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General Assembly votes to seek World Court’s opinion, in quest for ‘bolder’ climate action

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home General Assembly votes to seek World Court’s opinion, in quest for ‘bolder’ climate action 29 March 2023 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin Children play on a jetty on Fale Island in the Pacific Ocean archipelago of Tokelau. The UN General Assembly will seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on countries’ obligations to address climate change, following the adoption by consensus of a…

DPR Korea: Truth, justice needed amid ‘tragic’ legacy of enforced disappearances

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home DPR Korea: Truth, justice needed amid ‘tragic’ legacy of enforced disappearances 28 March 2023 UNICEF/Jeremy Horner Children and adults pass a high-rise apartment building in Pyongyang, DPRK. “Tragic” accounts of State-sponsored abductions and enforced disappearances in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) require action from the country’s authorities, the UN High…

El Salvador urged to uphold human rights amid state of emergency

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home El Salvador urged to uphold human rights amid state of emergency 28 March 2023 © Unsplash/Mauricio Cuéllar The National Palace of El Salvador in the capital San Salvador. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Tuesday expressed concern over mass detentions and other measures implemented during the state of emergency in El Salvador, now in effect for a year.…

ILO calls for fresh support as job losses grip post-quake Türkiye and Syria

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ILO calls for fresh support as job losses grip post-quake Türkiye and Syria 28 March 2023 © UNICEF Child labour in Türkiye and Syria could increase following the February earthquake. Urgent support is needed to prevent a slide into poverty and an increase in child labour and hand-to-mouth jobs, following the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria in February, the International Labour…

Mexico: Guterres calls for ‘thorough investigation’ into deadly migrant centre fire

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Mexico: Guterres calls for ‘thorough investigation’ into deadly migrant centre fire 28 March 2023 © IOM Mexico/Alejandro Cartagena UN migration agency IOM, has supported migrants passing through Mexico for a number of years. The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of at least 39 migrants in a fire at a processing…

UN underlines support for Africa’s fight against terrorism

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN underlines support for Africa’s fight against terrorism 28 March 2023 © Michele Cattani A soldier from Burkina Faso stands guard along the border with Mali and Niger during a military operation against terrorist suspects. Although no region is immune to terrorism, the situation in Africa is especially concerning, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday,…

UNICEF sounds alarm over fast-spreading cholera outbreaks in Africa

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF sounds alarm over fast-spreading cholera outbreaks in Africa 28 March 2023 © UNICEF/Thoko Chikondi UNICEF is assisting the Government of Malawi in providing safe and clean water in camps accommodating cyclone Freddy survivors. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for emergency funding to broaden efforts to reach millions living across 11 eastern and southern African countries…

UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians 28 March 2023 © UNHCR/Chris Melzer A Syrian teen is reunited with his family at an airport in Germany. Top UN officials called for creating a new institution to help locate tens of thousands of missing Syrians and bring peace to their families, as the General Assembly debated on Tuesday the human rights situation in the…

Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment 27 March 2023 © WHO/Pierre Albouy The first Quadripartite Executive Annual Meeting held at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. UN agency chiefs issued a call on Monday for global action to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment, as part of a new “One Health” approach…

Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe 27 March 2023 © UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi Migrants sit inside a building at a detention centre in Libya. (file) UN-appointed independent human rights investigators on Monday said there are grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and armed militia groups have been responsible for “a wide array” of war crimes, and crimes…