/Anna Radomska This neighborhood in Bucha suffered greatly during the Russian occupation. This house was bombed. Today everything has been completely restored. When the Russian occupation of Bucha in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine ended in March 2022, widespread…