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One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024 06 March 2025 © UN Women/Rossana Fraga Women in Brazil highlight the importance of access to sport. The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less funding for programmes and institutions which support and…

Sudan: Access to stricken Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Access to stricken Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’ 06 March 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal A caravan full of displaced families fleeing North Darfur's El Fasher in search of safety. Across Sudan, more than 12 million people have been driven from their homes. Civilians sheltering in the vast Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region are now “nearly impossible” to…

Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising 06 March 2025 © WMO/Aster Niel Abellano WMO says the La Niña event is expected to be short-lived. The weak but significant La Niña weather event that began in December is likely to be brief, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced.…

UN Assembly President calls for just and lasting peace in Ukraine

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN Assembly President calls for just and lasting peace in Ukraine 06 March 2025 © UNOCHA/Yurii Veres A mother and her two daughters walk past damaged buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The President of the General Assembly on Thursday renewed his call for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace between Ukraine and Russia, in line with the UN Charter and the principles of sovereign equality and…

Yemen: ‘Fear of a return to full conflict is palpable’, says UN envoy

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: ‘Fear of a return to full conflict is palpable’, says UN envoy 06 March 2025 © UNFPA Yemen Children play at an IDP camp in Yemen. After several years of fragile truce, there is a “palpable” fear of a return to all-out war in Yemen, said Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Thursday, briefing the Security Council…

Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Montenegro’s Measures Preventing Violence against Women, Raise Issues Concerning Corruption and Historic Human Rights Violations

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Montenegro’s Measures Preventing Violence against Women, Raise Issues Concerning Corruption and Historic Human Rights Violations 05 March 2025 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Montenegro on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  Committee Experts commended the State for its measures…

OHCHR Press Conference- Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference- Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing 05 March 2025 Press Conference Announcement Who benefits from a manufactured migration crisis and what has that to do with the housing crisis? Embargoed until 7 March at 1 p.m. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing 

Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF 05 March 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel A boy recovers a broken bicycle in the Al-Touam area in the northern Gaza Strip. The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to violence and lifesaving healthcare services under threat, the UN…

‘Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace’: UN chief

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace’: UN chief 05 March 2025 © UNFCCC/Habib Samadov Activists attend a climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. “Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace, not the machinery of war,” said Secretary-General António Guterres in a message marking the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation…

Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears 05 March 2025 UN Human Rights Council /Marie Bambi Yasmen Almashan, founding member of the Caesar Families Association and part of the Free Syria’s Disappeared coalition, addresses the Human Rights Council meeting on transitional justice. The people of Syria’s painful search for a peaceful…