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Zero Waste Day: UN calls for a war on garbage

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Zero Waste Day: UN calls for a war on garbage 30 March 2023 © UNEP/Duncan Moore There are hundreds of landfill dumpsites spread across Kenya with the largest being Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi. The planet is literally drowning in garbage, and it is high time to clean up, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, at an event in the General Assembly Hall marking the first-ever…

Guatemala: Türk alarmed by reprisals against anti-corruption officials

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Guatemala: Türk alarmed by reprisals against anti-corruption officials 30 March 2023 © UNOCHA/Vincent Tremeau A mother and her son, who was suffering from malnutrition, sit in their home in Chiquimula, Guatemala. Retaliation continues against officials who spearheaded the fight against corruption in Guatemala, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Thursday…

Women in peacekeeping: UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Women in peacekeeping: UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment 30 March 2023 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz Ghanaian women peacekeepers have been deployed to Lebanon as part of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission. The UN’s Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) launched a fresh call for funding proposals on Thursday, aimed at improving opportunities for uniformed women to serve in peacekeeping operations, and…

Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat 30 March 2023 UN News/Shirin Yaseen The Separation wall in the West Bank. The international community must take firm and principled action to protect the human rights and dignity of Palestinians, amid mounting violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the threat of even further annexation, an…

AFTERNOON - Volker Türk to Human Rights Council: No Country Can Claim to be Free of Racism and M ore Needs to be Done to Combat Systemic Racism and Discrimination that Permeate Social Structures, Institutions and Technologies

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Volker Türk to Human Rights Council: No Country Can Claim to be Free of Racism and M ore Needs to be Done to Combat Systemic Racism and Discrimination that Permeate Social Structures, Institutions and Technologies 29 March 2023 Meeting Summaries   Council Continues General Debate on Follow-Up to and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action   Volker Türk,…

In Dialogue with Nigeria, Experts of the Committee on Migrant Workers Commend the State for Recognising the Committee’s State Party Complaints Mechanism, Raise Issues Concerning the “Brain Drain” and Persecution of Nigerian Migrants Based on Sexual Orient

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Nigeria, Experts of the Committee on Migrant Workers Commend the State for Recognising the Committee’s State Party Complaints Mechanism, Raise Issues Concerning the “Brain Drain” and Persecution of Nigerian Migrants Based on Sexual Orientation 29 March 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on Migrant Workers this afternoon concluded its consideration of the first and second combined periodic reports…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories, and Begins General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories, and Begins General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 29 March 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning concluded the general debate under agenda item seven on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, and…

Afghanistan: OHCHR alarm over arrests of activists speaking up for women and girls

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: OHCHR alarm over arrests of activists speaking up for women and girls 29 March 2023 © Unsplash/Mohammad Husaini Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The de facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan must immediately release activists detained for advocating for girls’ and women’s rights, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday, expressing alarm over ongoing arrests.…

UN rights experts condemn Uganda’s ‘egregious’ anti-LGBT legislation

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights experts condemn Uganda’s ‘egregious’ anti-LGBT legislation 29 March 2023 © UNDP Uganda/Hadijah Nabbale Vendors sell fruit and vegetables at Nakasero Market, in Kampala Uganda. Making homosexuality punishable by death is an egregious violation of human rights, independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said on Wednesday, urging Uganda’s president to veto new laws approved…

DR Congo: Security Council warned of ‘considerable’ deterioration in restive east

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Security Council warned of ‘considerable’ deterioration in restive east 29 March 2023 UN Photo/Michael Ali A MONUSCO helicopter lands in Beni in the North Kivu region of the DR Congo. The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the security situation in eastern Congo has "deteriorated considerably" in recent months and that…