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Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny 17 May 2024 © UNEP/Duncan Moore There are hundreds of landfill dumpsites spread across Kenya with the largest being Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi. Global efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by glaring differences in environmental protection laws among countries…

Israel refutes South Africa’s accusations at UN world court

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Israel refutes South Africa’s accusations at UN world court 17 May 2024 © ICJ/Wendy van Bree A view of the International Court of Justice courtroom at The Hague in the case of South Africa v. Israel. The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Friday, heard the response from Israel on the case brought forward by South Africa requesting emergency provisional measures to immediately halt…

Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’ 17 May 2024 © US Army Central A floating dock for the delivery of humanitarian supplies is built off the coast of Gaza. Trucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock built by the United States military, but this is not enough to meet the needs of…

UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared 17 May 2024 © UNICEF/Dan Thomas In 2005, a warning about the presence of landmines and other unexploded ordinance in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka. The area saw some of the worst fighting during the island's civil war. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday urged the Sri Lankan Government to take decisive action to…

UN’s rights chief horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s rights chief horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer 17 May 2024 © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani A mother walks with her children to their shelter at an IDP camp in North Darfur. The UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s having a terrifying impact on millions of civilians, who humanitarians say are…

India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights 17 May 2024 UNAIDS Due to social prejudices, gay couples are still forced to hide their identity. While there has been some recent progress for India’s LGBTQIA+ community, there is still a long way to go to overcome social stigma and prejudice, and to ensure that all people in the…

Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle 16 May 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children travel in the trunk of a car as they leave Rafah in southern Gaza. UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as aid teams issued increasingly urgent appeals for safe passage throughout Gaza, to…

At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity 16 May 2024 UN News UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the Summit of the League of Arab States in Manama-Bahrain. UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his longstanding call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held in the enclave, and unimpeded access…

World News in Brief: More Ukraine attacks, rights appeal for jailed Nigerian singer, International Day against Homophobia

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: More Ukraine attacks, rights appeal for jailed Nigerian singer, International Day against Homophobia 16 May 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Children walk past a destroyed house in Kherson, Ukraine. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine condemned air strikes in Kherson city on Thursday, which injured dozens of civilians, including two children, and damaged homes and…

Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force

11 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force 16 May 2024 UN Photo Jelaskovic Ibrahim of the then-Yugoslav medical staff of the UN Emergency Force in Egypt treats a child in El Kuntilla in the Sinai in Egypt in 1959. (file) As the world celebrates the International Day of Living Together in Peace, marked annually on 16 May, we are taking you back to the 1950s, when the…