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Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Greece, Oman and the Central African Republic

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Greece, Oman and the Central African Republic 05 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of civil society on the situation of women’s rights in Greece, Oman and the Central African Republic, whose…

Gaza: Northern aid push frustrated as regional tensions rise

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Northern aid push frustrated as regional tensions rise 05 February 2024 © UNRWA Food is distributed to Palestinians inside an UNRWA school-turned-shelter. UN humanitarians reported on Monday that a food convoy in Gaza had been hit by shelling after a deadly weekend of hostilities in Gaza in which at least 234 Palestinians were reportedly killed, stoking regional tensions in the Middle…

US must uphold judges’ right to speak freely about race and gender bias: Rights expert

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home US must uphold judges’ right to speak freely about race and gender bias: Rights expert 05 February 2024 UN News Margaret Satterthwaite, Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. Judges in the United States must be free to speak about important issues that threaten judicial independence or affect the administration of justice, an expert appointed by the UN Human Rights…

Middle East: Security Council meets on US strikes in Iraq and Syria

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: Security Council meets on US strikes in Iraq and Syria 05 February 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider The UN Security Council meets on the Threats to international peace and security.. The UN Security Council held an urgent meeting Monday afternoon at the request of Russia as the war in Gaza continued to fan tensions across the Middle East, with potentially dramatic consequences for…

World News in Brief: Artificial intelligence pledge, child abuse online, Sudan crisis deepens

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Artificial intelligence pledge, child abuse online, Sudan crisis deepens 05 February 2024 © UNESCO 8 global tech companies commit to apply to UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI when designing and deploying AI systems. Some of the world’s leading tech companies have signed a ground-breaking agreement with the UN to build more ethical artificial intelligence (AI)…

UN force steps up patrols after weekend of bloodshed in Abyei

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN force steps up patrols after weekend of bloodshed in Abyei 05 February 2024 UNMISS/Tim McKulka UN peacekeepers patrol the Abyei area. (file) The UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) has heightened ground and aerial patrols to deter further violence after brutal fighting in the oil-rich region claimed dozens of lives over the weekend…

Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel 05 February 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Displaced Palestinians wait to collect food at a distribution point near a school-turned-shelter in Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday appointed an independent panel to conduct an assessment of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, following accusations that several staff…

Guterres: End ‘abhorrent practice’ of female genital mutilation

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres: End ‘abhorrent practice’ of female genital mutilation 05 February 2024 © UNICEF/Sara Awad Displaced girls attend an awareness-raising workshop against gender-based violence and FGM in Kosti, Sudan. Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday, appealing for action to stamp out this “egregious violation…

Youth-led ‘emergency rooms’ shine rays of hope in war-torn Sudan

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Youth-led ‘emergency rooms’ shine rays of hope in war-torn Sudan 03 February 2024 © UNOCHA/Alimbek Tashtankulov A family affected by conflict settle at a gathering site for internally displaced people in Aj Jazirah, Sudan. With the war in Sudan triggering widespread violence and instability, youth-driven emergency response rooms (ERRs) are among a growing number of community-led initiatives…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Fifth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of the Republic of the Congo, Bulgaria, Senegal, the Russian Federation, Lithuania and South Africa

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Fifth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of the Republic of the Congo, Bulgaria, Senegal, the Russian Federation, Lithuania and South Africa 02 February 2024 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of the Republic of the…