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Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Eighth Regular Session and Holds Minute of Silence for Victims of Human Rights Violations

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Eighth Regular Session and Holds Minute of Silence for Victims of Human Rights Violations 24 February 2025 Meeting Summaries  The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifty-eighth 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 of the Federal…

Secretary-General's Remarks to the Human Rights Council [as delivered]

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Secretary-General's Remarks to the Human Rights Council [as delivered] 24 February 2025 Statements and Speeches [Scroll down for all-English and all-French versions]Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. President of the Human Rights Council, High Commissioner,Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,We begin this session under the weight of a grim milestone — the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in…

Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future 23 February 2025 © UNOCHA/Yurii Veres Olena stands in front of her damaged home in Kharkiv, hit during a May 2024 attack (file) 24 February 2025 marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the civilian population continues to face near daily-attacks. The UN staff living alongside them,…

Ukraine: Guterres says ‘Enough is enough’ as war reaches the three-year mark

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Guterres says ‘Enough is enough’ as war reaches the three-year mark 23 February 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits Irpin in Ukraine. Monday marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in clear violation of the UN Charter and international law, and the UN Secretary-General has renewed his call for de-escalation…

Explainer: 5 common myths about child marriage

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: 5 common myths about child marriage 22 February 2025 © UNFPA Bangladesh/Farjana Sultana An information and awareness-raising session in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Every day, almost one in five young women are married off while still children, according to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, which is urging countries to say “I don’t” to child marriage,…

UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best 22 February 2025 © UNOCHA/Alina Basiuk UN aid workers in Odesa City, Ukraine (file) As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic activity has led to a growing expectation of a ceasefire, although the situation remains extremely fluid. Despite the uncertainty, the UN is planning how to…

New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza 22 February 2025 UNRWA Gaza City: UNRWA and its partners implement a large-scale vaccination campaign against polio in Gaza to reach nearly 600,000 children under the age of 10 across the Gaza Strip. The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young children got underway on Saturday…

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Ninetieth Session in Geneva

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Ninetieth Session in Geneva 21 February 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its ninetieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Belarus, Belize, Congo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nepal and Sri Lanka, and on the exceptional report of the Democratic Republic of the…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 21 February 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, UN Women, the Office of the High Commissioner for…

Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator 21 February 2025 © UNOCHA A woman stands in a bombed-out building in Pokrovsk Town in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have endured continuous attacks, “psychological terror…displacement and hardship…